Staff members on your unit raise concern that the number of acutely ill patients on the unit is rising and responsiveness in addressing these needs through appropriate staffing is lacking.They point to increased incidences of adverse and sentinel events on the unit.To address this concern,the best action that your hospital organization is to
A) implement a patient classification system immediately.
B) participate in databases that compare the outcomes and staffing levels versus those of institutions similar to yours.
C) provide increased numbers of staff to the unit.
D) ignore such concerns because the number of acutely ill patients is variable.

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Staff morale suffers both when models of acute illness indicate a gap between staffing and the number of acutely ill patients and when there is no model but perceived acute illness that is not being addressed.A truer approach is to monitor patient outcomes and participate in national databases that measure staffing levels through comparison with similar institutions.

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