case study

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Nurse Millie Adams is a nursing administrator at Good Care Hospital, a facility that serves as an educational training hospital. Nurse Adams has noticed several trends recently: nurse turnover has been higher than usual; sick leave has increased; student nurses frequently request transfers to other facilities. In searching for answers, she hears a lot of talk about nurses being threatened or verbally confronted.

• What are the problems and possible explanations for these problems?
• What are the potential sources for these problems?
• What information does Nurse Adams need, and how should she gather this information?
• What could be done to resolve the problems?