3. You are the Head Nurse of the Medical Intensive Care Unit with bed occupancy of 15. The unit oftentimes full of patients. You have 10 staff nurses and 5 nursing attendants. Because of understaffing, you have started to cancel some off duties to be given at a later date. Overtime has been frequent. The staff shave started to complain. Some called in sick while absences became frequent. You formally request for additional staff but 2 floaters refused claiming they have no experience in the MICU. You are given 2 new licensed volunteer nurses who do not have any training at all but are willing to be trained. As a nurse manager in the unit, how are you going to handle all the problems in the MICU. Identify each arising problem and give proposed solution after.

3. You are the Head Nurse of the Medical Intensive Care Unit with bed occupancy of 15. The unit oftentimes full of patients. You have 10 staff nurses and 5 nursing attendants. Because of understaffing, you have started to cancel some off duties to be given at a later date. Overtime has been frequent. The staff shave started to complain. Some called in sick while absences became frequent. You formally request for additional staff but 2 floaters refused claiming they have no experience in the MICU. You are given 2 new licensed volunteer nurses who do not have any training at all but are willing to be trained. As a nurse manager in the unit, how are you going to handle all the problems in the MICU. Identify each arising problem and give proposed solution after.

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