A suburban hospital recently announced that staff nurses could no longer choose their shift.

Instead, they would be assigned to either a 12-hour day shift or a 12-hour night shift on an as-needed basis. An informal group of staff nurses met to discuss this new policy. Th ey came up with several arguments against it. Which of the following suggestions would help to alleviate the deleterious eff ects of this new policy?

1. Allow self-scheduling by staff nurses in each unit.

2. Provide free dinner for nursing staff at the end of the night shift.

3. Allow staff members to request consistent days off .

4. End visiting hours before the day shift ends so that the night shift nurses do not have to deal with visitors.