Prioritization, Leadership, Delegation Flashcards
A nurse is assigned to care for 4 clients. In planning client rounds, which client should be seen first?
A client receiving nasal O2 who had difficulty breathing during the previous shift
A nurse emplyed in an ER is assigned to triage clietns coming to the ER for treatment on the evening shift. The nurse should assign the highest priority to which of the following clients?
A client c/o chest pain who states that he just ate pizza and that it was spicy
A new nursing graduate is attending an agency orientation regarding the nursing model of practice implemented in the health care facility. The nurse is told that the nursimg model is a team approach. THe nurse understands that planning care delivery will be based on which characteristic of this type of nursing model of practice?
An RN leads nursing personnel in providing care to a group of clients
A RN has received the assignment for day shift. After making initial rounds and checking all of the assigned clients, which client will the RN plan to care for first?
A client who has a fever and is diaphoretic and restless
A nurse giving a bed bath to an assigned client when a nursing assistant enters the clients room and tells the nurse that another assigned client is in pain and needs pain medication. The appropriate nursing action is which of the following?
Cover the client, raise the bed rails, tell the client that you will be back shortly and administer the pain medication to the other client
A nurse manager has implemented a change in the method of nursing delivery system from the functional to team nursing. A nursing assistant is resistan tto the change and is not taking an active part in following the change. Which of the following is the best approach in dealing with the nursing assistant?
confront the nursing assistant to encourage verbalization of feelings regarding the change
A RN is planning the client assignment for the day. Which of the following is the most appropriate assignemtn for a nursing assistant?
a client who reguires urine specimen collections
