NURSING 101; Prioritization & Delegation Set 3

One of your assigned clients sustained a fractured femur. Which of the following would you tell the nursing assistant to report immediately? After change of shift report, which client should the nurse assess first? You are preparing to administer TPN through a central line. Place the steps for administration in the correct order: You are caring for a client with an NG tube. Which task can be delegated to the experienced nursing assistant? You must rearrange the room assignment for several clients. Which two clients would be best suited to put in the same room? As the nurse manager, you must select an employee to participate in a hospital committee that will develop client education brochures about common abdominal surgeries and wound care. Who would be the best employee to appoint to this committee? A client as admitted through the ED for a strangulated intestinal obstruction with perforation. What interventions do you anticipate for this emergent condition? (Select all that apply.) As the shift begins, you are assigned these clients. Which client should you assess first? A client is hospitalized with adrenocortical insufficiency. Which nursing activity should you delegate to the nursing assistant? You are caring for a client who is post-hypophysectomy for hyperpituitarism. Which post-op finding requires immediate intervention? You are precepting a nurse who has recently graduated and passed the NCLEX exam. This new nurse has been on the unit for only 2 days. Which client should you assign to this new nurse? A diabetic client presents with hot and dry skin, rapid and deep respirations, and a fruity odor to his breath. As charge nurse, you observe the new grad RN accomplishing all of these client tasks. Which one requires that you intervene immediately? You just received change of shift report for the burn unit. Which client should you assess first? You are the nurse manager in the burn unit. Which client is best assigned to an RN who has floated from the oncology unit?