NCLEX Question for November 13th

The nurse assigned to four clients receives the shift report and assumes care. Which nursing action reflects the nurse's ability to manage the assigned client care workload effectively?

Assign routine care to a nursing assistive personnel (NAP) and LPN/LVN.

Ask the charge nurse to assign additional personnel to provide client care.

Identify the status of each client and plan care based on needs and priority.

Plan to complete care on each client in order according to the level of acuity.

Correct!

Incorrect!

If the nurse has additional personnel to assist with client care, the personnel must be used in the most efficient manner possible. Assigning routine care to both the NAP and LPN/LVN may not be the best use of each members' scope of practice. The LPN/LVN can be utilized to take additional responsibility, such as dressing changes and/or passing out medications.
It is not always possible for the charge nurse to assign additional personnel to assist the nurse with client care. The nurse needs to utilize the skill of effective time management.
CORRECT - The best way to manage a client workload effectively is for the nurse to identify the status of each client and plan care based on needs and priority. The nurse knows that both needs and priority must be considered. Basic needs are not the care priority if another client has a life-threatening or emergency situation.
The nurse knows that the client with the highest acuity is not always the client who is a priority. Consider the high acuity of a comatose client and the high priority of a client experiencing a myocardial infarction. Completing client care on each client in order according to the level of acuity is not always an effective and/or efficient use of the nurse's time.

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NCLEX Question for November 13th

The nurse assigned to four clients receives the shift report and assumes care. Which nursing action reflects the nurse's ability to manage the assigned client care workload effectively?

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NCLEX Question for November 13th

The nurse assigned to four clients receives the shift report and assumes care. Which nursing action reflects the nurse's ability to manage the assigned client care workload effectively?

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