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Title: The nurse wants to anticipate patient needs in order to increase patient satisfaction and decrease ...
Post by: Sariawan007 on Feb 18, 2018
The nurse wants to anticipate patient needs in order to increase patient satisfaction and decrease the use of call bells in the assigned section. What actions can be taken to achieve this?
 
  a. Tell patients to turn on their call bells if they need something.
  b. Perform hourly rounding on each patient.
  c. Check on the patient every 2 to 3 hours.
  d. Check on the patient only when medica-tion needs to be administered.



A nurse has been assigned the following patients. Which patient is a priority to assess first?
 
  a. A patient with abdominal pain
  b. A patient who has been NPO all morning and wants to eat
  c. A patient with pneumonia and O2 satura-tion of 88
  d. A patient complaining of ear pain



A nurse has received report on assigned patients and is prioritizing their care. Which of the following patients should the nurse assess first?
 
  a. A female patient who is complaining of a headache
  b. A patient who has just returned from sur-gery and has saturated his dressing
  c. A patient with a femur fracture that is re-questing pain medications
  d. A male patient who needs to use the bathroom



The nurse is reviewing I-SBAR-R with a coworker at the end of the shift. Which statement indicates that they are discussing the Situation component?
 
  a. The nurse states the patient's name using two identifiers.
  b. The nurse states that the patient was hos-pitalized for a broken tibia and that sur-gery is scheduled for later today.
  c. The oncoming nurse acknowledges the info that has been received.
  d. The nurse states an opinion on what is happening with the patient.


Title: The nurse wants to anticipate patient needs in order to increase patient satisfaction and decrease ...
Post by: thffd666 on Feb 18, 2018
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