Prioritizing Client Care: Leadership, Delegation, and Emergency Response Planning

The nurse is educating a new nurse about mass casualty events (disasters). Which statement by the new nurse indicates a need for further teaching? Select all that apply.

2. "Mass casualty events do not require an increase in the number of staff that are needed. 3. A mass casualty event occurs only within the heath care facility and could endanger staff." 5. "A mass casualty event occurs if a fight between visitors occurs in the emergency department."

The nurse is assigned to care for four clients. When planning client rounds, which client should the nurse collect data from first?

A client receiving oxygen who is having difficulty breathing

The nurse is assigned to care for four clients. When planning client rounds, which client should the nurse check first?

A client who is dependent on a ventilator

The nurse employed in a long-term care facility is planning the client assignments for the shift. Which client should the nurse assign to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

A client who requires a 24-hour urine collection

The nurse is planning the client assignments for the day. Which is the most appropriate assignment for the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

A client who requires frequent ambulation

The nurse is attending an agency orientation meeting about the nursing model of practice implemented in the facility. The nurse is told that the nursing model is a team nursing approach. The nurse deter. mines that which describes the team-based model of nursing practice?

Nursing staff are led by the nurse when providing care to a group of clients.

The nurse has delegated several nursing tasks to staff members. Which is the nurse's primary responsibility after the delegation of tasks?

Perform follow-up with each staff member regarding the performance and outcome of the task.

department is The nurse employed in an emergency assigned to assist with the triage of clients arriving to the emergency department. The nurse should assign priority to which client?

A client with chest pain who states that they just ate pizza that was made with a very spicy sauce

The nurse is recording a nursing hands-off (end-of- shift) report for a client. Which information needs to be included?

As-needed medications given that shift

A client experiences cardiac arrest. The nurse leader quickly responds to the emergency and assigns clearly defined tasks to the work group. In this situation, the nurse is implementing which leadership style?

Autocratic