A busy ICU unit has a high noise level. This frustrates the charge nurse in part because it is difficult to focus when entering physician's orders into the electronic medical record
Which would be the most appropriate action by the ICU nurse manager? 1. Decrease the noise level on the unit.
2. Tell the staff members that they need to be quiet when sitting at the nurse's station.
3. Close the doors to the client's rooms.
4. Rearrange the space so that an area that is quieter is available for order entry.
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Rationale 1: The long-term plan would be to work on lowering the noise level on the unit, but busy ICU units tend to be noisy.
Rationale 2: Telling the staff to be quiet may create the additional stress of a disgruntled staff.
Rationale 3: Closing the doors to client rooms is not always possible and those rooms are generally not the areas where the excessive noise is produced.
Rationale 4: The most logical of these options is to rearrange the area so that order entry can be done in a quieter environment.
Global Rationale:
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