The nurse has worked for 8 years on an adult medical-surgical unit and is transferring to become an emergency department nurse. Which type of training will this nurse most likely need to become proficient in providing emergency nursing care?
1. Pediatric and obstetric nursing care
2. Managing the care of four or five patients simultaneously
3. Basic cardiac life support
4. Neurologic emergencies with the elderly
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Rationale 1: The nurse will need training related to patient populations with which she or he has had minimal experience, such as pediatrics and obstetrics.
Rationale 2: A nurse who has worked on a medical-surgical unit probably has experience caring for four or five patients simultaneously.
Rationale 3: The nurse probably already has basic cardiac life-support training.
Rationale 4: The nurse has provided care to adult medical-surgical patients for 8 years. This nurse will not need training in neurologic emergencies with the elderly.
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