The nurse manager tells a newly hired nurse that the unit practices functional nursing. What should the new nurse expect?
1. One nurse has responsibility for all the medications on the unit.
2. One nurse has responsibility for all the needs of three clients.
3. One charge nurse and one respiratory therapist have responsibility for all clients.
4. One nurse and one nursing assistant have responsibility for ten clients.
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Rationale 1: Functional nursing breaks down client care into tasks assigned to the appropriate professional or skilled caregivers. This may result in one nurse (the "med nurse") administering all the medications on the unit.
Rationale 2: Total patient care is given by one nurse assigned to a few clients.
Rationale 3: Team or modular nursing uses a variety of skilled caregivers to provide care to an assigned group of clients.
Rationale 4: Team or modular nursing uses a variety of skilled caregivers to provide care to an assigned group of clients.
Global Rationale:
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