The nurse manager must attend to several tasks this afternoon. Which tasks would the manager categorize as urgent? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Waiting for pharmacy to call back about a meeting time
2. Planning a staff meeting for next week
3. Assisting a family whose child is in the emergency department
4. Finding replacements for two staff members on the next shift who called in sick
5. Trying to organize the visitor take-out menus
3,4
Rationale 1: Waiting for a phone call is a time waster and would not be an urgent task.
Rationale 2: Planning a staff meeting for next week in not urgent.
Rationale 3: Assisting the family of a child in the ED is an urgent matter.
Rationale 4: Finding replacement staff for the next shift is an urgent matter.
Rationale 5: Organizing take-out menus is busy work.
Global Rationale:
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