The graduate nurse is planning care for a newly admitted client who is elderly and has an infected foot that has led to a systemic infection. The nurse completes the plan of care and decides to:
1. Discuss the plan with the physician.
2. Request that the client review the plan.
3. Place the plan on the client's chart.
4. Request a review of the plan with the nurse's preceptor.
4. Request a review of the plan with the nurse's preceptor.
Rationale:
The new nurse should recognize self-limitations and should plan to seek assistance and review of thinking by a more experienced nurse. Seeking out other opinions increases the knowledge base and exposes the new nurse to other ways of thinking, which will enhance critical thinking. The nurse would seek the opinion of another nurse, not the physician or the client, as the goal is to enhance the nurse's ability to use the nursing process. The nurse could put the plan on the chart, but the new nurse would learn more about thinking by requesting assistance from a more experienced nurse.
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