The nurse is assigned the care of two clients when the primary nurse is not working. The facility practices pure primary nursing, so who has responsibility for the care of these clients during the nurse's shift?
1. The nurse providing care has sole responsibility for the clients.
2. The charge nurse for the shift has responsibility for the clients until the primary nurse returns to work.
3. The primary nurse has responsibility for the clients even when it is her day off.
4. The physician is responsible for the client's care until the primary nurse returns to work.
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Rationale: Following a strictly pure primary care delivery system, the primary nurse has responsibility for the client 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and leaves detailed information and a nursing care plan for others to follow when providing care. The nurse providing care in the absence of the primary care nurse is still responsible for his own actions.
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