The nurse wants to anticipate patient needs in order to increase patient satisfaction and decrease the use of call bells in the assigned section. What actions can be taken to achieve this?
a. Tell patients to turn on their call bells if they need something.
b. Perform hourly rounding on each patient.
c. Check on the patient every 2 to 3 hours.
d. Check on the patient only when medica-tion needs to be administered.
B
Performing hourly rounding encourages the nurse to anticipate the patient's needs, thereby in-creasing patient satisfaction and decreasing call bell usage. Although checking on the patients every 2 to 3 hours is appropriate, it is not the best answer because hourly rounding provides in-creased patient satisfaction and reduction of call bells. The nurse needs to check more frequently on the patient rather than wait until the nurse sees the patient when medications are administered.
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