You are the nurse hired to work on a surgical floor at a major metropolitan hospital. The head nurse states you will be working in a primary nursing model. What does this mean?
A) Care is provided by nursing students
B) Care is provided by registered nurses
C) Care is provided by nurse assistants
D) Care is provided by masters' prepared nurses
Ans: B
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