A nurse preceptor wants to determine if a novice nurse is able to organize tasks and categorize them according to patient needs and conditions
Which of the following categories, if included by the novice, would indicate to the preceptor that further teaching is needed? a. Life-threatening or potentially life-threatening conditions
b. Activities essential to patient safety
c. Activities essential to the plan of care
d. Activities essential to hospital/governmental regulation
D
Prioritizing care is one means nurses have of organizing their patient care. Life-threatening or
potentially life-threatening conditions (such as assessing the ABCs) are always the top priority, with
patient safety second (availability of crash carts and equipment to help prevent patient falls or injury),
followed by items relating to the plan of care (pain medication and patient positioning).
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