A client was admitted to the medical unit after emergency treatment of hypertensive crisis. To which staff member should the charge nurse delegate or assign measurement of this client’s vital signs?
1. A patient care technician
2. A nursing assistant
3. An LPN
4. An RN
Ans: 4. An RN
Because this client is under treatment likely to be changed based upon vital signs and blood pressure, the best person to measure and monitor vital signs is the RN. The unpredictability of the outcome of the medication and treatments being given requires the advanced nursing remembering of the RN.
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