A nurse is working as a charge nurse in a healthcare facility. What is the daily duty of the charge nurse?
A) Assign clients to the appointed staff member.
B) Teach staff nurses to determine client acuity.
C) Educate staff nurses on counting narcotics.
D) Assist a nurse in performing quality checks for equipment.
A
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The daily duty of a charge nurse is to decide which staff member provides care to which client based on the client's requirements and the staff member's efficiency. Charge nurses must determine the client acuity by themselves and should not instruct the other members of the staff to do it. One of the duties of a charge nurse is counting narcotics; the charge nurse should not instruct or educate a staff nurse on the procedure. Quality checks for any of the equipment used when providing care for a client should be done by the charge nurse, not by any other staff member.
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