Prioritizing Client Care: Leadership, Delegation, and Emergency

Which of the following is a key component of prioritizing client care?

• Assigning tasks based on the urgency and complexity of the client’s needs

• Following the same routine and order for all clients regardless of their condition

• Completing the most time-consuming tasks first and leaving the rest for later

• Asking the client what they want to do and letting them decide the priority

Which of the following is an example of applying the nursing process to prioritize client care?

• Collecting data from the client, family, and medical records

• Identifying the client’s problems and nursing diagnoses

• Setting goals and outcomes for the client’s care

• All of the above

Which of the following is a tool that can help nurses prioritize client care?

• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

• ABCDE principle

• Nursing process

• All of the above

Which of the following is an example of applying the ABCDE principle to prioritize client care?

• Assessing the airway, breathing, and circulation of a client who is choking

• Administering pain medication to a client who is postoperative

• Changing the dressing of a client who has a wound infection

• Educating a client who has diabetes about self-care

Which of the following is an example of applying Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to prioritize client care?

• Providing emotional support to a client who is anxious

• Teaching a client who has hypertension about lifestyle modifications

• Giving a bed bath to a client who is immobile

• Feeding a client who is unable to eat independently