Management Coordinated Care Day 2 Lesson 2

The nurse is admitting a client with pneumonia to the medical-surgical unit. When would it be most appropriate for the nurse to initiate discharge planning for this client?

• When the client is informed of their date of discharge

• Immediately after the client's condition is stabilized

• Upon admission to the hospital

• When the client or family demonstrates readiness to learn

The nurse manager notes a staff nurse continually avoids answering the call light of a client with an alternative lifestyle. The nurse's behavior is an example of which concept?

• Stereotyping

• Nonmaleficence

• Discrimination

• Benevolence

The emergency room nurse is triaging several clients. Which client should be seen by the health care provider first?

• An older adult client with complaints of frequent liquid stools

• A 2-month-old infant who has bulging fontanels and is crying loudly

• A young adult client who sustained a singed beard, eyebrows and hair from a campfire

• A middle-aged client with intermittent epigastric pain after eating

While walking past a client's room, the nurse hears an unlicensed assistive personal (UAP) talking to another UAP. Which statement made by the UAP would require the nurse to intervene?

• I'll come back and make the bed after I go to the lab.

• Since I am late for lunch, would you perform my client's blood glucose test?

• This client seems confused, we need to watch the client closely.

• If we work together we can get all of the client care completed.

A nurse is preparing for a new position as the nurse manager of a 30-bed inpatient medical unit in a busy acute care hospital. Which strategy should the nurse use to help with time management?

• Limit direct care of clients to 2 to 3 hours per day

• Plan to work a few extra hours on weekends

• Delegate tasks and skip unimportant meetings

• Set daily, prioritized goals of management tasks