Case Study #2 – Stress Management
You are the charge nurse on the 3 pm to 11 pm shift. When you return from your dinner break, the ward clerk reports the following:
1. Mrs. Jones’s intravenous fluid (IV) has infiltrated.
2. The operating room staff is on their way to take Mr. Anderson to surgery. He has not received his preoperative medication yet.
3. A parent has asked if her daughter, who is a new surgical patient, should have bright red blood on her dressing.
4. Two patients have not received their meal trays yet.
5. Someone spilled a bouquet of flowers in a patient’s room.
The other registered nurse is busy with his own patients. You have yourself, a ward clerk, and an IV-certified licensed practical nurse to whom you can delegate. Decide who should do what and in what order.
Using Worksheet 2-1, justify your decisions.
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