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Instructions:
- Fill in the Staffing Table or describe what tasks each person will perform during the day shift.
- Use a Staffing Model (primary, team, or modular nursing) to help make your decision.
- Your paper should be:
- Typed according to APA style for margins, formatting and spacing standards
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Chapter 20 - Nursing Management – Staffing
Staffing Table
Your job is to fill in the following chart or at least describe what assignments each person will have during the day shift today. This is normally
Mary’s job, but you are helping her out since she will probably be pretty busy today. The charge nurse usually only takes one or two patients
along with the rest of their duties, but since she will be with a new grad and an LPN, you are anticipating that she will be busy. Is her being busy
sound like a reasonable projection? It will be your choice what type of staffing model you utilize such as primary, team or modular nursing.
Patient #1: A 47-year-old woman admitted from the
recovery room at 2:15am after an emergency open
cholecystectomy. Vital signs are stable; she is
experiencing postoperative nausea and vomiting. She is
receiving intravenous morphine on a PCA pump and
antibiotics IV every 6 hours. She is also on a
maintenance IV drip. The T-tube is draining a moderate
amount.
Patient #2: A 20-year-old woman admitted two days
ago with abdominal pain, fever and nausea. She had a
Mary, RN
(Charge Nurse)
John, RN
(New grad)
Sarah, LPN
(LPN)
Amy, CNA
(CNA)
Mary has been an
RN for 7 years
and has worked in
several different
units throughout
the hospital.
John has been a
nurse for only one
month.
Sarah has been an
LPN for the past 3
years and has not
done her IV
certification
course.
Amy has been an
assistant for the
past 5 years.
Assign the specific
responsibilities to
John, Sara and
Amy. Assign the
task of
administering
intravenous
morphine on a PCA
pump and
antibiotics IV to
Sarah. Delegate all
the patient’s care
plan to the team
members.
John will direct
Sarah on how to
administer the
intravenous
mor...