A Student Nurse Is Assigned to Care for a Patient

question 17

Multiple Choice

A student nurse is assigned to care for a patient with complex nursing care needs. The student was busy and did not prepare in advance for the assignment. In preconference, the student is unable to describe the care to be given and admits not knowing how to execute one of the treatments. The instructor would be ethically justified in

• A) telling the student to be very careful during caregiving.
• B) sending the student home and turning the patient's care over to staff.
• C) suspending the student.
• D) dismissing the student from the program.

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