A Float Nurse Is Assigned Four Patients on the Day

question 22

Multiple Choice

A float nurse is assigned four patients on the day shift.Which of the following reports by the float nurse would require immediate intervention by the charge nurse?

• A)"Dr.Smith, your patient, Mr.Jones is complaining of a headache."
• B)"Dr.Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr.Jones in 222, admitted with hypertension, is complaining of a headache."
• C)"Dr.Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr.Jones in 222, admitted with hypertension, is complaining of a headache but has just been started on isosorbide (Isordil).What can I give him to relieve his headache?"
• D)"Dr.Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr.Jones in 222, is complaining of a headache but has just been started on isosorbide (Isordil).What can I give him to relieve his headache?"

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