Many patient classification systems have some type of shortcoming. Among these are: (Select all that apply.)


a. The client’s condition changes before the next shift
b. The potential admissions cannot be accounted for
c. The staffing needs are predicted

The nurse should use which guideline(s) to plan assignment-making activities? Select all that apply

A. Ensuring client safety
B. Requests from staff
C. Client needs and workers’ needs and abilities
D. The number of anticipated client discharges
E. Bo

You are night shift charge nurse on your surgical floor and one of the nurses for the day shift calls in sick. 5 RNs, 3 LPNs, and 4 UAPs are scheduled to work the next shift. What action should the nurse take next?

A. Tell the RN to come in anyway as lon

A nursing team consists of an RN, an LPN/LVN, and a nursing assistant. The nurse should assign which of the following patients to the LPN/LVN?

(A) A 72-year-old patient with diabetes who requires a dressing change for a stasis ulcer.
(B) A 42-year-old p

The nurse is preparing assignments for the day shift. It is most important that the client with which diagnosis and description is assigned to a registered nurse?

a. Menorrhagia: 24 hours post vaginal hysterectomy.
b. Myocardial Infarction: 4-days post i

The nurse employed in a long-term care facility is planning assignments for the clients on a nursing unit. The nurse needs to assign four clients and has a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and three unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) on the nursing team.

In which department would block scheduling prove to be the most beneficial to providing safe?

A. Neurological ICU
B. General Medicine floor
C. Pediatric emergency department
D. Oncology Floor

The charge nurse on the cardiac unit is planning assignments for the day. Which of the following is the most appropriate assignment for the float nurse that has been reassigned from labor and delivery?

A. A one-week postoperative coronary bypass patient,