ok, here is a trick question that i was asked during an intervew for a federal job. what would be your answer? remember, the interviewer knows the answer, but is trying to find out what your answer is...i will tell you the answer after i find out what other responses might be. here is the question:
q: a floor worker aka certified nurse assistant comes to you and states that a resident is not "quite acting right". what would you as the charge nurse do?
using the nursing process, what would you do? i stated i would first assess the resident..vital signs, etc, then check the chart for any previous episodes, check the mar for new medications or reactions to meds, chart all this information, call the doctor if vitals are not wnl,
but there is one other important thing to do. the one thing they(the interviewers) were looking for, i did not say and why did i not think of this???. everyone knows that you do this, but if you are thinking of the residents needs now, you are not thinking of this answer that they, the interviewers, wanted which you wouldn't do until you are ready to leave...my g-d some people must think nurses are dumb.
so this thread is 5 pages long and going i'm sure, and still the op still hasn't mentioned what the correct answer is? geez louise.........i was thinking about this at work last night and anxiously thought maybe the answer might be posted today.....guess i was wrong. hmm!
first i would say "what do you mean by "not acting right"?" then i would do what get the pt nurse to check on them...since they know them better? makes since of course....hmmm
so this thread is 5 pages long and going i'm sure, and still the op still hasn't mentioned what the correct answer is? geez louise.........i was thinking about this at work last night and anxiously thought maybe the answer might be posted today.....guess i was wrong. hmm!
now, who in their right mind would not do this? we always report any patient/residents condition to the next shift. the question was unfair, i believe, because the question as asked...
the floor worker comes to you and the resident isn't acting quite right, what do you do? ummm, i think i have enough sense to report this to the next shift. we always keep a list of all the residents and write in red ink if there is any changes in a residents condition,and i told the interviewers that too!
i mean, come on! we as nurses know to pass on vital information. we aren't stupid! :banghead:
i hate to say it, but there is a reason why this particular federal institution has a bad name right now. doctors being fired for being incompetant, nurses who are managing who don't know how to supervise, hmmm, maybe i should have known better than to apply, but i love working with a certain group of people and i believe they deserve better caring nurses who really care.
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Abbies
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Put on the 24 hr sheet/alert charting?