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Question about Priority

Hi All,

I have a question about priority and nclex. According to Kaplan, a nurse who floats to another unit ( lets say a pacu nurse floats to med-surg) should get the patient who is stable with a predictable outcome. According to the Priority,Delegation, Assignment book by Linda Lacharity, that pacu float nurse can take care of a patient who is immediately post op, or just received from pacu. So...I am confused. Would the float nurse take care of someone who is stable with a predictable outcome or can they utilize thier specialized skills to a patient that is unstable, but would be something they have experience with? If anyone can shed some light on this situation or these types of questions I would be really grateful! Thanks!

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Ok..Thanks alot for your help!!

Well, I didn't take the Kaplan's course. I did the Lacharity book from front to back, and I really think it helped ALOT. I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions, and their were questions on like mentioned above. What I learned is you would assign the nurse to patients she typically cares for on her floor. That is what she has the most experience with. I would give the stable UTI patient to the LVN. A lot of the questions stated there was an RN from such and such floor and a LVN...which would you giive to the RN

I got a couple of these on the NCLEX as well and I agree with this application. Example: a psych nurse floats to a med surg floor, what PT are you going to give them? I looked for answers having to do with alcohol w/d cause that's something they would know. Hope this was correct.....

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