The nurse is providing care within the primary nursing delivery ...

[jc611]

The nurse is providing care within the primary nursing delivery model. Which leadership activities should the nurse perform within this model?
 
  Select all that apply.
  1. Communicate with patients, families, and other care providers.
  2. Serve as the team leader by making assignments and being responsible for all care provided.
  3. Make referrals and manage the quality of care to include timeliness and cost.
  4. Manage a caseload of patients and the health team members providing care to the patients.
  5. Create patient discharge plans.

Question 2

The nurse teaches a patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus about the importance of an annual dilated-retina eye examination and annual urine tests to measure protein levels. Within which role is the nurse functioning?
 
  The nurse teaches a patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus about the importance of an annual dilated-retina eye examination and annual urine tests to measure protein levels. Within which role is the nurse functioning?

[Tonny]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1, 5

When providing care to patients within the primary nursing care delivery model, leadership activities of the nurse include communicating with patients, families, and other care providers, and planning the discharge of the patients. In the team nursing care delivery model, leadership activities of the nurse include serving as the team leader, making assignments, and being responsible for all care provider. In the transitional care coordination model, leadership activities of the nurse include making referrals, managing the quality of care to include timeliness and cost, managing a caseload of patients, and managing the health team members providing care to the patients.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1

The nurse is functioning as an educator by instructing the patient on annual tests to maintain health. As a researcher, the nurse would have a goal to improve the care nurses provide to patients. As an advocate, the nurse actively promotes the patient's rights to autonomy and free choice. As a leader, the nurse manages time, people, and resources by delegating, directing, and coordinating nursing activities.

[jc611]

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[Tonny]

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