Author Question: The local primary care facility is looking to recruit nurses to their centre. Which venue would be ... (Read 41 times)

Awilson837 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

The local primary care facility is looking to recruit nurses to their centre. Which venue would be the best place to target nurses at the key point in their career in order to attract them to this type of work?

a. local nursing school, three months prior to graduation
b. at a conference of critical care nurses
c. in a pediatric hospital cafeteria
d. at a conference of clinical nurse specialists for pain management

Question 2

A nurse working on a unit using the primary care delivery model would expect to observe which practice specific to primary care delivery?

a. The UAP measures blood sugar levels on all patients.
b. The RN administers medications to a team of patients.
c. The RN verifies a new order for patient started on an antihypertensive with a blood pressure of 100/60 mm Hg.
d. The RN holds the morning dose of insulin for a patient scheduled for surgery later that day.

batool · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a

a. Correct: One study of nursing recruitment found that in order to attract and retain nurses prior to completing their nursing program, a good strategy is to help nursing students learn about nursing roles in primary care and allow them to provide nursing care in primary care settings.
b. Incorrect: This venue will have nurses who have already specialized in a particular field; these nurses would not be the target staff for a primary health centre.
c. Incorrect: This venue will have nurses who have already specialized in a particular field; these nurses would not be the target staff for a primary health centre.
d. Incorrect: This venue will have nurses who have already specialized in a particular field; these nurses would not be the target staff for a primary health centre.

Answer to Question 2

D

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A Because it is an example of functional nursing.
B Because it is seen in team nursing.
C Because it is seen in all patient care delivery models.
D In a primary nursing environment, nurses function autonomously and make clinical decisions at the bedside.