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most experienced nurses
most complicated/highest priority patients. Always give the unstable patient to the nurse with the best skill set to care for the patient.
least experienced nurses
most stable/last complicated patients. Avoid new admissions (unknown if stable or unstable) and patients who need discharge instructions (better for experienced nurses to handle discharges in NCLEX world
Floating nurses
watch out for floating the new grad- new graduates still need stable patients. (new grad is the bigger concern over the area of expertise)
PACU
any post-operative patient (whether having complications or stable)
ED
should be able to handle complex and unstable patients
critical care/ICU
should be able to handle complex and unstable patients
endoscopy
look for procedures like EGD, colonoscopy
Med-surg
look for routine surgical procedures (knees, hips, ORIF, hysterectomy, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, TURP). Most (not all) orthopedic, abdominal, and reproductive surgeries are considered "routine".
telemetry
look for cardiac patients
if the nurse is floated to a specialty unit that is outside their normal tasks
give the most stable patient. ex: labor and delivery, psychiatric unit, ICU; (ED nurse would likely be fine with most patients in these areas, but a med-surg or endoscopy nurse should get the most stable patient)
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