Leadership
Nurse upset unit changes quitting → Reflect feelings
Staff skipping meal breaks noticed → Determine reason first
New permanent pacemaker teaching → Telephone programming allowed
Herpes simplex isolation care → Wear cover gown
Intermittent tube feeding prep → Check residual volume
Purpose nursing code ethics → Practice principles
Shift report priority pneumonia restlessness → Assess first
Needlestick injury safety knowledge → Complete incident report
False HIV documentation chart → Libel
Restraints applied without order → Remove restraints
Manager ignores staff feelings → Competing style
Frayed IV pump cord → Remove equipment
Cannot afford asthma nebulizer → Social worker referral
Appropriate LPN assignment post-op → CBI client
Advance directive conflict CPR → Follow directives
Floating L&D to med-surg → Clarify competencies
Married minor emergency surgery → Client signs consent
Post-op pain quality issue → Pain policy review
Ethics understanding nurse actions → CE, pain meds
Rehab transfer report content → Last pain dose
Delegation task to AP → Pain scale use
AP appropriate care task → Established ostomy
Sterile field pouring solution → Label facing up
Post-op assessment priority change → Rising pulse
HIPAA breach cafeteria discussion → Remind confidentiality
Ethical practice education concern → DNR misunderstanding
Surgery decision family conflict → Client decides
Home oxygen delivery delayed → Notify provider
LTC client confused agitated → Reorient first
Witnessing informed consent → Voluntary, understanding
Incident report documentation → Objective description
Cataract surgery discharge teaching → Opposite-side sleep
Tuberculosis negative pressure room → Report health department
Emergency disoriented arrhythmia → Treat without consent
Client reconsiders surgery decision → Right to refuse
Strep pharyngitis precautions → Wear mask
Delegation appropriate AP task → Postmortem care
ICP corticosteroids shift report → GCS score
Chemical exposure clinic arrival → Don PPE
Vancomycin elevated creatinine → Consult provider
Mass casualty triage priority → Red tag
AP equipment responsibility → Tag broken equipment
Stroke dysphagia referral sign → Impaired cough
Home fall risk hazards → Rugs, wheeled chair
Dysphagia room equipment → Yankauer suction
Compare medication error rates → Benchmarking
Client rights education → Permission disclosure
Reportable STI infection → Gonorrhea
Case management nursing role → Critical pathways
Wrong surgical site concern → Clarify with surgeon
Highest priority med-surg → Absent pedal pulse
Delegate vitals to AP → Post-transfusion stable
Client worried valuables stolen → Facility safe
Caregiver emotional distress observed → Brief supportive talk
Full-thickness burns 72% → Black tag
Early Alzheimer advocacy action → Reminiscence therapy
TENS therapy assistance → Physical therapist
Pressure ulcer specialist referral → Slough present
COPD lives alone discharge → Home safety referral
AP gave dysphagia meds → Assess breath sounds
Enema technique error → Wrong leg flexed
Wheelchair transfer safety → Lock wheels
Staff resistant scheduling change → Change champions
Hip arthroplasty lives alone → Assess needs
LPN appropriate assignment → Stable emphysema
IV pump overinfusion → Assess lungs
Advance directives understanding → Ventilator decisions
Manager report priorities → Staff shortages
Before wrist restraints → Least restrictive first
Cost-containment nursing action → Clean gloves colostomy
Recent stroke assessment referral needed → Unilateral neglect
Newborn nursery AP task → Weigh formula-fed newborn
Newborn care LPN task → Administer Hep B
TB discharge teaching understanding → Regular sputum cultures
Floating nurse feels unsafe → Request assignment change
Ethics advocacy example → Suggest support group
Multiple clients assessment priority → NG tube crackles
Advocacy nurse role statement → Empower client decisions
ED float nurse assignment → Urinary catheterization
Rheumatoid arthritis OT referral → Needs bathing help
Sterile gown technique → Hands above waist
Newspapers hallway compromise → Compromising strategy
Prevent injury ethical principle → Nonmaleficence
Client refuses surgery decision → Understands refusal risks
Client refuses urine specimen → Document refusal
C. diff equipment cleaning → Chlorine bleach
Jaw pain indigestion priority → Assess first
Delegate turning bone cancer → Assess needs first
Wedding ring before surgery → Facility safe
Addison’s disease AP task → Change positions slowly
Cardiac cath risks question → Notify provider
Advance directives explanation → Treatment instructions
Postpartum priority action → Check uterine tone
LPN teaching role → Reinforce insulin teaching
HIPAA understanding → Access own records
Droplet precaution infection → Mumps
Minor emergency surgery consent → Attempt guardian contact
Restraint safety understanding → Tie to movable frame
Suspected chemical impairment nurse → Collect objective data
LPN task appropriate → NG tube feeding
Respite care explanation → Caregiver time away
AP task renal failure → Obtain stool sample
Diabetes supply cost concern → Social services referral
Documentation below benchmark → Identify barriers
Hip fracture awaiting surgery → AP vitals signs
Shift report issue priority → Medication error report
Total knee discharge teaching → Meds, PT, follow-up
Reportable communicable disease → Chlamydia
Informed consent guideline → DPOA consent allowed
Hospice care explanation → Multidisciplinary terminal care
Hospice severe sedation → Contact provider
Post-cardiac cath priority → Delayed cap refill
Evaluate delegated vitals → Recheck abnormal values
Disease report state level → Pertussis
Dementia unit safety → Exit alarms
Unauthorized EMR access → Log out computer
SBAR background info → Code status
Preceptor time management → Set care goals
Bioterrorism disaster priority → PPE supply
Sterile technique maintained → Label up, proper opening
Suspected elder abuse → Separate caregiver
Extra medication dose found → Assess client first
Repeated medication errors → Review nurse process
Ethics committee consult → Religious transfusion refusal
Telehealth main objective → Assess client needs
Disaster triage treatment first → Airway compromised
Fire evacuation priority → Ambulatory chemo client
Pulmonary function test understanding → Nose clip
Staff conflict TB refusal → House supervisor mediation
ED triage priority → Dyspnea RR 26
Finger-stick glucose teaching → Warm hands