You are an LPN on a surgical floor that has mostly abdominal cases. The floor functions with the dyad model, which is designed to have an RN and one nursing assistant or LPN.
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You are an LPN on a surgical floor that has mostly abdominal
cases. The floor functions with the dyad model, which is designed to have an RN
and one nursing assistant or LPN. You have completed your orientation and are
working with a great RN who is interested in teaching you as well as working
with you to give patient care. You love your job. When you come to work one
day, the nurse manager asks you to work with a nursing assistant on a heavy
assignment. The manager says that you have done a wonderful job through your
orientation, and now he needs you to be the head of the dyad for a day because
the RN called in sick. He says that he will be available to assist you with IV
procedures and medications and whatever else you need. You are concerned because
you are a new LPN who has worked on the floor for less than a month. The
nursing assistant with whom you are working is very good at what she does, but
she is not a licensed nurse. This situation has the potential for being
chaotic. Comment on the following questions:
1.
Should you accept this
assignment? Please explain your answer.
Yes,
I would accept the assignment.
2.
If you accept the
assignment, are there any considerations you need to clarify with the nurse
manager?
3.
Plan ahead for chaos.
What strange attractors can you anticipate?
