CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

Answer - A - The patient who is most appropriate for the charge nurse to assign to the float nurse is an eight-year-old patient with asthma receiving inhaled medications. A nurse floated to a nursing unit should be assigned to care for a patient with conditions similar to her training and experience and those with a stable condition. The medical-surgical unit nurse is competent to care for patients with asthma receiving inhaled medications.