A nurse from the surgical care unit has been floated to your unit for the day. Which of the following patients would you want to assign to this nurse?
  1. Exacerbation of heart failure
  2. Diabetes Type II, new onset
  3. Emergency appendectomy
  4. Thyrotoxicosis
Explanation
Answer: C - The nurse from the surgical care unit should be comfortable taking care of an emergency appendectomy patient. This nurse should be most comfortable with pre- and post-operative patients; therefore, the nurse should choose to give him or her those patients if available.
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