The best client for Jenna to work with would be patient D, the client who had a total hip replacement two days ago and needs blood glucose monitoring. This is because Jenna has no experience with a lot of the more demanding things that would happen on an orthopaedic ward.
Blood glucose monitoring is easy to take care of, especially if it falls outside of whatever range the patient is supposed to be kept in for the moment. She would easily be able to find the information in the patient’s charts and it would allow Jenna to ease into the ward.
In the end, the main reason Jenna should be assigned to patient D is because she has experience with this.
A client who had a total hip replacement two days ago and needs blood glucose monitoring.
A nurse from the medical-surgical floor floated to the orthopedic unit should be given clients with stable condition as those have care similar to her training and experience. A client who is in postoperative state is more likely to be on a stable condition.
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