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A Conflict Develops Between an Associate Nurse and a Primary

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A conflict develops between an associate nurse and a primary nurse over the assessment of a patient with pulmonary edema.On the basis of her assessment of the patient,the associate nurse insists that it is her role to change the care plan because she is the one who has made the assessment.As the nurse manager,you clarify that


A) it is the role of the primary nurse to make alterations on the basis of assessment data and input.
B) the associate nurse is accountable and responsible while the primary nurse is off duty and therefore is able to alter the care plan.
C) neither the primary nurse nor the associate nurse should make changes without first consulting you as the manager.
D) it really does not matter who alters the nursing care plan because it depends on situation and time to do so.

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