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A newly hired nurse in an adult medicine unit with 3 months' experience was asked to float to pediatrics. The nurse hesitates to perform pediatric skills and receive an interesting assignment that feels overwhelming.

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John Smith

John Smith

John Smith
John Smith

Answered Feb 27, 2017

Inform the nursing supervisor and the charge nurse on the pediatric floor about the nurse’s lack of skill and feelings of hesitations and request assistance

The nurse is ethically obligated to inform the person responsible for the assignment and the person responsible for the unit about the nurses skill level. The nurse therefore avoids a situation of abandoning clients and exposing them to greater risks
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