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Essay / Nursing Case Study - 1446
According to page 468, client education is a task that cannot be delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel. The nurse cannot therefore delegate postoperative teaching to the UAP since this would be linked to client education.b. The client with pneumonia requires more care than the client requiring postoperative teaching.i. Prioritization is not based on which patient needs more care. The patient with pneumonia should be helped first because they have a high priority, life-threatening problem (respiratory impairment). c. The client with pneumonia may have respiratory distress.i. Respiratory distress is linked to respiratory deficiency which is a potentially life-threatening problem. Life-threatening problems are high priority and require immediate attention.d. The room of the client with pneumonia is closer than that of the client requiring postoperative teachingi. Prioritization issues are not based on proximity to the patient, but rather on how threatening the problem is. Prioritization categories include high, medium, and low priority. Priority is high when there are life-threatening issues, including areas of respiratory and cardio impairment. These problems must be immediate