A nurse from the labor and delivery unit is assigned to float to a medical-surgical unit....
A nurse from the labor and delivery unit is assigned to float to a medical-surgical unit. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
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When a nurse floats from the labor and delivery unit to medical surgical unit ,the actions to be taken first are :-
- handover about the patient's details to the other nurse present in that labor and delivery unit and also to the nurse in charge so that there is no delay in patient care
- documentation about the care and procedures done .
- orientation about the new unit ( medical surgical unit) before initiating the duty in the other unit .
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