The RN receives reports on eight clients in the morning. Client assignments are then delegated to an LPN and two nursing assistants. The morning is busy, with physician visits and new client orders, and the RN communicates these new orders to the LPN and nursing assistants. The RN also meets with the case manager to discuss nursing home placement for a client. What type of nursing care delivery system is in place in this hospital?

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1. Critical pathways are a set of strategies used by healthcare providers to attain expected outcomes. Critical pathways are not a nursing care delivery system, and there are insufficient data to determine if they are used in this scenario.
2. Total client care is given by one nurse.
3. The RN in this case is leading a team. A variety of skilled caregivers cares for a group of clients.
4. Functional nursing breaks down the assignments into tasks.

The RN Receives Reports on Eight Clients in the Morning