A nurse notices the novice medication nurse hurriedly gathering medications to be administered for the entire day,removing them from the packages,and placing them in a paper cup with the patient's name and room number on the cup.When one of the patients points at a pill and asks,"What is this?" and "What does this do?" the medication nurse is uncertain,because it has long since been removed from the packaging.What role is the nurse playing when taking his/her observations,concerns,and suggestions to the nurse manager?

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The nurse is acting as a change agent by identifying a problematic practice and bringing it to the attention of the nurse manager to initiate change or improvement in medication administration practices.

A Nurse Notices the Novice Medication Nurse Hurriedly Gathering Medications