The HUC has just arrived on the nursing unit.Which of the following tasks would take top priority?
A)Obtaining a laboratory result for the doctor
B)Ordering a stat CBC
C)Relaying a message to a patient's nurse that the patient is now in recovery
D)Transcribing a patient's routine orders

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Transcribing stat orders would take top priority,and relaying the message to a patient's nurse would be next in priority.Some of these tasks can be performed simultaneously,as when an HUC orders stat laboratory tests while conveying a message to the nurse regarding a patient's return from surgery.

The HUC Has Just Arrived on the Nursing Unit