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4-5 Teamwork and Collaboration 241 4-5 TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION The RN works on an endocrine unit in a hospital that uses a team approach to deliver patient care. The team densisis of an RN, an LVN, and two nusing a pervision and the delegation of care. A new, highly recommended LVN has recently been hired to work on week of orientation, the supervising RN noticed that the LVN was friendly but did not check the inaulin assistants. The RN is responsible for the su with anyone before giving the insulin injections to the patients. The RN told the LVN to Fave all dosge trust her. Later, the RN again saw the LVN giving an insulin injection to another patient wishout checking the insulin dose. The RN questioned the LVN, and the LVN responded that she forgot because she never had to ore giving. The LVN sold one of the nursing assistants that the RN did no have her work checked in her previous job and she would remember to double-check the dose nest ime Information about the RN: The RN has been working on the endocrine unit for 2 years. She is very conscien- tious and, because she has diabetes mellitus, she takes a special interest in working with patients who have dia- betes. She works closely with her staff and has not had any serious staff problems. She can tell that the LVN has a lot of experience and feels a little intimidated by her at times. The RN has little patience for what she considers "unsafe practice" behaviors. Information about the LVN: The LVN has been a nurse for 15 years and is recognized for providing good patient care. She has worked in several hospitals. In her last job, she worked in a skilled nursing facility where she had increased responsibility. She decided to return to the acute care setting because it offered better finan- cial benefits. She feels that she has a lot of experience and is more familiar with some clinical situations than the newly graduated RNs. She can tell that the staff RN is recently out of school. 1. Identify the strong and weak in each nurse. Strong characteristicS Weak characteristics of the LVN Strong characteristics of the RN Weak characteristics of the LVN of the RN 2. Prioritize the major issue that needs to be addressed at this time. As the RN, how would you handle this situation? 1. Copyright2014,2010, 2006, 2003, 1999 by Saunders, an imprint of Eaevier Inc All righ reserved

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Answer 1

# Strong characteristics of the RN are :-

- accountable

- follows safe practice

- have good knowledge

- works as a team

# Weak characteristics of the RN are :-

- little patience

- feels intimidated at times

# Strong characteristics of the LVN are :-

- provide good patient care

- has a lot of experience

- responsible

# Weak characteristics of the LVN are :-

- has an attitude that she knows everything

- considers self as senior

- don't want to follow her RN

2. The major issue that needs to be addressed at this time is about the behaviour of the newly hired LVN . She does want to follow her RN as she considers the RN as a recently passed graduate and she herself has many years of experience so she does not want to follow the RN .

# As a RN , I would have a talk with the newly hired LVN and will ask her does she have any issues regarding the practice to sort the mismanagement .