A nurse on an inpatient medical unit notices that multiple patients being admitted to the unit from the emergency department are not wearing ID bands. Which of the following is the most appropriate way to address this issue?

Schedule a meeting with the ED charge nurse to brainstorm a solution. The most appropriate approach for addressing this issue is to schedule a meeting with the ED charge nurse and brainstorm a mutually beneficial solution. This approach includes both departments, avoids direct blame, and does not make it the unit nurse’s problem. Directly confronting the ED nurses is not appropriate. Merely informing the ED charge nurse without offering assistance also is not appropriate.

A nurse on an inpatient medical unit notices that multiple patien...

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