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You are the nurse on Ward C with 14 patients. Your fellow incoming nurses called in sick and cannot come to work on your shift. What will be your best action on this situation?

  • Review patient intervention, set priorities, ask the supervisor to hand over extra staff

  • continue with your shift and delegate some responsibilities to the nursing assistant

  • fill out an incident form about the staffing condition

  • ask the colleague to look for someone to cover