Problem: As the RN charge nurse, you are preparing to make assignments for the oncoming shift on the medical-surgical unit. Your unit has 12 beds. Currently, your census is 11, with one empty bed. Besides yourself, you have the following staff:
- Raul, an experienced RN.
- Tara, an RN orientee assigned with Raul for the shift. It is her third day on the unit.
- Monique, a supplemental RN. The last assignment in this unit was three weeks ago.
- Dorothy, an experienced LPN.
- Timmy, an experienced nursing assistant.
- Val, unit secretary. Split between your unit and the one next door as theirs called in sick