A patient complains to you that she has no idea who "her nurse" is on any given day."I ask one nurse for my pills,and she says,'That is not my job.' I ask the pill nurse about my lab tests,and she says that I should ask another nurse." The nursing care delivery model most likely to be employed in this situation is
A) differentiated practice.
B) team nursing.
C) functional nursing.
D) case management.

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In functional nursing,licensed and unlicensed personnel perform specific tasks for a large number of patients.A disadvantage of this system is that care is assigned by task and not by patient,which can leave patients with the experience of multiple caregivers and a sense of confusion.

A Patient Complains to You That She Has No Idea