Team Nursing Model Paper

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The type of model of nursing care delivery used on my unit is a team nursing model. I am currently working on a 50-bed orthopedic unit in a level one trauma center. The unit is divided into 2 areas. One of the sides is for trauma patients and the other one is for elective surgical patients. One nurse assumes the charge nurse duties, including making staff assignments, managing call-outs, communicating with the patient care coordinator, and supervises problems and concerns for both areas of the unit. There are also multiple nurses on the unit, and each nurse is assigned about 5 or 6 patients for each shift. In team nursing, the medications are given by one nurse while baths, vital signs, and lab works are provided by a nursing assistant (NA).