The nurse learns that a fellow nurse is viewing the electronic chart of a patient with whom she went to high school. Which action does the nurse take first?

Following a major natural disaster, the charge nurse receives instruction from superiors to pair patients as roommates to increase the number of available rooms. The first patient to be paired is a 42-year-old patient with cellulitis who has a 103°C fever and tachycardia. The charge nurse places her in a room with which patient?

The 76-year-old patient with atrial fibrillation tells the nurse in a slurred voice that the right arm “just isn’t working right.” Which action does the nurse take first?