There are three staff nurses working on the general medical-surgical f

QUESTION

There are three staff nurses working on the general medical-surgical floor.

Nurse A has just graduated from nursing school and passed the boards, Nurse B has been working for 4 years on the unit, and Nurse C has been working as a nurse for 10 years in a variety of areas in the hospital. According to Benner’s Novice-to-Expert Model, in which phase of the model is Nurse B, who has worked on the unit for 3 to 5 years?
A)
Expert practitioner
B)
Proficient practitioner
C)
Advanced beginner
D)
Competent practitioner

ANSWER:

B