Kiara was assigned to take care of 5 to 6 patients from admission to discharge. The system is:

• A. Nursing care management
• B. Primary nursing
• C. Modular nursing
• D. Team nursing

Answer: (B)

Continuity of care and one nurse taking responsibility for a patient’s plan from admission to discharge is the hallmark of the primary nursing model. In this approach, a single nurse is accountable for planning and directing all aspects of a patient’s care throughout the stay, coordinating with other staff but maintaining the primary responsibility. When Kiara is assigned to manage 5 to 6 patients from admission to discharge, she becomes the central coordinator for those patients, ensuring a consistent care plan, clear communication, and continuity across shifts. This differs from other systems where care is divided among teams or tasks rather than owned by one nurse for the entire patient journey; for example, team or modular nursing distributes care among groups, and functional nursing assigns specific tasks to different staff. Therefore, this arrangement aligns with primary nursing, where one nurse oversees the overall plan for each patient from admission through discharge.