Teacher:The head nurse's role is one of clinical leadership and continuous responsibility for the over all management of patjent care. To make primary nursing work, the head nurse has to turn all decision-making work for patients to the staff nurses.
老師：護士長是臨床部門的領導之一，她始終對病人的護理負責全面管理。為了更好地開展責任制護理工作，護士長必須把對病人的護理決定權交給護士。
Student:What are the head nurse's duty then?
學生：那么護士長的責任是什么呢？
T:First the head nurse allocates the different patients to different nurses after their admission. On every day shift the head nurse allocates the patients whose primary nurse is off duty to different associate nurses. She has to decide which nurse shall care for which patient. Experience as well as education must be taken into account while considering a nurse's level of expertise in caring for various patients thus to maintain a high standdard of nursing.
老師：首先在病人住院之后，護士長把他們按不同的情況分配給不同的護士。每天日班護士長將不在班責任護士的病人分配給副責任護士。她必須考慮決定哪個護士護理哪個病人。考慮護士護理不同病人的專業水平，時護士的資歷和經驗都應重視。這樣才可能保持護理的高標準。
S:How does a head nurse support the primary nurse?
學生：護士長是怎樣支持責任護士的？
T:The head nurse is the validator of decisions made by her staff. She is a teacher, a resource person and the quality control supervisor for the whole unit.
老師：護士長是保證護士們實現其護理計劃的人。她既是老師，又是提供咨詢的人，還是整個單位質量管理的督導員。 | 
