A nurse on a busy medicine unit is assigned to four pts. It is 10 AM. Two pts have medications due and one of those has a specimen of urine to be collected. One pt is having complications from surgery and is being prepared to return to the operating room. The fourth pt requires instructions about activity restrictions before going home this afternoon. Which of the following should the nurse use in making clinical decisions appropriate for the pt group?
1) Consider availability of assistive personnel to obtain the specimen
2) Combine activities to resolve more than one pt problem
3) Analyze the diagnoses/problems and decide which are most urgent based on pts' needs
4) Plan a family conference for tomorrow to make decisions about resources the pt will need to go home
5) Identify the nursing diagnoses for the pt going home