Exam 14: Delegation in the Clinical Setting

There is a temporary agency registered nurse assigned to the nursing unit.You have no knowledge of this nurse's skills,and you want to assign the nurse to a patient who has a fresh tracheostomy.How should you handle this situation?

The nurse is preparing assignments in a pediatric unit for the night shift.Which of the following would be appropriate to assign the LPN?

Which statement(s)will help the nurse give feedback to a coworker?

The charge nurse is assigning patients for care.There are two registered nurses (RNs),an LPN,and a certified nursing assistant (CNA).The charge nurse would assign which of the following patients to the LPN?

The nurse manager understands the causes of performance weaknesses when making which of the following statements?

Which task could a staff nurse delegate to a certified nursing assistant (CNA)?

Which of the following tasks can the nurse safely delegate to the nursing assistant?

The nurse is preparing to delegate work to the nurse aide.What can be done to ensure that work is delegated in a manner that is understood by the nurse aide?

The Delegation Decision Tree,which was prepared and adopted by the ANA and NCSBN,has specific steps.Identify the steps in this Decision Tree.

The nurse is making assignments for the team.There are two LPNs and a nursing assistant on the team.Which of the following assignments would the nurse choose for him/herself?

A patient in the medical-surgical unit is diagnosed with anemia and complains of weakness.Which of the following assignments could be given to the nursing assistant?