Exam 26: Delegation: An Art of Professional Practice

Which of the following indicates safe delegation?

Leslie,a UNP,transfers a patient while using improper technique.The patient is injured,and as a result,a suit is launched in which both Sarah,the delegator,and Leslie,the delegatee,are named.Sarah is named in the suit because she:

You ask Evelyn,a new UNP,to check what is left in Mrs.N.'s inhaler when Evelyn makes visits to Mrs.N.,and also to check whether Mrs.N.is receiving any positive effect from the medication.Evelyn reports for 3 weeks that Mrs.N.is using the inhaler,and that there is enough medication left in the device.The day of her last visit to Mrs.N.,Mrs.N.is admitted to the hospital in severe respiratory distress.When she is admitted,she tells the physician that she has not been using the inhaler for 4 weeks.This incident is an example of:

Sarah (Question 21)provides Colleen,her RN colleague with details regarding the patients to whom Colleen has been assigned on the day shift.This is an example of:

You are a member of a team assigned to care for 15 general medical/surgical clients.You have all worked well together in the past in this same type of care.If you are assigned to coordinate this team's work,your best strategy,based on the Hersey and Blanchard model,would be to:

County Hospital has position descriptions for all staff,including RN Team Leaders.Sarah,a team leader on the rehab unit,assesses the needs of the patients in her area,assesses the skills and backgrounds of each of the individuals on her team,and then assigns and delegates the appropriate care provider to each patient and task.Sarah's activity in the example described is termed:

An RN colleague,who is a long-standing and collaborative member of your team,is performing a complex and novel dressing for the first time for the patient to whom she has been assigned.Which of the following would be the most appropriate communication with her?

Ali,an RN on your unit,is consistently late to work and makes remarks such as "Do you really want me to do that?" when patients and care are assigned to her.You have spoken with her frequently about her:

In Question 18,before assigning Evelyn to Mrs.N.'s care,the most appropriate action of the care coordinator would have been to:

During staff development programs,staff nurses verbalize their frustration about their workloads and having to delegate so many tasks to others.One of the main reasons that delegation has emerged as an issue is because of:

The nurse manager is setting up the room assignments for the unit.She has one critical patient on the unit,who is going to require more care than the others.Before delegating a task,a nurse manager should:

With delegation,responsibility and accountability remain with the:

Determination of Evelyn's educational preparation and certification (Question 18)is related to the concept of:

In delegating to a UNP in a home health setting,which of the following represents the most appropriate delegation communication?

A key advantage that a nurse manager has in terms of delegating is that:

Which of the following exemplifies accountability? Karen,the nurse manager on 5E:

The night nurse understands that certain factors need to be considered before delegating tasks to others.These factors include the:

During a fire drill,the nurse manager becomes very assertive and directive in her communications with staff.This type of situational leadership depends on:

Which of the following would be most in line with Hersey and Blanchard's concepts?

An example of a care activity that would likely not be delegated by an RN to a UNP is