Exam 14: Delegation in the Clinical Setting

A female 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?

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?

A nurse is reviewing delegation with a graduate nurse.The nurse knows that the teaching has been successful when the graduate nurse states which of the following?

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

Which statement(s)will help the nurse give feedback to a coworker? (Select all that apply.)

Based on the goal of making optimal use of the level of preparation of the licensed practical nurse (LPN),which task should the nurse (RN)delegate to the LPN?

The Delegation Decision Tree,which was prepared and adopted by ANA and NCSBN,has specific steps.Identify the steps in this Decision Tree.(Select all that apply.)

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? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse manager understands the causes of performance weaknesses when making which of the following statements? (Select all that apply.)

What are potential causes of performance inadequacies?

Which of the following statements indicate the nurses understanding of accountability in the delegation process?