Exam 9: Delegation

According to the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, there are five factors that a nurse should assess when making a decision to delegate nursing tasks. These factors are assessing the potential for harm, the complexity of the task, the amount of problem solving and innovation required, the unpredictability of the outcome, and the:

Which staff member should be assigned to a dying client who is experiencing symptoms of emotional distress?

The nurse has asked a nurse's aide to greet a postoperative patient who has just arrived on the unit and to determine whether he is in stable condition. This act of delegation is an example of a nurse inappropriately delegating:

When determining that delegation of an element of patient care needs to occur, the nurse delegates with a clear, concise description of the task, including its objectives, limits, and expectations. The nurse allows the delegate to clarify without fear of repercussion. Which of the following five rights of delegation is being demonstrated?

Which principles are important to consider when an RN delegates tasks to UAP (select all that apply)?

The process of delegation may be undermined in the health care setting as one member of the team moves work in a downward direction. What are some of the reasons for delegatees to resist responsibility (select all that apply)?

Transferring the authority to perform a selected nursing task in a selected situation to a competent individual is:

Delegation to unlicensed staff is most common in which settings (select all that apply)?

Which of the following colleagues would a nurse typically delegate to in the health care setting (select all that apply)?

If a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) provides discharge teaching, who is legally responsible?

What tool is used as a systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process to identify where and how care delivery might fail?

Delegating requires clear and skillful _____ to avoid liability.

Teams within a health care organization utilize FMEA to identify possible failures and prevent them by correcting the processes proactively. Which of the following processes or questions are answered using the FMEA approach (select all that apply)?

Individuals who are trained to help the registered nurse (RN) in the provision of patient-client care activities as delegated by and under the supervision of the RN are known as:

The nurse's two main legal responsibilities in delegation are to assess the competency of the delegatee and to assess:

With regards to delegation, what organizational principles are considered (select all that apply)?

Which of the following are the responsibilities of the delegatee in a situation (select all that apply)?

The charge nurse is making assignments on a surgical unit. Which client should be assigned to the least experienced nurse?

A manager should never delegate:

A unit manager is utilizing her staff as a resource for educational presentations. An RN in her unit has been requested to create a PowerPoint on delegation and supervision. What resources should she include for staff to obtain additional information on delegation and supervision (select all that apply)?