What can be delegated to Assistive personnel (AP)?
- ADLs - bathing - grooming - dressing - ambulating - feeding (w/o swallow precautions) - positioning - bed making - specimen collection - I&O - VS (stable clients
A nurse on a med surg unit has received change of shift report and will care for...
, What can be delegated to Assistive personnel (AP)?
- ADLs - bathing - grooming - dressing - ambulating - feeding (w/o swallow precautions) - positioning - bed making
- specimen collection - I&O - VS (stable clients
A nurse on a med surg unit has received change of shift report and will care for 4 clients. Which of the following clients’
needs will the nurse assign to an AP?
✓ Reapplying a condom catheter for a client who has urinary incontinence
A nurse is delegating the ambulation of a client who had knee arthroplasty 5 days ago to an AP. Which of the following
info should the nurse share with the AP?
Select all:
✓ The client ambulates with his slippers on over his anti-embolic stockings
✓ The client uses a front wheeled walker when ambulating
✓ The client had pain meds 30 minutes ago
An RN is making assignments for client care to an LPN at the beginning of the shift. Which of the following assignments
should the LPN question?
✓ Replacing the cartridge and tubing on a PCA pump
A nurse is preparing an in-service program about delegation. Which of the following elements should she identify when
presenting the 5 rights of delegation? Select all:
✓ Right supervision/evaluation
✓ Right direction/communication
✓ Right circumstances
A nurse manager of a med surg unit is assigning care responsibilities for the oncoming shift. A client is waiting transfer
back to the unit from the PACU following thoracic surgery. To which staff member should the nurse assign the client?
✓ RN
What is the study of conduct and character? Ethics
What are the values and beliefs that guide behavior and decision making? Morals
What is the right to make one’s own personal decisions, even though those decisions might not be in the person’s best
interest
✓ Autonomy
What are positive actions to help others?
Beneficence What is an agreement to keep
promises? Fidelity
What is fairness in care delivery and use of resources? Justice
What is avoidance of harm or injury: Non-maleficence
A nurse is caring for a client who decides not to have surgery despite significant blockages in his coronary arteries. The
nurse understands that this clients choice is an example of what principles?
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