HURST Review: Coordinated Care| 105 questions| with complete solutions

As a new nurse, you cannot provide safe care to your clients if you don't know how to correct answer: -manage care -assign care -supervise care -prioritize care The judgments you make in management situations have to be based on correct answer: med-surg knowledge If you don't understand disease processes, you cannot correct answer: set priorities of care or determine which staff member would be best to take care of the client You MUST know your _______________________, and then you can move on to ________________________ correct answer: core content; management decisions Assignments include correct answer: the routine care, activities, and procedures that are within the authorized scope of practice of the RN, LPN/LVN, or part of the routine functions of the UAP Assignment is the sharing of correct answer: routine work that each staff member is responsible for during a given shift or work period The assigned tasks should be part of correct answer: the course work taught in the basic educational program of the staff member Delegation is correct answer: allowing a specific task to be performed that is not routinely performed and is BEYOND the traditional role of the individual to which the nursing activity skill, or procedure is delegated The key is that the staff member who is delegated the task has correct answer: received additional training or education and has validated competency to perform the delegated task You can delegate the responsibility of the task, but you cannot correct answer: delegate the ultimate accountability The RN is accountable for correct answer: ALL aspects of nursing care that are being provided including the choices you make about who is considered competent to perform each task What are the 5 rights of delegation? correct answer: 1. right person 2. right circumstances 3. right task 4. right direction/communication