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PPL Exam 2 - Safe Practice and Jurisprudence QuestionsWith Complete Solutions
A nurse assesses a patient reported to have normal vital signs
throughout the night and finds the patient in acute respiratory
distress. What is the nurse's next best action?
a. Delegate vital signs to the UAP.
b. Ask another nurse to call the health care provider.
c. Call a code.
d. Start another peripheral IV line. Correct Answers b. Ask
another nurse to call the health care provider.
A nurse must delegate some responsibilities of the care of
patients on a particularly busy and chaotic day to the LPN and
UAP team members. Which of the following can be
appropriately delegated to the LPN?
a. Assisting with a central line insertion
b. Giving bath supplies to patients who are capable of bathing
themselves
c. Rechecking the blood pressure on a patient who is having
episodes of bigeminy and ventricular tachycardia
,d. Transporting a patient in a wheelchair for discharge Correct
Answers a. Assisting with a central line insertion
A patient turns his call light on and requests someone to help
him ambulate. The senior student nurse has been caring for this
patient for 2 days but has only helped him to a chair in the past.
Which instructions should be given to the student prior to
ambulation of the patient?
a. "The patient has been ambulated before but still requires some
assistance."
b. "The patient has been ambulated before but is only able to
walk with supervision and a walker."
c. "The patient is only able to walk with a walker for the length
of the hallway."
d. "The patient has been ambulated before using a walker but
needs his oxygen saturation checked if he complains of SOB
(shortness of breath)." Correct Answers d. "The patient has
been ambulated before using a walker but needs his oxygen
saturation checked if he complains of SOB (shortness of
breath)."
,A patient turns his call light on and states, "I'm having trouble
breathing." Which team members should be delegated to
respond to this call light?
a. RN
b. LPN
c. Senior student nurse
d. UAP Correct Answers a. RN
A UAP is asked to take a patient's temperature every 4 hours
and report that temperature to the RN. Which best demonstrates
the correct interpretation of right communication?
a. The UAP takes the temperature for the patient every 4 hours.
b. The UAP charts the temperature for the patient every 4 hours.
c. The UAP reports that the patient has been afebrile all day.
d. The UAP reports the temperature for the patient every 4
hours. Correct Answers d. The UAP reports the temperature
for the patient every 4 hours.
The UAP has correctly interpreted the delegation and has
appropriately acted.
, 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.)
a. State nurse practice act
b. Organization's policies and procedures
c. The Joint Commission (TJC)
d. American Nurses Association (ANA)
e. Board of Registered Nursing Correct Answers a. State nurse
practice act
b. Organization's policies and procedures
d. American Nurses Association (ANA)
e. Board of Registered Nursing
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:
a. amount of time that the task will take.
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