Exam 17: Delegating: Authority, Accountability, Responsibility in Delegation Decisions

County Hospital has position descriptions for all staff, including RN Team Leaders.Sarah, a team leader on the rehab unit, assesses the needs of the patients in her area, assesses the skills and backgrounds of each of the individuals on her team, and then assigns and delegates the appropriate care provider to each patient and task.Sarah provides Colleen, her RN colleague with details regarding the patients to whom Colleen has been assigned on the day shift.This is an example of:

The day shift nurse asks an LPN/LVN to complete a task for a patient.The day shift nurse is engaging in what function?

During staff-development programs, staff nurses verbalize their frustration about their workloads and having to delegate so many tasks to others.One of the main reasons that delegation has emerged as an issue is because of:

In delegating to a UNP in a home health setting, which of the following represents the most appropriate delegation communication?

You ask Evelyn, a new UNP, to check what is left in Mrs.N.'s inhaler when Evelyn makes visits to Mrs.N.and also to check whether Mrs.N.is receiving any positive effect from the medication.Evelyn reports for 3 weeks that Mrs.N.is using the inhaler and that there is enough medication left in the device.The day of her last visit to Mrs.N., Mrs.N.is admitted to the hospital in severe respiratory distress.When she is admitted, she tells the physician that she has not been using the inhaler for 4 weeks.Determination of Evelyn's educational preparation and certification is related to the concept of: