Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing 10th Edition by Shirlee Snyder,Audrey Berman,Geralyn Frandsen

Exercise 5

A nursing student is employed and working as an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) on a busy surgical unit. The nurses know that the UAP is enrolled in a nursing program and will be graduating soon. A nurse asks the UAP if he has performed a urinary catheterization on clients while in the nursing program. When the UAP says "Yes," the nurse asks him to help her out by doing a urinary catheterization on a postsurgical client. What is the best response by the UAP?
1) "Let me get permission from the client first."
2) "Sure. Which client is it?"
3) "I can't do it unless you supervise me."
4) "I can't do it. Is there something else I can help you with?"