Examkin

Question

Difficulty: EasyClient Care Assignments and Collaboration

A practical nurse (PN) is planning the morning workflow on a rehabilitation unit and working alongside an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following tasks can the PN safely delegate to the AP? Select all that apply.

  1. Assisting a client with putting on anti-embolism stockings.Answer
  2. B
    Determining the need for a PRN pain medication for a client reporting discomfort.
  3. Documenting the oral fluid intake for a client diagnosed with heart failure.Answer
  4. D
    Evaluating the skin around a pressure injury during a bed bath.
  5. Transporting a stable client to the physical therapy department via wheelchair.Answer

Answer

The PN can safely delegate assisting with anti-embolism stockings, documenting oral fluid intake, and transporting a stable client via wheelchair.
The correct tasks include routine activities of daily living, measuring intake and output, and safe transport. These interventions have predictable outcomes, do not require nursing assessment, and are safely within the AP's scope of practice.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze each task to determine if it requires nursing judgment, assessment, or evaluation.
Identify tasks that are routine, have predictable outcomes, and do not require clinical decision-making.
The five rights of delegation dictate that only tasks within the delegate's scope of practice can be assigned.
2
Select the tasks that fit the assistive personnel's (AP) scope of practice.
Applying stockings, measuring intake, and transporting stable clients are selected.
These are standard, non-invasive procedures that do not involve the nursing process.

Key Concept

Delegation of routine, non-complex tasks to Assistive Personnel (AP)
Rate this question

Topics

Client Care Assignments and Collaboration

More questions from this topic