The interprofessional healthcare team is coordinating care on a busy medical-surgical unit. To ensure safe and effective care, match each clinical task with the team member whose scope of practice or professional role is most appropriate for the assignment.
- Completing the initial comprehensive admission assessment and establishing the nursing care plan.Registered Nurse (RN)
- Administering scheduled enteral tube feedings and reinforcing previous ostomy care teaching.Practical Nurse (PN)
- Assisting a stable, two-day postoperative client with morning hygiene and transferring to a chair.Assistive Personnel (AP)
- Evaluating a client's specific mobility deficits and designing a customized progressive ambulation program.Physical Therapist (PT)
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Clinical tasks must be assigned according to the legal scope of practice: comprehensive assessments to the RN, routine medication and teaching reinforcement to the PN, basic care to the AP, and mobility evaluation to the PT.
Delegation and interprofessional collaboration require assigning tasks to team members based on their legal scope of practice and specialized training. The RN must handle initial assessments and care planning. The PN manages stable clients, performs routine procedures, and reinforces teaching. The AP handles basic care for stable clients. The PT evaluates and prescribes interventions for mobility and rehabilitation.
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Client care assignments must be delegated based on the legal scope of practice, team member competency, and client stability.