These factors go into the delegation decision process.
What is client needs, facility policies and job descriptions.
100
ABC stands for what.
What is airway, breathing, circulation.
100
Which should be assessed first, chest pain or abdominal pain
What is chest pain.
100
The RN knowns these healthcare professionals can not delegate tasks.
What is nursing assistants, UAs, secretaries, custodians.
100
The process of transferring authority, accountability and responsibility of client care to another member of the health care team
What is delegation
200
Nurses can assign tasks appropriate for the skill and education level of the healthcare provider who is receiving the assignment.
What is delegation factors.
200
AN RN would assess this first, acute or chronic injury.
What is an acute injury.
200
This person should be seen first, a gun shot wound to the abdomen or a gun shot wound to the thigh.
What is gun shot wound to the abdomen.
200
The RN is responsible for these team members when they are delegating.
What is RN, LPN, UA
200
Process of directing, monitoring, and evaluating the performance of tasks by another member of the health care team
What is supervising
300
Considerations for selection of an appropriate delegation, usually include education, training, experience, knowledge, skill level, level of critical thinking required to complete the task and communication.
What is delegate factors.
300
This is a hierarchy of human needs when prioritizing interventions.
What is Maslow's hierarchy?
300
These individuals can be delegated in getting vitals on an unstable patient.
What is the RN.
300
Right/wrong supervision
Prior to performing an admission assessment, an RN delegates to an AP the task of ambulating a client.
What is wrong supervision.
300
Performed in a downward or lateral manner with regard to members of the health care team. Factors include... client condition or level of care needed, need for special precautions, and time commitment.
What is assigning.
400
Completion of tasks on schedule, performance is at satisfactory level, abnormal or unexpected findings were documented and reported.
What is supervision of delegation.
400
In Maslow's hierarchy, these will trump the need for shelter, food, water.
What is airway, oxygen, circulation, breathing.
400
In this situation, who should be informed first...AP sees the vital sign of a pt as BP 90/48, pulse of 130, pt is diaphoretic.
What is the RN.
400
Trach care, suctioning, check NG tube potency, insertion of a urinary catheter.
What is delegation tasks of an LPN.
400
Mental process used when analyzing the elements of a clinical situation and using analysis to make a decision
What is clinical reasoning.
500
These are the five rights of delegation.
What is right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication, right supervision.
500
List the levels of Maslow's hierarchy
What is physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
500
Used when analyzing client issues and problems. thinking includes interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference and explanation.
What is critical thinking.
500
Bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting.
What is tasks to delegate to an AP.
500
Decision made regarding a course of action based on a critical analysis of data when using knowledge is applied to a clinical situation.