Scope of Practice
This legal document provides guidelines about scope of practice-delegating and supervising for RN's.
What is the State Nurse practice act.
The condition of the patient must be stable and the RN must reassess appropriateness of the delegation.
What is right circumstance?
The art of transferring a nursing task to a competent individual.
What is delegation?
This step confirms that the task being delegated falls within the job description.
What is the Situation?
So I've taken on too many things today and I cannot prioritize my time today.
What is the do it all nurse?
One should delegate to the nursing assistant utilizing this method.
What is delegating by SBAR?
The activity must fall within the delegatee's job description.
What is the right task?
The most forgotten steps of delegation.
What is supervision & evaluation?
This step confirms the situation is stable and the delegatee understands that if a change occurs, you need to be informed as the nurse?
What is the Background?
Oh, I can just get someone else to change the patient because I am in the middle of my medications and I don't want to get behind.
What is the Justifier?
This individual delivers direct patient care under the direction of the licensed nurse.
What is the unlicensed personnel?
To ensure that the delegatee has the skill and knowledge to perform the activity.
What is the right person?
You can transfer responsibility but you cannot transfer this?
What is Accountability?
The step confirms that the delegatee is the right person for the task based on the nature of the situation?
What is Assessment?
I just try to be everyone's friend and I find it hard to get anyone to take me serious when I ask them to do something.
What is the buddy?
This type of nurse is able to supervise other RN's, LPN's and CNA's.
What is the professional nurses (RN)?
The act of providing direction, evaluation and follow-up.
What is supervision?
Possessing verifiable knowledge and skill to perform a nursing activity
What is competency?
This step includes right communication and directions.
What is Recommendation?
I will clean up a patient so that the nurses assistant can hear and see me do it.
What is the role model?
When the delegator delegates a task but does not transfer full authority and takes back responsibility or fails to direct the task.
What is under delegation ?
Two way communication with specific instructions.
What is right direction & communication?
Evaluates outcomes and maintains accountability for delegated responsibilities
Who is the RN?
This step allows agreement of patient evaluations and how the task was carried out.
What is Recommendation?
Well, if I ask the nursing assistant to carry out a task, I always check to see if it was done.
What is the inspector?