Delegation
A person, other than a RN or LPN that some nursing tasks can be delegated to
What is a UAP?
The name of a report published that prompted action in healthcare for increased safety
What is the IOM (Institute of Medicine) report?
Used by nurses to make decisions regarding standards of care
What are nurse practice acts?
Many nursing errors that cause harm to patients are caused by
What are medication errors?
A leadership style that allows great flexibility and limited direction is known as
What is lais-sez-faire?
This can not be delegated to UAPs
What is clinical decision making?
A barrier for patient safety is most commonly related to this
What is communication?
Professional judgement for nursing decisions is also known as
What is critical thinking or clinical judgement or problem solving?
The person responsible for ensuring the quality of a delegated task is
What is the Registered Nurse?
A leadership style where members of the team take part in making decisions is known as
What is a democratic leadership style?
The process used to determine delegation is known as
What are the 5 rights of delegation?
When a team has this, they are working well together.
What is synergy?
Clinical nursing practice decisions are based upon
What are standards of care/evidence based practice?
Common areas of potential nursing liability include
What are medication errors, patient falls and failure to enact physician orders?
A leadership style that dictates what should be done with little input from employees is known as
What is autocratic or authoritarian?
A method used by the nurse to determine if a person can complete a delegated task
What is reviewing their position description or providing training or knowing their expected scope of duties for their position?
Health systems with a higher percentage of these people have better outcomes
What are BSN prepared nurses?
A Magnet designated health system impacts decision making for this group of people
What are nurses?
Disciplinary action from a board of nursing against a nurse can include
What is removal or suspension of nursing license?
A high rate of this is more important than IQ and impacts outcomes in the workplace
What is Emotional Intelligence?
The best source of information to determine nursing delegation responsibilities
What is the national guidelines for nursing delegation?
The IOM Future of Nursing Report emphasized the importance of
Nursing safety (for example/ as a result of nurse residency programs, increased number of BSN prepared nurses, interprofessional collaboration, etc.)
A source for review of ethical dilemmas in nursing
What is the American Nurse's Association Code of Ethics?
Also, consider hospital ethics review boards
Nursing boards are responsible for ensuring safe nursing practice by
What is overseeing policies related to nursing practice in each state?
A person is known as this when he or she influences others and conveys a team spirit
What is a leader?