Rules for safe delegation
The first rule of safe delegation
What is to know and observe authority parameters?
The type of nurse who is able to delegate to other RNs, LPNs and unlicensed assistive personel.
What is a Registered Nurse?
Transferring to a competent individual the authority to perform a selected nursing task in a selected situation by an individual authorized by law while retaining accountability for the outcome.
What is delegation?
The task being delegated appropriately.
What is the Right Task?
Circumstances that nurses are reluctant to delegate are called this.
What are Barriers?
The second rule of safe delegation.
What is perform a thorough assessment?
Prisma Health statements that outline task that can be delegated.
What are Policies, Guidelines and Regulations (PGRs)?
Optimizing the RNs time to complete the nursing process, increase productivity, nursing shortage, and high patient acuity.
What is reasons why RNs have to delegate?
The individual possessing the knowledge base to perform the delegated task.
What is the Right Person?
This type of communication technique is used to avoid misunderstandings.
What is closed-loop communication?
The third rule of safe delegation.
What is delegate nursing task judiciously?
The right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
What is Authority?
Possessing verifiable knowledge and skill to perform an activity or task safely and efficiently.
What is competence?
The delegation being based on the specific situation.
What is the Right Circumstance?
The four core competencies of nursing practice that cannot be delegated.
What are Nursing Judgment, Assessment, Planning and Evaluation of Nursing Care?
The fourth rule of safe delegation.
What is maintain accountability?
A well defined act or action that does not require nursing judgment and can be outlined step-by-step for completion by a non licensed person.
What is a nursing task?
The act of providing direction, evaluation and follow-up.
What is the right supervision?
The provided directions that meet the 4 Cs criteria. Clear, Concise, Complete, & Correct.
What is the Right Information?
Having good judgment and nursing sense is called this.
What is Judiciously?
The most overlooked part of delegation.
What is safely supervise?
The South Carolina legal document that provide guidelines regarding rules & regulations delegation.
What is the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act?
Nursing assessment must but completed prior to this.
What is determine whether to safely delegate?
Oversight for the delegated task/activity provided by: Direction, Evaluation, & Follow-up.
What is Right Supervision?
The 4 Criteria to provide directions/information.
What are
Clear direction,
Concise description,
Complete information and
Correct limits and expectations?