Legal & Ethical
What are 3 areas of concern when addressing staffing issues?
Adequate staffing
Floating staff
Using temporary staff
A new staff RN witnesses two UAP arguing in the hall. What is the best course of action?
Instruct them to stop arguing.
Nurse managers are responsible for the daily evaluation of safe and ____nursing care delivery
competent
Who is accountable for outcome of delegating tasks?
The delegating RN
What is informed consent?
Authorization by the patient or the patient’s legal representative to do something to the patient
When delegating tasks, who can the RN delegate to?
UAP, LVN/LPN
The Americans with Disabilities act provides what?
Protection to persons with disabilities
What are the 5 rights of delegation?
Task
Circumstance
Person
Direction (communication)
Supervision
Moral distress is when
two ethical principles compete
The charge nurse is questioning if the staffing ratios demand the use of high-level delegation strategies. What “delegation right” is she assessing in this thought process?
Right Circumstance