Delegation
This is the person who retains accountability when delegating a task.
RN
This type of data comes directly from the patient’s feelings and perceptions.
What is subjective data?
This ethical principle means respecting the patient’s right to make their own healthcare decisions.
What is autonomy?
The layer of skin that contains blood vessels, hair follicles, and nerve endings.
What is the dermis?
Noticing if a patient appears their stated age belongs under this component of the general survey.
What is physical appearance?
The group of healthcare workers who typically receive delegated tasks from nurses.
Who are UAPs (Unlicensed Assistive Personnel)?
“Patient has a BP of 180/98 mmHg” is considered what kind of assessment finding?
What is objective data?
Creating a safe, supportive environment for healing demonstrates this principle.
What is beneficence?
This scale is commonly used to assess a patient’s risk for developing pressure injuries.
What is the Braden Scale?
his is the term for a patient’s manner of walking.
What is gait?
Tasks involving this step of the nursing process cannot be delegated.
What is assessment?
This type of diagnosis identifies a patient’s response to a health problem rather than the problem itself.
What is a nursing diagnosis?
Double-checking patient identification before a procedure is an example of this principle.
What is nonmaleficence?
Large bruises are medically referred to as what?
What are ecchymoses?
The nurse notes a heart rate of 120 bpm. This is called what?
What is tachycardia?
This step of the nursing process, where the nurse determines the plan of care, cannot be delegated.
What is planning?
True or False: Evaluation is done only at discharge.
What is False?
Avoiding favoritism in patient assignments demonstrates this principle.
What is justice?
A raised, fluid-filled lesion, such as a blister.
What is a vesicle?
A drop in systolic BP of ≥20 mmHg upon standing indicates this condition.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
This is the professional standard that outlines when and how nurses may delegate tasks safely.
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
These are actions nurses take to carry out the plan of care.
What are nursing interventions?
Accurately explaining a diagnosis demonstrates this principle.
What is veracity?
A wound that extends through the skin into muscle, tendon, or bone is classified as what stage of pressure injury?
What is Stage 4?
Normal oxygen saturation (SpO₂) is greater than this percent.
What is 95%?