There is a temporary agency registered nurse assigned to the nursing unit. You have no knowledge of this nurse's skills, and you want to assign the nurse to a patient who has a fresh tracheostomy. How should you handle this situation?
a. Assign the nurse to the patient with the tracheostomy and hope for the best.
b. Ask the nurse about his or her competency to care for the patient with the tracheos-tomy.
c. Assign the patient to another nurse and use the temporary agency nurse to do simple care tasks.
d. Call the agency and ask for a nurse skilled in the care of a patient with a tracheosto-my.
Based on the goal of making optimal use of the level of preparation of the licensed practical nurse (LPN), which task should the nurse (RN) delegate to the LPN?
a. Assisting with a lumbar puncture
b. Transporting a patient to the radiology department
c. Restocking the sterile supplies
d. Distributing afternoon nutrition supple-ments
The nurse has a full assignment. The charge nurse adds a newly admitted patient who will require close monitoring. Which task can the nurse delegate to the CNA who is co-assigned to the same patients?
a. Teaching Mr. Z insulin self-administration
b. Updating Mrs. W's care plan
c. Evaluating goal attainment for Mr. Y, who is learning to walk with a below-the-knee prosthesis
d. Bathing Miss X, an unconscious patient
The nurse has just given a patient a narcotic for pain relief. Because the nurse must leave the unit for lunch and a 1-hour meeting, the task of evaluating the patient's response to the pain medica-tion must be delegated.
To whom should the nurse delegate this responsibility? a. Nursing assistant c. Licensed practical nurse
b. Student nurse d. Nurse manager
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