The nurse is searching for information about nurses' responsibility and accountability for appropriate delegation of tasks. Where should this nurse look for this information?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. State nurse practice acts
2. ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
3. State medical association bylaws
4. ANA Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice
5. Nursing rules and regulations as promulgated by the state
The nurse would correctly state that an assignment had been made in which situation?
1. The nurse says to the charge nurse, Please watch my patients while I run down and pick up some lunch from the hospital cafeteria.
2. The nurse says to the UAP, Please take all of the vital signs before you begin to deliver breakfast trays.
3. The charge nurse divides the patient load into one team for each staff nurse who works the shift.
4. The nurse asks a housekeeper to clean a bed quickly for a new admission.
The charge nurse has delegated a task to another staff member. Who assumes accountability for the task?
1. It is held jointly by the charge nurse and the person performing the task.
2. It can be imputed to either the charge nurse or the person performing the task.
3. The charge nurse retains the accountability.
4. Accountability is transferred to the person performing the task.
A nurse returning to practice remarks that delegation is much more regulated and complicated than when she last practiced 20 years ago. What rationale would the nurse manager provide for this change?
1. The shortage of nurses has been the major reason that there are so many rules to follow when delegating.
2. Since nursing is trying to move back to the team approach to care delegation has become more important.
3. The introduction of multiple levels of professional staff members increases need for delegation rules and regulations.
4. The widespread return to primary nursing makes delegation more risky.
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