The nurse receives reports on the following patients at the beginning of the shift. Which of the following care activities could be delegated to a nursing assistant? (Select all that apply.)
a. Ambulating a patient who had an emergency appendectomy 8 hours ago, has stable vital signs, and needs to ambulate for the second time
b. Assisting a patient who was in an automobile accident and whose right arm and leg are in traction with bathing
c. Feeding a patient recovering from a stroke resulting in difficulty holding a spoon
d. Taking vital signs, including blood pressure, for a patient with newly diagnosed diabetes and a history of hypertension
e. Measuring a bed-bound patient's pressure ulcer and assessing the patient's risk for skin breakdown when turning the patient
For a nursing malpractice action, essential characteristics of negligence must be present. Which of the following constitute these essential characteristics? (Select all that apply.)
a. The nurse assumed the responsibility for the patient's care.
b. The nurse is found to have failed to meet the standard of care.
c. The harm to the patient must be shown to have been caused by the failure to meet the standard of care.
d. Harm to an individual has occurred.
e. The nurse's action involves acts of commission.
The central question in any charge of malpractice is whether the prevailing standard of care was met. Which of the following are considered part of the standard of nursing care? (Select all that apply.)
a. Basic prudent nursing care is a standard.
b. Health care providers determine standards of care in health care settings.
c. Standards of care are never changing.
d. Standards are based on the ethical principle of nonmaleficence.
e. National standards of nursing practice are standards for all nurses.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) published a guide for state nurses associations seeking to revise their nurse practice acts. According the ANA, which of the following should be included in these revisions? (Select all that apply.)
a. Differentiation between advanced and generalist nursing practice
b. Authority for boards of nursing to oversee UAP
c. Specified frequency of revisions to the nurse practice acts
d. Authority for boards of nursing to regulate prescription writing by advanced practice nurses
e. Nurses' responsibility for delegating to LPN/LVNs
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