HURST REVIEW MANAGEMENT OF CARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
COMPLETE HURST MANAGEMENT OF CARE NCLEX STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
As a new nurse, you cannot provide safe care to your clients if you don't know how to - correct answer
✔✔-Manage care, assign care, supervise care, and prioritize care
The judgments you make in management situations have to be based on med-surg knowledge
If you don't understand disease processes, you cannot set priorities of care or determine which staff
member would be best to take care of the client
You MUST know your CORE CONTENTS and then you can move on to management decisions
What is assignment ? What is Delegation ? - correct answer ✔✔Assignment is sharing of routine work
that each staff member is responsible for during a given shift or work period
Delegation is allowing a specific task to be performed that is not routinely performed and is BEYOND the
traditional role of the individual to which the nursing activity skill, or procedure is delegated
You can delegate the responsibility of the task, but you cannot - correct answer ✔✔delegate the
ultimate accountability
What are the 5 rights of delegation? - correct answer ✔✔1. Right task- can it be delegated
2. Right Circumstance- Should it be delegated
3. Right person- can this person do the task
4. Right direction/ communication- is the task being conveyed in a clear manner
5. Right supervision- is the task being followed up on once complete.
What type of clients can the RN delegate to the UAP? - correct answer ✔✔-Perform tasks on STABLE
clients in uncomplicated situations
-routine, simple, repetitive, common activities that do NOT require nursing judgment
Examples of tasks that the UAP can perform? - correct answer ✔✔-hygiene
-feeding
-I&O
-routine vital signs
-ambulation
-Urine collection for urinalysis but not from cathether
EVERYDAY THINGS!
Can a UAP take VS ona client receiving IV Dopamine? - correct answer ✔✔No, because it requires
nursing judgment
What are the things that CAN be DELEGATED TO UAP? - correct answer ✔✔Provide a total bed bath and
dress the client
, Serve meals and assist with eating
Turn the client every 2 hours and provide skin care
Assist the client to the bathroom with a walker
Answer the client's call light
Clean and sanitize the client's room
Change the linen on a totally bedridden client
Provide mouth care and denture cleansing
PERFORM CPR ON A CLIENT WHO IS IN CARDIAC ARREST
Can the UAP obtain a urine specimen from a catheter? - correct answer ✔✔NO, this is a sterile
procedure
Can a UAP perform a Fleet enema? - correct answer ✔✔NO, because this is a medicated procedure
UAPs CAN'T do - correct answer ✔✔Medications
What tasks can the LPN perform? - correct answer ✔✔-Data collection, Yes, they can collect data on
NCLEX
-NO assessment
-Updating client data
-NO evaluation (involves assessment)
-NO admission hx
The RN NEVER delegates or assigns tasks that involve - correct answer ✔✔assessment
The LPN can assist the RN in data collection, but that is NOT - correct answer ✔✔assessment in the
NCLEX world
After the initial assessment, the LPN UPDATES CLIENT DATA.
Remember this is after initial RN Assessment
Can the LPN evaluate the client to determine if a goal has been met? - correct answer ✔✔NO
The LPN cannot do any form of evaluation because ________________________________ - correct
answer ✔✔Evaluation involves assessment, and we NEVER assign or delegate assessment or judgment
Who must do the admission history? - correct answer ✔✔The RN
If someone else, such as an LPN, collects the admission data for you, NEVER - correct answer ✔✔Sign off
on the form until you have validated the data
Can the LPN implement tasks on the plan of care? - correct answer ✔✔Yes
Can a LPN devise a teaching plan for a newly diagnosed diabetic? - correct answer ✔✔No, ONLY the RN
can plans care
What tasks can THE LPNs Do? - correct answer ✔✔Reinforcing teaching
COMPLETE HURST MANAGEMENT OF CARE NCLEX STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
As a new nurse, you cannot provide safe care to your clients if you don't know how to - correct answer
✔✔-Manage care, assign care, supervise care, and prioritize care
The judgments you make in management situations have to be based on med-surg knowledge
If you don't understand disease processes, you cannot set priorities of care or determine which staff
member would be best to take care of the client
You MUST know your CORE CONTENTS and then you can move on to management decisions
What is assignment ? What is Delegation ? - correct answer ✔✔Assignment is sharing of routine work
that each staff member is responsible for during a given shift or work period
Delegation is allowing a specific task to be performed that is not routinely performed and is BEYOND the
traditional role of the individual to which the nursing activity skill, or procedure is delegated
You can delegate the responsibility of the task, but you cannot - correct answer ✔✔delegate the
ultimate accountability
What are the 5 rights of delegation? - correct answer ✔✔1. Right task- can it be delegated
2. Right Circumstance- Should it be delegated
3. Right person- can this person do the task
4. Right direction/ communication- is the task being conveyed in a clear manner
5. Right supervision- is the task being followed up on once complete.
What type of clients can the RN delegate to the UAP? - correct answer ✔✔-Perform tasks on STABLE
clients in uncomplicated situations
-routine, simple, repetitive, common activities that do NOT require nursing judgment
Examples of tasks that the UAP can perform? - correct answer ✔✔-hygiene
-feeding
-I&O
-routine vital signs
-ambulation
-Urine collection for urinalysis but not from cathether
EVERYDAY THINGS!
Can a UAP take VS ona client receiving IV Dopamine? - correct answer ✔✔No, because it requires
nursing judgment
What are the things that CAN be DELEGATED TO UAP? - correct answer ✔✔Provide a total bed bath and
dress the client
, Serve meals and assist with eating
Turn the client every 2 hours and provide skin care
Assist the client to the bathroom with a walker
Answer the client's call light
Clean and sanitize the client's room
Change the linen on a totally bedridden client
Provide mouth care and denture cleansing
PERFORM CPR ON A CLIENT WHO IS IN CARDIAC ARREST
Can the UAP obtain a urine specimen from a catheter? - correct answer ✔✔NO, this is a sterile
procedure
Can a UAP perform a Fleet enema? - correct answer ✔✔NO, because this is a medicated procedure
UAPs CAN'T do - correct answer ✔✔Medications
What tasks can the LPN perform? - correct answer ✔✔-Data collection, Yes, they can collect data on
NCLEX
-NO assessment
-Updating client data
-NO evaluation (involves assessment)
-NO admission hx
The RN NEVER delegates or assigns tasks that involve - correct answer ✔✔assessment
The LPN can assist the RN in data collection, but that is NOT - correct answer ✔✔assessment in the
NCLEX world
After the initial assessment, the LPN UPDATES CLIENT DATA.
Remember this is after initial RN Assessment
Can the LPN evaluate the client to determine if a goal has been met? - correct answer ✔✔NO
The LPN cannot do any form of evaluation because ________________________________ - correct
answer ✔✔Evaluation involves assessment, and we NEVER assign or delegate assessment or judgment
Who must do the admission history? - correct answer ✔✔The RN
If someone else, such as an LPN, collects the admission data for you, NEVER - correct answer ✔✔Sign off
on the form until you have validated the data
Can the LPN implement tasks on the plan of care? - correct answer ✔✔Yes
Can a LPN devise a teaching plan for a newly diagnosed diabetic? - correct answer ✔✔No, ONLY the RN
can plans care
What tasks can THE LPNs Do? - correct answer ✔✔Reinforcing teaching
