Hurst Review: Management Of Care Questions And Answers | Complete Hurst Management Of Care Nclex-Rn Study Guide 2026/2027

HURST REVIEW: MANAGEMENT OF CARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
COMPLETE HURST MANAGEMENT OF CARE NCLEX-RN STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027


As a new nurse, you cannot provide safe care to your clients if you don't know how to - ANS ✔✔-manage
care
-assign care
-supervise care
-prioritize care

The judgments you make in management situations have to be based on - ANS ✔✔med-surg knowledge

If you don't understand disease processes, you cannot - ANS ✔✔set priorities of care or determine
which staff member would be best to take care of the client

You MUST know your _______________________, and then you can move on to
________________________ - ANS ✔✔core content; management decisions

Assignments include - ANS ✔✔the routine care, activities, and procedures that are within the authorized
scope of practice of the RN, LPN/LVN, or part of the routine functions of the UAP

Assignment is the sharing of - ANS ✔✔routine work that each staff member is responsible for during a
given shift or work period

The assigned tasks should be part of - ANS ✔✔the course work taught in the basic educational program
of the staff member

Delegation is - ANS ✔✔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

The key is that the staff member who is delegated the task has - ANS ✔✔received additional training or
education and has validated competency to perform the delegated task

You can delegate the responsibility of the task, but you cannot - ANS ✔✔delegate the ultimate
accountability

The RN is accountable for - ANS ✔✔ALL aspects of nursing care that are being provided including the
choices you make about who is considered competent to perform each task

What are the 5 rights of delegation? - ANS ✔✔1. right person
2. right circumstances
3. right task
4. right direction/communication
5. right supervision and evaluation/feedback

, The Right Task: What is the traditional role of the UAP? - ANS ✔✔UAP is an umbrella term that NCSBN
defines as any unlicensed personnel trained to function in a supportive nursing role, regardless of the
title

The Right Task: What type of clients can the RN delegate to the UAP? - ANS ✔✔-perform tasks on STABLE
clients in uncomplicated
situations
-routine, simple, repetitive, common activites that do NOT require nursing judgment

The Right Task: Examples of tasks that the UAP can perform? - ANS ✔✔-hygiene
-feeding
-I&O
-routine vital signs
-ambulation

EVERYDAY THINGS!

The Right Task: Can a UAP take VS ona client receiving IV Dopamine? - ANS ✔✔no, because it requires
nursing judgment

The Right Task: Can the UAP provide a total bed bath and dress the client? - ANS ✔✔yes

The Right Task: Can the UAP serve meals and assist with eating? - ANS ✔✔yes

The Right Task: Can the UAP obtain a urine specimen from a catheter? - ANS ✔✔no, this is a sterile
procedure

The Right Task: Can the UAP turn the client every 2 hours and provide skin care? - ANS ✔✔yes

The Right Task: Can the UAP assist the client to the bathroom with a walker? - ANS ✔✔yes

The Right Task: Can the UAP perform a fleet enema? - ANS ✔✔no, because this is a medicated procedure

The Right Task: Can the UAP answer the client's call light? - ANS ✔✔yes

The Right Task: Can the UAP clean and sanitize the client's room? - ANS ✔✔yes

The Right Task: Can the UAP change the linen on a totally bedridden client? - ANS ✔✔yes

The Right Task: Can the UAP provide mouth care and denture cleansing? - ANS ✔✔yes

The Right Task: UAPs CAN'T do - ANS ✔✔medications

The Right Task: What tasks can the LPN perform? - ANS ✔✔-data collection
-NO assessment
-updating client data
-NO evaluation (involves assessment)
-NO admission hx