, COMPREHENSIVE NCLEX RN PRIORITIZATION DELEGATION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
● As the registered nurse, which tasks below should you NOT delegate
to the LPN?*
A. Performing an assessment on a new admission
B. Collecting a urine sample from an indwelling Foley catheter
C. Developing a plan of care for a patient who is admitted with
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
D. Educating a patient about how to monitor for side effects associated
with Warfarin
E. Auscultating lung and bowel sounds
F. Starting a blood transfusion
G. Administering IV Morphine 2 mg for pain
H. Providing wound care to a stage 3 pressure injury. Answer: Answers
are A, C, D, F, G...these are all out of the scope of practice for an
LPN. Remember anything that deals with assessments, educating,
evaluating, developing a plan of care, IV medications, unstable
patients, or invasive/complex procedures where there is
unpredictability the RN is responsible for doing it, and these tasks
can't be delegated.
● On your unit there are two RNs: one is a new RN while the other is an
experienced RN. In addition, there are three LPNs and two nursing
assistants. Which tasks delegated to one of the nursing assistants by the
new RN needs to be re-evaluated?*
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
● As the registered nurse, which tasks below should you NOT delegate
to the LPN?*
A. Performing an assessment on a new admission
B. Collecting a urine sample from an indwelling Foley catheter
C. Developing a plan of care for a patient who is admitted with
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
D. Educating a patient about how to monitor for side effects associated
with Warfarin
E. Auscultating lung and bowel sounds
F. Starting a blood transfusion
G. Administering IV Morphine 2 mg for pain
H. Providing wound care to a stage 3 pressure injury. Answer: Answers
are A, C, D, F, G...these are all out of the scope of practice for an
LPN. Remember anything that deals with assessments, educating,
evaluating, developing a plan of care, IV medications, unstable
patients, or invasive/complex procedures where there is
unpredictability the RN is responsible for doing it, and these tasks
can't be delegated.
● On your unit there are two RNs: one is a new RN while the other is an
experienced RN. In addition, there are three LPNs and two nursing
assistants. Which tasks delegated to one of the nursing assistants by the
new RN needs to be re-evaluated?*
