Nursing Leadership & Management (summary) Guide
What are the 5 rights of delegation?
-Right Task: within delegatee's scope of practice
-Right Circumstance: relatively stable client, noncomplex task
-Right Person: delegatee must have appropriate knlg/skills/abilities
-Right Direction: provide clear instructions and specific things to report back/record
-Right Communication: delegatee should verbalize understanding and have opportunity to ask questions
Which of the following tasks would most appropriately be delegated to an LPN or AP?
1) ADLs
2) tracheostomy care
3) suctioning
4) inserting urinary catheter
5) checking NG tube patency
6) medication administration
7) sterile specimen collection
8) vital signs (on stable pts)
9) reinforcing client teaching
1) AP
2) LPN
3) LPN
4) LPN
5) LPN
6) LPN
7) LPN
8) AP
9) LPN
When can an LPN administer IVPB medications? Can an LPN administer IV push medication?
If medication is premixed, does not require titration, and it is not the first dose of the medication. No IV push medications
What is the nurse's role in obtaining informed consent?
Witness client's signature and ensure provider has given necessary information. Verify that client understood information
and is competent to sign
What is a living will?
What are the 5 rights of delegation?
-Right Task: within delegatee's scope of practice
-Right Circumstance: relatively stable client, noncomplex task
-Right Person: delegatee must have appropriate knlg/skills/abilities
-Right Direction: provide clear instructions and specific things to report back/record
-Right Communication: delegatee should verbalize understanding and have opportunity to ask questions
Which of the following tasks would most appropriately be delegated to an LPN or AP?
1) ADLs
2) tracheostomy care
3) suctioning
4) inserting urinary catheter
5) checking NG tube patency
6) medication administration
7) sterile specimen collection
8) vital signs (on stable pts)
9) reinforcing client teaching
1) AP
2) LPN
3) LPN
4) LPN
5) LPN
6) LPN
7) LPN
8) AP
9) LPN
When can an LPN administer IVPB medications? Can an LPN administer IV push medication?
If medication is premixed, does not require titration, and it is not the first dose of the medication. No IV push medications
What is the nurse's role in obtaining informed consent?
Witness client's signature and ensure provider has given necessary information. Verify that client understood information
and is competent to sign
What is a living will?
