Nursing Today: Transitions and Trends - Chapter
14 |21 Questions| With Correct Answers.
1). What is delegation?
Ans: The process for a nurse to direct another person to perform nursing tasks and
activities while retaining accountability for the delegation and is a method for channeling
work activities towards a goal.
2). What is supervision?
Ans: The provision of guidance or direction, oversight, evaluation and follow-up by the
licensed nurse for accomplishment of a delegated nursing task by assistive personnel.
3). Why would you delegate?
Ans: - It optimizes the effective use of people's abilities within their scope of practice.
- Results in safe and effective nursing care.
- Frees nurses to attend to more complex patient needs.
- It develops the skills of unlicensed assistant personnel.
- It promotes cost containment for an organization.
- The purposes of delegation are promotion of internalized motivation, job enrichment,
cost savings, time savings, growth of employees, and growth of managers.
4). What are the rns resposibilities in delegation?
Ans: - Making the decision to delegate in the first place
- Assessing the patient's needs.
- Planning the desired outcome.
- Assessing the competence of the delegate.
- Giving clear directions and obtaining acceptance from the delegate.
- Following up on the completion of the task, providing feedback to the delegate.
5). What are the delegatee resposibilities in delegation?
Ans: - Their own actions in the delegation.
- Accepting delegation within the parameters of his or her training and education.
- Communicating appropriate information to the delegator.
- Asking for clarification if needed.
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14 |21 Questions| With Correct Answers.
1). What is delegation?
Ans: The process for a nurse to direct another person to perform nursing tasks and
activities while retaining accountability for the delegation and is a method for channeling
work activities towards a goal.
2). What is supervision?
Ans: The provision of guidance or direction, oversight, evaluation and follow-up by the
licensed nurse for accomplishment of a delegated nursing task by assistive personnel.
3). Why would you delegate?
Ans: - It optimizes the effective use of people's abilities within their scope of practice.
- Results in safe and effective nursing care.
- Frees nurses to attend to more complex patient needs.
- It develops the skills of unlicensed assistant personnel.
- It promotes cost containment for an organization.
- The purposes of delegation are promotion of internalized motivation, job enrichment,
cost savings, time savings, growth of employees, and growth of managers.
4). What are the rns resposibilities in delegation?
Ans: - Making the decision to delegate in the first place
- Assessing the patient's needs.
- Planning the desired outcome.
- Assessing the competence of the delegate.
- Giving clear directions and obtaining acceptance from the delegate.
- Following up on the completion of the task, providing feedback to the delegate.
5). What are the delegatee resposibilities in delegation?
Ans: - Their own actions in the delegation.
- Accepting delegation within the parameters of his or her training and education.
- Communicating appropriate information to the delegator.
- Asking for clarification if needed.
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