ATI Leadership Exam 3

A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is assigning tasks to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to the AP? – -Ambulate a client who has a cane -Transfer a client to a stretcher. -Record urinary output A nurse is planning care for a group of clients at the beginning of the shift. Which of the following tasks should the nurse assign to the licensed practical nurse (LPN)? - Assisting a client with crutch walking following knee replacement surgery A nurse is caring for a group of clients. They plan to delegate obtaining morning vital signs to an assistive personnel (AP) on her team. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? - Determine the time frame the AP should report the results. An RN on a behavioral health unit is assessing a client. The RN plans to delegate part of the nursing process to a licensed practical nurse (LPN). Which of the following statements by the RN indicates appropriate delegation to the LPN? - Please verify with the client which of the following medications they are taking. A nurse is planning to delegate a task to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? - Provide a clear description of the task to the AP. A nurse in an acute care setting is planning care for a group of clients at the beginning of the shift. Which of the following tasks should the nurse assign to the assistive personnel (AP)? - Monitoring vital signs of a client who has an appendectomy 12 hr ago. A charge nurse is making client care assignments. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to assistive personnel (AP)? SATA. - -Bathe a client who had an amputation 2 days ago. -Assist a client to ambulate using a gait belt. -Feed a client who had a stroke 3 months ago. When planning delegation of tasks to assistive personnel (AP), a nurse considers the five rights of delegation. Which of the following should the nurse consider when using one of the five rights of delegation? - The AP has the knowledge and skill to perform the task An AP reports to the nurse that a client who is 3 days postoperative following an abdominal hysterectomy has a dressing that is saturated with blood. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to the AP? - Obtain vital signs. A nurse and an experienced LPN are caring for a group of clients. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to the LPN? - -Obtain vital signs -Administer a tap-water enema -Cath a client who has not voided A nurse is planning to assign tasks for a group of clients. Which of the following tasks should the nurse plan to assign to an assistive personnel? - -Ambulate an older adult client who has hypertension -Weigh a client who has heart failure A nurse is caring for four postoperative clients. The nurse can delegate obtaining vital signs to an assistive personnel (AP) for which of the following clients? - A client who is 3 days postoperative following gastric bypass surgery A nurse is planning to assign care activities to the AP on her team. Which of the following activities can the nurse assign to the AP? - -Accompany a client who has depression to OT -Check the position of a client in soft wrist restraints -Sit with a client who has alcohol use disorder and whose last drink was 5 days ago. A nurse is delegating client care assignments for the shift. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to an AP? - Measure and record intake and output for a client. A nurse is planning care for a group of clients. The nurse should delegate obtaining vital signs to an assistive personnel for which of the following clients? - -An older adult client who has a history of heart failure -A young adult client who is 24 hr post op following an appendectomy -An older adult client who is 36 hr post op from a traditional cholecystectomy A charge nurse is reviewing the list of tasks that have been delegated to the assistive personnel by the staff nurse. Which of the following tasks should the charge nurse reassign to a licensed nurse? - Removing and cleaning the cannula of a client who has a new tracheostomy A nurse is caring for a client on a mental health unit. - LPN -Administer prescribed med stat, eval therapeutic effects of the med, apply restraints, monitor the clients status and vitals AP