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NURS 320 Lecture Notes: Prioritization,
Delegation, and Patient Care with Complete
Solutions 2025 Update
Prioritization and Delegation
4 ps of prioritization:
● Purpose of care
● Current clinical Picture
● Picture of the outcome or result
● Part played by each team member
Non-urgent → Urgent → Emergent
Top priority: infectious disease
Lowest priority: attending physician
5 rights of delegation:
- Right task: professions standards for performing the task
- Right circumstance: the clinical condition of the patient should be stable and not require
clinical judgement - Right person:
- Right supervision
- Right direction/communication
, LPN- can assess but not evaluate or develop plans of care. Cannot initiate teaching, can only
reinforce it
Review:
● Clients or tasks that can be delegated or assigned to an UAP (C.N.A. or tech) or the
LPN
● The scope of practice of an RN, LPN and UAP
● Actions to take when the LPN or UAP does not accept delegation
● Client care priorities (Maslow, Safety, ABCs, emergent etc.)
● Care priorities in deciding what action to initiate first
● Factors influencing delegation
● Factors to consider when assigning clients to rooms
● Factors to consider when determining which client to see first
Hemoglobin: 11.7-17.3 g/dL Memorize lowest female to highest male
ESR: reflects inflammation or infection < 30 mm/hr
Hematologic system diagnostic studies: radiologic studies: CT, MRI, Biopsies: bone marrow,
lymph node
Bone marrow biopsy: can look at the specific cells
NURS 320 Lecture Notes: Prioritization,
Delegation, and Patient Care with Complete
Solutions 2025 Update
Prioritization and Delegation
4 ps of prioritization:
● Purpose of care
● Current clinical Picture
● Picture of the outcome or result
● Part played by each team member
Non-urgent → Urgent → Emergent
Top priority: infectious disease
Lowest priority: attending physician
5 rights of delegation:
- Right task: professions standards for performing the task
- Right circumstance: the clinical condition of the patient should be stable and not require
clinical judgement - Right person:
- Right supervision
- Right direction/communication
, LPN- can assess but not evaluate or develop plans of care. Cannot initiate teaching, can only
reinforce it
Review:
● Clients or tasks that can be delegated or assigned to an UAP (C.N.A. or tech) or the
LPN
● The scope of practice of an RN, LPN and UAP
● Actions to take when the LPN or UAP does not accept delegation
● Client care priorities (Maslow, Safety, ABCs, emergent etc.)
● Care priorities in deciding what action to initiate first
● Factors influencing delegation
● Factors to consider when assigning clients to rooms
● Factors to consider when determining which client to see first
Hemoglobin: 11.7-17.3 g/dL Memorize lowest female to highest male
ESR: reflects inflammation or infection < 30 mm/hr
Hematologic system diagnostic studies: radiologic studies: CT, MRI, Biopsies: bone marrow,
lymph node
Bone marrow biopsy: can look at the specific cells
