HURST REVIEW MANAGEMENT OF
CARE UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
As a new nurse, you cannot provide safe care to your clients if you don't know how to - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Manage care, assign care, supervise care, and prioritize care
The judgments you make in management situations have to be based on med-surg knowledge
If you don't understand disease processes, you cannot set priorities of care or determine which staff
member would be best to take care of the client
You MUST know your CORE CONTENTS and then you can move on to management decisions
What is assignment ? What is Delegation ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Assignment is sharing of
routine work that each staff member is responsible for during a given shift or work period
Delegation is allowing a specific task to be performed that is not routinely performed and is BEYOND
the traditional role of the individual to which the nursing activity skill, or procedure is delegated
You can delegate the responsibility of the task, but you cannot - CORRECT ANSWER - delegate
the ultimate accountability
What are the 5 rights of delegation? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Right task- can it be delegated
2. Right Circumstance- Should it be delegated
3. Right person- can this person do the task
4. Right direction/ communication- is the task being conveyed in a clear manner
5. Right supervision- is the task being followed up on once complete.
What type of clients can the RN delegate to the UAP? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Perform tasks on
STABLE clients in uncomplicated situations
, -routine, simple, repetitive, common activities that do NOT require nursing judgment
Examples of tasks that the UAP can perform? - CORRECT ANSWER - -hygiene
-feeding
-I&O
-routine vital signs
-ambulation
-Urine collection for urinalysis but not from cathether
EVERYDAY THINGS!
Can a UAP take VS ona client receiving IV Dopamine? - CORRECT ANSWER - No, because it
requires nursing judgment
What are the things that CAN be DELEGATED TO UAP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Provide a
total bed bath and dress the client
Serve meals and assist with eating
Turn the client every 2 hours and provide skin care
Assist the client to the bathroom with a walker
Answer the client's call light
Clean and sanitize the client's room
Change the linen on a totally bedridden client
Provide mouth care and denture cleansing
PERFORM CPR ON A CLIENT WHO IS IN CARDIAC ARREST
Can the UAP obtain a urine specimen from a catheter? - CORRECT ANSWER - NO, this is a
sterile procedure
Can a UAP perform a Fleet enema? - CORRECT ANSWER - NO, because this is a medicated
procedure
CARE UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
As a new nurse, you cannot provide safe care to your clients if you don't know how to - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Manage care, assign care, supervise care, and prioritize care
The judgments you make in management situations have to be based on med-surg knowledge
If you don't understand disease processes, you cannot set priorities of care or determine which staff
member would be best to take care of the client
You MUST know your CORE CONTENTS and then you can move on to management decisions
What is assignment ? What is Delegation ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Assignment is sharing of
routine work that each staff member is responsible for during a given shift or work period
Delegation is allowing a specific task to be performed that is not routinely performed and is BEYOND
the traditional role of the individual to which the nursing activity skill, or procedure is delegated
You can delegate the responsibility of the task, but you cannot - CORRECT ANSWER - delegate
the ultimate accountability
What are the 5 rights of delegation? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Right task- can it be delegated
2. Right Circumstance- Should it be delegated
3. Right person- can this person do the task
4. Right direction/ communication- is the task being conveyed in a clear manner
5. Right supervision- is the task being followed up on once complete.
What type of clients can the RN delegate to the UAP? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Perform tasks on
STABLE clients in uncomplicated situations
, -routine, simple, repetitive, common activities that do NOT require nursing judgment
Examples of tasks that the UAP can perform? - CORRECT ANSWER - -hygiene
-feeding
-I&O
-routine vital signs
-ambulation
-Urine collection for urinalysis but not from cathether
EVERYDAY THINGS!
Can a UAP take VS ona client receiving IV Dopamine? - CORRECT ANSWER - No, because it
requires nursing judgment
What are the things that CAN be DELEGATED TO UAP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Provide a
total bed bath and dress the client
Serve meals and assist with eating
Turn the client every 2 hours and provide skin care
Assist the client to the bathroom with a walker
Answer the client's call light
Clean and sanitize the client's room
Change the linen on a totally bedridden client
Provide mouth care and denture cleansing
PERFORM CPR ON A CLIENT WHO IS IN CARDIAC ARREST
Can the UAP obtain a urine specimen from a catheter? - CORRECT ANSWER - NO, this is a
sterile procedure
Can a UAP perform a Fleet enema? - CORRECT ANSWER - NO, because this is a medicated
procedure
