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NCLEX MANAGEMENT OF CARE STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
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
-prioritize care
The judgments you make in management situations have to be based on - correct answer ✔✔med-surg
knowledge
If you don't understand disease processes, you cannot - correct answer ✔✔set priorities of care or
determine which staff member would be best to take care of the client
You MUST know your _______________________, and then you can move on to
________________________ - correct answer ✔✔core content; management decisions
Assignments include - correct answer ✔✔the routine care, activities, and procedures that are within the
authorized scope of practice of the RN, LPN/LVN, or part of the routine functions of the UAP
Assignment is the sharing of - correct answer ✔✔routine work that each staff member is responsible for
during a given shift or work period
The assigned tasks should be part of - correct answer ✔✔the course work taught in the basic
educational program of the staff member
Delegation is - correct answer ✔✔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
The key is that the staff member who is delegated the task has - correct answer ✔✔received additional
training or education and has validated competency to perform the delegated task
You can delegate the responsibility of the task, but you cannot - correct answer ✔✔delegate the
ultimate accountability
The RN is accountable for - correct answer ✔✔ALL aspects of nursing care that are being provided
including the choices you make about who is considered competent to perform each task
What are the 5 rights of delegation? - correct answer ✔✔1. right person
2. right circumstances
3. right task
4. right direction/communication
5. right supervision and evaluation/feedback
, The Right Task: What is the traditional role of the UAP? - correct answer ✔✔UAP is an umbrella term
that NCSBN defines as any unlicensed personnel trained to function in a supportive nursing role,
regardless of the title
The Right Task: 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 activites that do NOT require nursing judgment
The Right Task: Examples of tasks that the UAP can perform? - correct answer ✔✔-hygiene
-feeding
-I&O
-routine vital signs
-ambulation
EVERYDAY THINGS!
The Right Task: Can a UAP take VS ona client receiving IV Dopamine? - correct answer ✔✔no, because it
requires nursing judgment
The Right Task: Can the UAP provide a total bed bath and dress the client? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP serve meals and assist with eating? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP obtain a urine specimen from a catheter? - correct answer ✔✔no, this is a
sterile procedure
The Right Task: Can the UAP turn the client every 2 hours and provide skin care? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP assist the client to the bathroom with a walker? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP perform a fleet enema? - correct answer ✔✔no, because this is a medicated
procedure
The Right Task: Can the UAP answer the client's call light? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP clean and sanitize the client's room? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP change the linen on a totally bedridden client? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP provide mouth care and denture cleansing? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: UAPs CAN'T do - correct answer ✔✔medications
The Right Task: What tasks can the LPN perform? - correct answer ✔✔-data collection
-NO assessment
-updating client data
-NO evaluation (involves assessment)
NCLEX MANAGEMENT OF CARE STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
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
-prioritize care
The judgments you make in management situations have to be based on - correct answer ✔✔med-surg
knowledge
If you don't understand disease processes, you cannot - correct answer ✔✔set priorities of care or
determine which staff member would be best to take care of the client
You MUST know your _______________________, and then you can move on to
________________________ - correct answer ✔✔core content; management decisions
Assignments include - correct answer ✔✔the routine care, activities, and procedures that are within the
authorized scope of practice of the RN, LPN/LVN, or part of the routine functions of the UAP
Assignment is the sharing of - correct answer ✔✔routine work that each staff member is responsible for
during a given shift or work period
The assigned tasks should be part of - correct answer ✔✔the course work taught in the basic
educational program of the staff member
Delegation is - correct answer ✔✔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
The key is that the staff member who is delegated the task has - correct answer ✔✔received additional
training or education and has validated competency to perform the delegated task
You can delegate the responsibility of the task, but you cannot - correct answer ✔✔delegate the
ultimate accountability
The RN is accountable for - correct answer ✔✔ALL aspects of nursing care that are being provided
including the choices you make about who is considered competent to perform each task
What are the 5 rights of delegation? - correct answer ✔✔1. right person
2. right circumstances
3. right task
4. right direction/communication
5. right supervision and evaluation/feedback
, The Right Task: What is the traditional role of the UAP? - correct answer ✔✔UAP is an umbrella term
that NCSBN defines as any unlicensed personnel trained to function in a supportive nursing role,
regardless of the title
The Right Task: 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 activites that do NOT require nursing judgment
The Right Task: Examples of tasks that the UAP can perform? - correct answer ✔✔-hygiene
-feeding
-I&O
-routine vital signs
-ambulation
EVERYDAY THINGS!
The Right Task: Can a UAP take VS ona client receiving IV Dopamine? - correct answer ✔✔no, because it
requires nursing judgment
The Right Task: Can the UAP provide a total bed bath and dress the client? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP serve meals and assist with eating? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP obtain a urine specimen from a catheter? - correct answer ✔✔no, this is a
sterile procedure
The Right Task: Can the UAP turn the client every 2 hours and provide skin care? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP assist the client to the bathroom with a walker? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP perform a fleet enema? - correct answer ✔✔no, because this is a medicated
procedure
The Right Task: Can the UAP answer the client's call light? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP clean and sanitize the client's room? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP change the linen on a totally bedridden client? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: Can the UAP provide mouth care and denture cleansing? - correct answer ✔✔yes
The Right Task: UAPs CAN'T do - correct answer ✔✔medications
The Right Task: What tasks can the LPN perform? - correct answer ✔✔-data collection
-NO assessment
-updating client data
-NO evaluation (involves assessment)
