Assignment/ Delegation Questions
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2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Which patient should the RN personally assess first?
✔✔A. A patient with decreased level of consciousness
B. A patient requesting help to ambulate
C. A patient needing morning vital signs
D. A patient who needs feeding assistance
An RN is assigning care to the LPN. Which patient is best suited?
A. A new admission with unstable vital signs
B. A patient receiving continuous IV heparin
✔✔C. A stable patient needing routine medication administration
D. A patient scheduled for complex discharge teaching
Which of the following tasks should the RN avoid delegating?
A. Recording vital signs
B. Assisting with feeding
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,✔✔C. Assessing a patient’s risk for falls
D. Ambulating a stable patient
A nurse needs to delegate during a busy shift. Which task is most appropriate for a UAP?
A. Administering a flu vaccine
✔✔B. Providing perineal care
C. Adjusting oxygen flow rate
D. Interpreting a blood glucose result
Which of the following patients should be assigned to the RN instead of the LPN?
✔✔A. A patient experiencing new onset of chest pain
B. A stable patient needing wound care
C. A patient needing oral medication administration
D. A stable patient requiring daily hygiene care
Which task should be completed only by the RN?
✔✔A. Developing the plan of care for a newly admitted patient
B. Documenting oral intake
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,C. Assisting a patient to reposition in bed
D. Collecting a urine specimen
Which patient care activity is appropriate for delegation to the UAP?
A. Monitoring a patient’s response to IV antibiotics
✔✔B. Assisting with morning hygiene care
C. Performing a neurological assessment
D. Teaching about fall precautions
Which assignment is appropriate for the LPN?
A. Performing an admission assessment
✔✔B. Administering intramuscular antibiotics
C. Explaining discharge instructions
D. Adjusting IV medication infusion
The RN is supervising care. Which situation requires the RN’s direct intervention?
✔✔A. A UAP attempting to teach a patient how to use an incentive spirometer
B. A UAP ambulating a stable patient in the hall
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, C. An LPN giving oral medications to a stable patient
D. A UAP providing assistance with feeding
A nurse is deciding which task to delegate to a UAP. Which is most appropriate?
A. Teaching a patient how to use a walker
✔✔B. Assisting a patient with a bed bath
C. Assessing a patient’s surgical incision
D. Administering an oral pain medication
The RN is assigning care for the shift. Which patient should be assigned to the LPN?
A. A patient receiving IV chemotherapy
B. A patient requiring initial admission assessment
✔✔C. A stable patient with a chronic wound dressing change
D. A patient requiring discharge teaching
Which task should the RN complete rather than delegate?
A. Transporting a patient to x-ray
✔✔B. Assessing a patient’s response to pain medication
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and Answers | Latest Version |
2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Which patient should the RN personally assess first?
✔✔A. A patient with decreased level of consciousness
B. A patient requesting help to ambulate
C. A patient needing morning vital signs
D. A patient who needs feeding assistance
An RN is assigning care to the LPN. Which patient is best suited?
A. A new admission with unstable vital signs
B. A patient receiving continuous IV heparin
✔✔C. A stable patient needing routine medication administration
D. A patient scheduled for complex discharge teaching
Which of the following tasks should the RN avoid delegating?
A. Recording vital signs
B. Assisting with feeding
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,✔✔C. Assessing a patient’s risk for falls
D. Ambulating a stable patient
A nurse needs to delegate during a busy shift. Which task is most appropriate for a UAP?
A. Administering a flu vaccine
✔✔B. Providing perineal care
C. Adjusting oxygen flow rate
D. Interpreting a blood glucose result
Which of the following patients should be assigned to the RN instead of the LPN?
✔✔A. A patient experiencing new onset of chest pain
B. A stable patient needing wound care
C. A patient needing oral medication administration
D. A stable patient requiring daily hygiene care
Which task should be completed only by the RN?
✔✔A. Developing the plan of care for a newly admitted patient
B. Documenting oral intake
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,C. Assisting a patient to reposition in bed
D. Collecting a urine specimen
Which patient care activity is appropriate for delegation to the UAP?
A. Monitoring a patient’s response to IV antibiotics
✔✔B. Assisting with morning hygiene care
C. Performing a neurological assessment
D. Teaching about fall precautions
Which assignment is appropriate for the LPN?
A. Performing an admission assessment
✔✔B. Administering intramuscular antibiotics
C. Explaining discharge instructions
D. Adjusting IV medication infusion
The RN is supervising care. Which situation requires the RN’s direct intervention?
✔✔A. A UAP attempting to teach a patient how to use an incentive spirometer
B. A UAP ambulating a stable patient in the hall
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, C. An LPN giving oral medications to a stable patient
D. A UAP providing assistance with feeding
A nurse is deciding which task to delegate to a UAP. Which is most appropriate?
A. Teaching a patient how to use a walker
✔✔B. Assisting a patient with a bed bath
C. Assessing a patient’s surgical incision
D. Administering an oral pain medication
The RN is assigning care for the shift. Which patient should be assigned to the LPN?
A. A patient receiving IV chemotherapy
B. A patient requiring initial admission assessment
✔✔C. A stable patient with a chronic wound dressing change
D. A patient requiring discharge teaching
Which task should the RN complete rather than delegate?
A. Transporting a patient to x-ray
✔✔B. Assessing a patient’s response to pain medication
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