,A nurse is working w/ an assistive D. The degree of supervision that the AP will
personnel (AP) in a long-term care require to complete the task
facility. According to the 5 rights of
delegation, which of the following Rationales....
determinations should the nurse
make prior to assigning tasks? Successful delegation involves assigning the right
task to the right person under the right
A. Whether the AP has consented to circumstances. The person who will perform the
the performance of delegated tasks task must be given adequate direction &
B. the pt's willingness to consent to specification regarding the amount of supervision
care from the AP that will be provided. The right communication of
C. Whether the task can be more expectations & the right feedback about
efficiently completed by the nurse performance must also be supplied.
D. The degree of supervision that the
AP will required to complete the task A. The nurse does not have to obtain consent from
the AP when delegating tasks w/in the scope of
practice & job descriptions for APs
B. Tasks that can be delegated to an AP do not
require the pt's consent
C. One of the barriers to successful delegation is
the belief that no one can do a tasks as efficiently &
effectively as the nurse. Due to the time constraints
on nurses, tasks that can be done by an AP should
be duly delegated
,A home health nurse is caring for a B. It allows the pt to express personal wishes
pt who asks about the purpose of a regarding health care decisions
living will. Which of the following
statements should the nurse include Rationales...
in the teaching? A living will allows the pt to specify what aspects of
care & tx are to be accepted / refused in the event
A. "It est. who will make health care that the pt can no longer communicate those
decisions for the pt if the pt is not decisions
about to do so"
B. "it allows the pt to express A. this described a health care proxy document,
personal wishes regarding health which frequently accompanies a living will but is
care decisions" not considered a part of it
C. "It serves as an informed consent
form for any procedure prescribed C. A living will does not serve the same function as
by a provider" informed consent. Prior to any procedure, consent
D." It is only valid when a pt is lucid & must always be obtained form the pt, a family
able to make informed decisions member, or a designated health care proxy
independently"
D. A living will is not valid / necessary when a pt is
able to make informed health care decisions
independently
, A nurse manager notes that a full- A. verbally remind the employee about the facility's
time nurse has been absent from employment standards
work 6 times over the last 6 weeks.
Using a nonpunitive approach, which Rationales...
of the following actions should the
nurse manager take? Verbal admonishment is the first step in the
disciplinary process for this type of infraction. The
A. verbally remind the employee employee might not know or remember the
about the facility's employment existing standard, and a verbal reminder may be
standards sufficient to change the employee's behavior
B. recommend that the employee
review the facility's policy regarding B. Recommending that the employee reviews the
absences policy does not ensure that the employee will read
C. Inform the employee in writing & fully understand the employment standards
about the facilities employment
policy C. written admonishment is the second step in the
D. ask the employee for a written disciplinary process for this type of infraction. If the
action plan after discussing the employee fails to make a positive behavioral
reasons for these absences change after being verbally reminded by the
manager about the facility's employment
standards, the nurse manager should inform the
employee writing
D. this is an example of performance-deficiency
coaching, which the nurse manager should use to
correct unacceptable behaviors over time
personnel (AP) in a long-term care require to complete the task
facility. According to the 5 rights of
delegation, which of the following Rationales....
determinations should the nurse
make prior to assigning tasks? Successful delegation involves assigning the right
task to the right person under the right
A. Whether the AP has consented to circumstances. The person who will perform the
the performance of delegated tasks task must be given adequate direction &
B. the pt's willingness to consent to specification regarding the amount of supervision
care from the AP that will be provided. The right communication of
C. Whether the task can be more expectations & the right feedback about
efficiently completed by the nurse performance must also be supplied.
D. The degree of supervision that the
AP will required to complete the task A. The nurse does not have to obtain consent from
the AP when delegating tasks w/in the scope of
practice & job descriptions for APs
B. Tasks that can be delegated to an AP do not
require the pt's consent
C. One of the barriers to successful delegation is
the belief that no one can do a tasks as efficiently &
effectively as the nurse. Due to the time constraints
on nurses, tasks that can be done by an AP should
be duly delegated
,A home health nurse is caring for a B. It allows the pt to express personal wishes
pt who asks about the purpose of a regarding health care decisions
living will. Which of the following
statements should the nurse include Rationales...
in the teaching? A living will allows the pt to specify what aspects of
care & tx are to be accepted / refused in the event
A. "It est. who will make health care that the pt can no longer communicate those
decisions for the pt if the pt is not decisions
about to do so"
B. "it allows the pt to express A. this described a health care proxy document,
personal wishes regarding health which frequently accompanies a living will but is
care decisions" not considered a part of it
C. "It serves as an informed consent
form for any procedure prescribed C. A living will does not serve the same function as
by a provider" informed consent. Prior to any procedure, consent
D." It is only valid when a pt is lucid & must always be obtained form the pt, a family
able to make informed decisions member, or a designated health care proxy
independently"
D. A living will is not valid / necessary when a pt is
able to make informed health care decisions
independently
, A nurse manager notes that a full- A. verbally remind the employee about the facility's
time nurse has been absent from employment standards
work 6 times over the last 6 weeks.
Using a nonpunitive approach, which Rationales...
of the following actions should the
nurse manager take? Verbal admonishment is the first step in the
disciplinary process for this type of infraction. The
A. verbally remind the employee employee might not know or remember the
about the facility's employment existing standard, and a verbal reminder may be
standards sufficient to change the employee's behavior
B. recommend that the employee
review the facility's policy regarding B. Recommending that the employee reviews the
absences policy does not ensure that the employee will read
C. Inform the employee in writing & fully understand the employment standards
about the facilities employment
policy C. written admonishment is the second step in the
D. ask the employee for a written disciplinary process for this type of infraction. If the
action plan after discussing the employee fails to make a positive behavioral
reasons for these absences change after being verbally reminded by the
manager about the facility's employment
standards, the nurse manager should inform the
employee writing
D. this is an example of performance-deficiency
coaching, which the nurse manager should use to
correct unacceptable behaviors over time
