Nursing Delegation, Prioritization, and Patient
Care Strategies Questions and Answers
What tasks should not be delegated to LPNs? - ✅✅LPNs cannot evaluate,
assess, teach, start IVs, administer IVP meds, or care for unstable patients.
What can LPNs do regarding patient care? - ✅✅LPNs can implement care plans
but cannot create them, and they can reinforce teaching but not develop it.
What tasks can be delegated to UAP/Aids? - ✅✅UAPs can perform ADLs (not
the first), take vital signs, perform accuchecks, and administer topical OTC barrier
creams.
What are the limitations of UAPs in patient care? - ✅✅UAPs cannot chart
about the patient, give medications, assess or treat patients, or delegate safety
responsibilities to family.
How should inappropriate behavior among staff be handled? - ✅✅Never
ignore it; options include telling a supervisor, confronting immediately, or
discussing it later.
What is the prioritization order for stable patients? - ✅✅Stable patients are
prioritized over unstable ones, with chronic illnesses and post-op patients greater
than 12 hours being lower priority.
What characterizes unstable patients? - ✅✅Unstable patients have acute
illnesses, general anesthesia, lab abnormalities of C or D, or changing
assessments.
, What are the four conditions that always classify a patient as unstable? -
✅✅Hemorrhage, high fevers (105+), hypoglycemia, and pulselessness or
breathlessness.
What is the tie-breaker for prioritizing patient care? - ✅✅The more vital the
organ involved, the higher the priority.
What is the priority order of vital organs? - ✅✅1. Brain, 2. Lungs, 3. Heart, 4.
Liver, 5. Kidney, 6. Pancreas.
What is Caput Succedaneum? - ✅✅A condition in newborns where swelling
crosses sutures and is symmetrical.
What is Cephalohematoma? - ✅✅A condition in newborns where swelling
does not cross sutures and is asymmetrical.
What is the difference between pathological and physiological jaundice in
newborns? - ✅✅Pathological jaundice occurs within the first 24 hours, while
physiological jaundice appears after 24 hours.
What is the purpose of Tocolytics? - ✅✅Tocolytics, such as Terbutaline and
Mag Sulfate, are used to stop labor.
What are the side effects of Mag Sulfate? - ✅✅It can cause hypermagnesemia,
affecting uterine contractions, heart rate, blood pressure, reflexes, respiratory
rate, and level of consciousness.
Care Strategies Questions and Answers
What tasks should not be delegated to LPNs? - ✅✅LPNs cannot evaluate,
assess, teach, start IVs, administer IVP meds, or care for unstable patients.
What can LPNs do regarding patient care? - ✅✅LPNs can implement care plans
but cannot create them, and they can reinforce teaching but not develop it.
What tasks can be delegated to UAP/Aids? - ✅✅UAPs can perform ADLs (not
the first), take vital signs, perform accuchecks, and administer topical OTC barrier
creams.
What are the limitations of UAPs in patient care? - ✅✅UAPs cannot chart
about the patient, give medications, assess or treat patients, or delegate safety
responsibilities to family.
How should inappropriate behavior among staff be handled? - ✅✅Never
ignore it; options include telling a supervisor, confronting immediately, or
discussing it later.
What is the prioritization order for stable patients? - ✅✅Stable patients are
prioritized over unstable ones, with chronic illnesses and post-op patients greater
than 12 hours being lower priority.
What characterizes unstable patients? - ✅✅Unstable patients have acute
illnesses, general anesthesia, lab abnormalities of C or D, or changing
assessments.
, What are the four conditions that always classify a patient as unstable? -
✅✅Hemorrhage, high fevers (105+), hypoglycemia, and pulselessness or
breathlessness.
What is the tie-breaker for prioritizing patient care? - ✅✅The more vital the
organ involved, the higher the priority.
What is the priority order of vital organs? - ✅✅1. Brain, 2. Lungs, 3. Heart, 4.
Liver, 5. Kidney, 6. Pancreas.
What is Caput Succedaneum? - ✅✅A condition in newborns where swelling
crosses sutures and is symmetrical.
What is Cephalohematoma? - ✅✅A condition in newborns where swelling
does not cross sutures and is asymmetrical.
What is the difference between pathological and physiological jaundice in
newborns? - ✅✅Pathological jaundice occurs within the first 24 hours, while
physiological jaundice appears after 24 hours.
What is the purpose of Tocolytics? - ✅✅Tocolytics, such as Terbutaline and
Mag Sulfate, are used to stop labor.
What are the side effects of Mag Sulfate? - ✅✅It can cause hypermagnesemia,
affecting uterine contractions, heart rate, blood pressure, reflexes, respiratory
rate, and level of consciousness.
