Which Situations Are Examples of Ineffective Delegation? Note: Credit Will

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which situations are examples of ineffective delegation? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

• A) After delegating committee attendance to a staff nurse, the nurse manager also attends the meetings.
• B) The unit clerk asks the nurse manager to "listen for the phones" so the clerk can go to the hospital's celebration of hospital week.
• C) The nurse manager asks the staff nurse to collect information about a new type of hospital bed being considered for purchase.
• D) The staff nurse asks the UAP to provide simple discharge instructions to a client.
• E) The staff nurse often bathes clients because "I like to give bed baths."

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Definitions:

Upward Mobility

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Gini Index

A statistical measure of income inequality within a population, ranging from 0 to 1, where 0 represents perfect equality and 1 represents maximum inequality.

Income Inequality

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Social Inequality

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