A Student Nurse Is Concerned About Delegation Practices and Wonders

question 22

Multiple Choice

A student nurse is concerned about delegation practices and wonders why hospitals employ unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) and LPN/LVNs.The student nurse refers to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and learns that the role of these personnel is to focus on what?

• A) Supplementing the staffing pattern when an RN is not available
• B) Aiding the RN by performing appropriately delegated care tasks
• C) Replacing the RN when the health care facility provides long-term care
• D) Providing patient teaching,allowing more direct care to be provided by the RN

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