Which Nursing Action Should the Nurse Delegate to Nursing Assistive

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which nursing action should the nurse delegate to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) who are assisting with the care of a patient with furunculosis?

• A) Applying antibiotic cream to the groin.
• B) Obtaining cultures from ruptured lesions.
• C) Evaluating the patient's personal hygiene.
• D) Cleaning the skin with antimicrobial soap.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the spread of a set of numbers, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Standard Normal Random Variable

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used in z-score calculations.

Area

The size or dimensions of a land area or surface.

z

Represents the standard score, indicating how many standard deviations an element is from the mean.