A Nurse Asks an Unlicensed Assistant to Help with Discharging

question 26

Multiple Choice

A nurse asks an unlicensed assistant to help with discharging clients since so many are going home at one time. The nurse states, "Can you help get these clients ready to go home by helping them pack?" Which option best describes the statement with regard to effective delegation?

• A) The delegation is ineffective since the nurse has no responsibility to pack the client's belongings.
• B) Delegation would have been more effective had the nurse been more specific about which clients and when it should be completed.
• C) The delegation is ineffective because the nurse has no authority to ask the unlicensed assistant to help with client discharge.
• D) Delegation could have more effective had the nurse gone with the assistant to ensure the assistant did the packing as requested.

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