Which Task Can the Nurse Safely Delegate to the Nursing

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which task can the nurse safely delegate to the nursing assistive personnel?

• A) Palpating the bladder of a patient who is unable to void
• B) Administering a continuous bladder irrigation
• C) Providing indwelling urinary catheter care
• D) Obtaining the patient's history and physical assessment

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Definitions:

Behavior

How a person or a group acts or responds when influenced by stimuli from the environment or from within themselves.

Individual Piece-Rate System

A compensation system where employees are paid based on the number of units they produce or tasks they complete.

Fixed Ratio Schedule

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Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence that strengthens an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.