Deck 15: Delegation in Nursing

Question 1

A specific decision made by the RN about who can perform what tasks is referred to as which of the following?
1) Direct observation
2) Indirect observation
3) Direct delegation
4) Indirect delegation

Answer 1

3

Question 2

Reviewing the medication sheet to make sure the LPN was giving medications on time is an example of which process?
1) Direct observation
2) Indirect observation
3) Direct delegation
4) Indirect delegation

Answer 2

2

Question 3

The obligation or willingness to be answerable for one's own actions and/or the actions of another, particularly when there is assignment or delegation of tasks, is referred to as which of the following?
1) Evaluation
2) Supervision
3) Accountability
4) Responsibility

Answer 3

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Question 4

Which process includes the concept of a person being able to or authorized to take actions or make decisions independently, particularly when he or she is in charge of other individuals, by assuring that what the other individuals are doing is correct and safe?
1) Evaluation
2) Supervision
3) Accountability
4) Responsibility

Question 5

Which of the following is a skill that may be performed by LPNs and LVNs?
1) Perform admission assessments
2) Write nursing diagnoses
3) Take care of clients with acute conditions
4) Take care of clients with chronic conditions

Question 6

The art of which process requires that the supervising RN use direct and indirect observations of how well the member is providing safe, high-quality, and timely patient care?
1) Evaluation
2) Delegation
3) Supervision
4) Assignment

Question 7

The consensus among many experts is that which of the following is really a form of covert institutional licensure?
1) Evaluation
2) Supervision
3) Direct delegation
4) Indirect delegation

Question 8

Which of the following refers to the duty of a person, as a reasonable and prudent member of a particular group by training or licensure, to complete tasks and assignments that are within his or her power, control, and authority?
1) Evaluation
2) Supervision
3) Accountability
4) Responsibility

Question 9

Which process takes away almost all of the authority of the RN to delegate personnel tasks yet holds the RN still accountable for the safe completion of the task under the doctrines of respondeat superior and vicarious liability?
1) Direct observation
2) Indirect observation
3) Direct delegation
4) Indirect delegation

Question 10

Ensuring that an LPN is changing a dressing properly is an example of which process?
1) Direct observation
2) Indirect observation
3) Direct delegation
4) Indirect delegation

Question 11

Which of the following actions can never be delegated?
1) Evaluation
2) Assignment
3) Accountability
4) Responsibility

Question 12

Which legislative act began a major movement in the United States away from a disease-based health-care system and toward a health and wellness model of care?
1) Affordable Care Act
2) Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act
3) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
4) Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act

Question 13

The allocation of tasks that each staff member is already authorized to perform during a given shift is referred to as which of the following?
1) Integration
2) Delegation
3) Supervision
4) Assignment

Question 14

Which health-care professionals are held to the same standards as RNs when it comes to delegating and making assignments?
1) Physicians
2) Advanced practice nurses (APRNs)
3) Licensed practical nurses (LPNs)
4) Licensed vocational nurses (LVNs)

Question 15

The process whereby a nurse directs another health-care team member to perform specific nursing tasks, procedures, and activities that are beyond the person's traditional role and are not routinely performed by that person is referred to as which of the following?
1) Integration
2) Delegation
3) Supervision
4) Assignment