A nurse is caring for four postoperative clients. The nurse can delegate obtaining vital
signs to an unlicensed assistive personnel for which of the following clients? Answer A
client who is three days postoperative following gastric bypass surgery
At the beginning of the shift, the RN is planning assignments for a licensed practical
nurse and an unlicensed assistive personnel. Which task would be an appropriate
delegation by the nurse for the LPN? Answer The placing of a nasogastric tube for a
client
A nurse follows up with UAP on the unit throughout the shift to verify that assigned tasks
are being completed. The nurse is exhibiting which of the following rights of delegation?
-Answer Right supervision
A Registered Nurse is receiving start-of-shift report. She expects that she will have to
delegate a dressing change and oral medication administration to the LPN working with
her. Which of the following should the RN do FIRST before delegating the tasks? Answer
Assess the clients' needs and conditions
The RN is verbally instructing the UAP to get a diabetic patient's blood glucose every
hour and to notify the RN immediately of the blood glucose value or if the patient refuses
the blood glucose to be taken. The RN is demonstrating which of the following rights of
delegation? - Answer Right communication
A nurse discovers that the previous shift nurse administered oxycodone CR (Oxycontin)
crushed in applesauce to a client. Once the nurse has evaluated the client and notified
the provider, what does the nurse do first? Response: Complete an incident report
The extent the health services provided to individuals and population result in more
likelihood of desired health outcomes that are in consistent with the professional
knowledge is known as: - Answer Quality of health care
, Who is responsible for identifying and participating in quality improvement for health
care services? - Answer Every health care professional
The QI committee recommends that the hospital increase the percentage of
BSN-prepared nurses. This standard best describes: - ANS standards structure
Which of the following are elements of the 6 domains of health care quality? (Select all
that apply) - ANS - Patient-centered
- Effective
- Equitable
An agency emergency preparedness committee wants to conduct an all-hazards
vulnerability gap analysis. Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose
of the gap analysis? - Answer Identify risks to be mitigated in the existing state of
readiness
Disaster plan drills should be conducted at least twice a year and should be: - Answer
Announced and unannounced
The nurse is teaching a group of newly hired nurses about the needs for disaster
planning. Which of the following statements by one of the new nurses indicates
understanding of the teaching? - Answer "Disaster drills should be held on a regular
basis."
A charge nurse is teaching about the responsibility of staff nurses for pre-planning in
response to a disaster. Which of the following should the charge nurse include in this
teaching? - Answer Identify community resources available
A nurse is triaging clients injured during a tornado. The nurses assesses a client who
has an open fracture of his arm. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? -
Answer Place a yellow tag on the client's upper body
You are making the patient assignments for the next shift. On your unit there are three
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