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Multidisciplinary Team Roles: Nurses
answers: go off from physicians orders, elevations/assessments, see if orders are
appropriate (ex. charge nurse: incharge of the nurses for the day, case manager:
discharge, home health, physical therapy, clinics/home health, nurse educators)
Multidisciplinary Team Roles Physicians
answers: oversee the overall picture of patients (could be general, family hospital,
primary care, specialities, making plan of care for patient)
Multidisciplinary Team Roles Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant
answers: developed because lack of physicians in primary care, more family nurse
practitioners, starting to see them everywhere not just in primary care /
(emergency/surgery, now in primary care, pediatrics): mid-level providers
(healthcare provider, treat same as physician) (different educational backgrounds)
Multidisciplinary Team Roles LVN (LPN)
answers: licensed individuals but not registered nurses, limited (cannot do IV push
medications and assessments)
Multidisciplinary Team Roles UAP/CNA
answers: unlicensed, work to help nurses
Multidisciplinary Team Roles Social workers
answers: cover larger social picture of patients (insurance, discharge, etc.)
Multidisciplinary Team Roles Pharmacists
,answers: know medications, great resource for us if we have questions
Multidisciplinary Team Roles Occupational therapists / Physical therapist
answers: help you do ADLs with that strength and flexibility / help to build
strength and flexibility
They can work together
Multidisciplinary Team Roles Nutritionist/dietician
answers: you can just say you are one / registered as well, minimum of 4 years:
helping patients with diets (hospitals)
Multidisciplinary Team Roles Respiratory therapists
answers: administer breathing treatments, great resource for oxygen
administration, ventilators/suction
5 Rights of Delegation
answers: Right task
Right circumstance
Right person
Right directions & communication
Right supervision & evaluation
Right task
answers: is this a task they can do?
maybe they have been trained to do IV, foley, etc. but still can't do certain things
like initial assessments, care plans, etc.
Right circumstance
, answers: patient fell to the floor, machine is not working, need BP aka nurse does
it not CNA
Right person
answers: LVN can put in an IV if trained
Right directions & communication
answers: if CNA getting BP, need to tell nurse if the BP is high or if the patient is
voiding regularly after surgery
Right supervision & evaluation
answers: you need to evaluate what is given from CNA as they cannot do that and
teach
Can CNAs administer medication?
answers: CNAs cannot administer medication
Minority/Minorities/Communities of Color
answers: Communities of Color
African American/Black
answers: depends on person
Bipoc/POC
answers: black and indigenous people of color / people of color
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