Holding a medication that the patient questions -

You are observing one of the RNs on the unit administer medication. What action by the nurse would lead you to conclude there is a risk for a medication error?

Answering a physician's page while giving medication

Documenting in military time

Asking for help with calculations

Holding a medication that the patient questions - ANSWER--a. Answering a physician's page while giving medication

You are delegating to a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to wound care on a patient. The LPN has never performed this type of wound care before. What component of delegation have you neglected?

Authority Competency Communication 1 / 4

Responsibility - ANSWER--b. Competency

You are caring for a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). You have an unlicensed staff member working with you. Which activity can you delegate to the unlicensed staff?

Teach the patient about weight loss

Explore any concerns about managing the disease

Explain why the patient needs to eat several small meals a day

Instruct the patient to remain upright for 2 hours following a meal - ANSWER--d. Instruct the patient to remain upright for 2 hours following a meal

You will be working with an unlicensed staff member this shift.Which of the following should be priority before delegating care to the staff member?

Assessing whether the staff member is competent to perform the skill 2 / 4

Preparing written instructions on how to perform skill

Gathering supplies

Informing the patient that an unlicensed staff member will perform the car - ANSWER--a. Assessing whether the staff member is competent to perform the skill

A nurse from the surgical care unit has been floated to your unit for the day. Which of the following patients would you want to assign to this nurse?

Exacerbation of heart failure Diabetes type II, new onset c. Emergency appendectomy

• Thyrotoxicosis - ANSWER--c. Emergency appendectomy

The nurse from the surgical care unit should be comfortable taking care of an emergency 3 / 4

appendectomy patient. This nurse should be most comfortable with pre- and post-operative patients therefore, the nurse should choose to give him or her those patients if available.

You are working on the postpartum unit today. Which task would you assign to a beginning nursing student?

Ambulate a patient

Complete an admission assessment

Notify the physician of adverse labs

Verify a unit of blood - ANSWER--a. Ambulate a patient

Which of the following patients should be assigned a pediatric nurse assigned to float to your unit?

;

• / 4