PRIORITIZATION, DELEGATION, AND ASSIGNMENT IN NURSING NCLEX PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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PRIORITIZATION, DELEGATION, AND ASSIGNMENT IN NURSING NCLEX PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1. A nurse is planning to delegate tasks to a a licensed practical nurse (LPN). Which of the following entities is imp... ortant for the nurse to understand when delegating tasks to the LPN? Answers: The state Nurse Practice Act 2. A nurse on a med-surg unit is planning to delegate tasks to an adult volunteer. Which of the following tasks should the charge nurse avoid assigning to the volunteer Answers: observing a postoperative client who is confused 3. A nurse is planning to delegate a task to an assistive personnel. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?Answers: Provide a clear description of the task to the AP 4. At the beginning of the shift, an RN is preparing assignments for a LPN and an AP. Which of the following tasks should the nurse assign to the LPN?Answers: inserting a NG tube for a client 5. A nurse is planning client care for herself and an AP. Which of the following should the nurse perform?Answers: Assessing a client's sacrum for edema 6. A nurse has several tasks to delegate to an AP. Which of the following should the AP perform first>Answers: take an ABG specimen to the lab (others: transport to radiology, pass water, obtain urine sample) 7. A nurse is caring for four postop clients. The nurse can delegate vital signs to an AP for which of the following clients?Answers: a client who is 3 days postop following gastric bypass surgery (others 1 hr, 2 hr, 3 day craniotomy) 8. A nurse is planning to assign care activities to the AP on her team. Which of the following activities can the nurse assign to the AP?Answers: accompany a client who has depression to occupational therapy, check the position of a client in soft wrist restraints, sit with a client who has alcohol use disorder and whose last drink was 5 days ago 9. A nurse has received change-of-shift report and is delegating tasks to the AP. The nurse should tell the AP to complete which of the following tasks first?Answers: perform blood glucose monitoring of a client who has a prescription for short-acting insulin prior to breakfast (others: apply a condom catheter to a client who is incontinent, feed a client, deliver a clean voided urine specimen) 10.A nurse is caring for a group of clients. She plans to delegate obtaining morning vital signs to an AP on her team. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?Answers: determine the time frame the AP should report the results 11.A nurse is receiving change-of shift report at the start of the shift. Which of the following statements by the nurse giving report indicates to the oncoming nurse that she should assumetotal care for the client, rather than assigning tasks to the AP?Answers: The client's blood pressure and pulse have been fluctuating throughout the day 12.A nurse in an acute care setting is planning care for a group of clients at the beginning of the shift. Which of the following tasks should the nurse assign to the AP?Answers: monitor vital signs of a client who had an appendectomy 12 hr ago (others: application of an antibiotic, obtaining medical information from a stable client, removal of NG tube) [Show More]

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