Unit 5 – Delegation
Reading Assignment: Chapter 10 in Sullivan
Assignment 1
Review your allied health profession’s (Radiologic technologist) website and look for any information regarding practice acts, legal responsibilities, limitations of duties, etc. Does your profession have any policies regarding delegation, management or supervision? Write a description of the legal responsibilities and/or limitations. If you are unable to locate the information for your profession, you may complete the assignment for the nursing students that follows.
For all RN students:
Review the NJ nurse practice act. How is delegation defined? What tasks can and can not be delegated? How is supervision defined? Are there any other guidelines for supervision? Are responsibilities regarding advanced practice delineated? How does the scope of practice differ between registered and licensed practical/vocational nurses? What is the scope of practice of other health care providers?
Useful websites are:
www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/nursing/nursinglaws.pdf
www.ncsbn.org/323.htm#definitions
Assignment 2
Is it difficult for you to delegate to others? If so, do you know why? Are you more apt to under delegate, over delegate or delegate improperly? Think back to the last time you delegated. Was this delegation successful? What safeguards can you build to decrease this delegation error?
Assignment 3
Describe a situation when someone else delegated a task to you. Did your delegator explain what to do? Did you receive too much information? Not enough information? Was supervision appropriate for the task and to your abilities? What was the outcome?
Assignment 4 – post on the Discussion Board
How would you respond to the employee who says: “I don’t have to do this, it’s not in my job description.”
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