Delegation

Delegation

1. Identify specific strategies for successful delegation

2. What does the NPA (Nurse practice act) contain as the essential elements regarding delegation (as in ATI)

3. Describe the 5 rights of delegation—name them and define them

4. Provide an example of each of the 5 rights of delegation

5. Describe the criteria for delegation to an unlicensed assisted personnel (UAP)

6. Name 5 tasks that are generally considered appropriate for delegation to UAPs

7. Describe the reasons nurses will underdelegate tasks.

8. Describe the situations in which nurses will overdelegate tasks

9. Draw the decision tree created by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) that is used to determine appropriate tasks for UAPs—(apply the example of obtaining a blood sugar value to this model to determine if that would be an appropriate task to delegate)

10. Name the key differences between what roles and responsibilities exist for RNs and contrast that with those of LPNs