Question

The nurse is caring for several complex patients during a busy shift. Which of the following tasks would be appropriate to delegate to unlicensed personnel?

a.) teaching the patient how to put elastic stockings (TED) hosel prior to discharge.

b.) obtaining an admission statement

c.) obtaining vital signs on an unstable patient

d.) measuring the urine and reporting the amount to the nurse

Answer 1

Option 1 is INCORRECT ie, teaching the patient how to put elastic stockings hosel prior to discharge.It need the skill to put an elastic stockings.

Option 2 is INCORRECT because when an unlisenced person collect the ad,ission state,emts will lead to many mistakes while collecting the datas. THese kinds of irrelvant datas will lead to mistakes in diagnosis and treatment.

Option 3 is INCORRECT beacuse the signs of an unstable patient should be clearly assessed by a licened person inorder to make te dignosis correctly

Option 4 is CORRECT it is very easy to measure the urine and report to the nurse.