Question

Which of the following tasks would you be willing to delegate to a nursing assistive personnel or licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse?

  1.  Uncomplicated wet-to-dry dressing change on a patient 3 days post-hip replacement

  2.  Every 2 hours checks on a patient with soft wrist restraints to assess circulation, movement, and comfort

  3.  Cooling measures for a patient with a temperature of 104°F

  4.  Calculation of intravenous (IV) credits, clearing IV pumps, and completing shift intake/output totals

  5.  Completing phlebotomy for daily drawing of blood

  6.  Holding pressure on the insertion site of a femoral line that has just been removed

  7.  Educating a patient about components of a soft diet

  8.  Conducting guaiac stool tests for occult blood

  9.  Performing electrocardiographic testing

10.  Feeding a patient with swallowing precautions (high risk of choking postcardiovascular accident)

11.  Oral suctioning

12.  Tracheostomy care

13.  Ostomy care

Answer 1

Under the supervision and guidance of qualified nursing staff healthcare assistants carry out a wide range of duties to care for support ,and provide information tp patients and their familes.

LPN /LVN gather information from patients including their health history and how they are currently feeling.LPN and LVN help patients in nursing homes and other healthcare facilities working under the supervision of doctors and registerd nurses.LPN can check patient vitals ,change dressing,and provide other basic patint care.

Nursing assistive can do only 8

An LPN can do 1,3,7,