patient care/ delegation Flashcards
(15 cards)
competenece
ability to perform a specific task or action successfully
stages of competence
- novice: beginner
- advanced beginner: 6 months
- competent
- proficient
- expert
entry level nurse
nursing process steps
critical thinking
professional rsponsibilites
care provider
advocate
educater
delegatorr
establishing priorities
identify urgency
ABC’S
case management
link the services and focus on patient outcome
delegation
directing a person to do a certain activity or skill to get it done faster
ANA
transferring or responsibility for doing a task but still retaining accountability
what can’t a rn delegate
parts of the nursing process
task you just do not want to do
5 rights of delegation
right task
right circumstance
right person
right communication
rght supervision
what can a CNA/PCA/UAP do?
ADL’S
Hygiene
comfort
excercise
vital signs of stable patients
what CAN’T a CNA/PCA/UAP do?
charting
Do treatments (except soap suds enemas)
Give medications
Do assessments (except vital signs and blood glucoses in STABLE patients)
Care of invasive lines
Do nursing care plan
Client education
what can an lpn do?
basic patient needs
wound care
some medications to STABLE patients
what CAN’T an lpn do?
Create plan of care
Take unstable patients
Transcribe orders or take verbal orders from MD
first assessment
Develop or give INITIAL teaching
On a med, on the plan, on treatment, etc.
discharge education
First anything
Check advanced directives
Central line flush
what are some RN ONLY duties?
Tasks that involve nursing judgment
Unstable patients
Assess patient’s response to care
Interventions that require independent, specialized nursing knowledge or skill
