As nurses delegate more and more tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP), it becomes essential that nurses learn to:
A. Bring out the "best" qualities of each of the team members to foster collaboration.
B. Test the knowledge of the UAP on a daily basis.
C. Develop time management lists for each UAP with the specific tasks they must do.
D. Assign least experienced UAPs the most complex patients.
ANS: A
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A Correct because nurses need to collaborate with all team members.
B Incorrect because nurses are not responsi-ble to test UAPs daily.
C Incorrect because UAPs need to develop their own task lists.
D Incorrect because nurses would assign least experienced UAPs less complex pa-tients.
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