The nurse on the 7-7 shift is assigning a component of care to an unlicensed nursing personnel (UNP) employee. The night nurse should remain:
a. Accountable.
b. Responsible.
c. Authoritative and liable.
d. Responsible and task-oriented.
A
When a registered nurse delegates care to a UNP, responsibility is transferred; however, accoun-tability for patient care is not transferred. Thus, "accountability rests within the decision to dele-gate while responsibility rests within the performance of the task" (Anthony and Vidal, 2010, p. 3).
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