A busy nurse in the ICU wishes to delegate aspects of respiratory care to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Which of the following actions can the nurse delegate? (Select all that apply.)
a. Measuring and recording oxygen saturations
b. Setting up oxygen delivery and suction equipment
c. Suctioning secretions of a client with a long-standing tracheostomy
d. Teaching the client how to cough with a tracheostomy
e. Verifying that the correct amount of oxygen is being delivered
A, B, C
A UAP can do the items in options a, b, and c. Teaching is always the responsibility of the nurse; however, the UAP can reinforce the teaching once the nurse has assessed that the client and fam-ily understand what has been presented. Verifying that the oxygen is set to deliver the correct flow rate is also a nurse's responsibility.
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