An LPN/LVN is working in a health care facility that allows delegation of nursing duties to nursing assistants by the LPN/LVN. Which of the following duties could be delegated to the nursing assistant?
a. Weighing a patient
b. Initial patient education
c. Assessing a patient's pain
d. Changing a sterile dressing
ANS: A
Weighing a patient is within a nursing assistant's scope of practice. The remaining options are not within a nursing assistant's scope of practice. Examples of duties not to delegate to a nursing assistant include sterile technique procedures, crisis situations, initial patient education, and interpretation of data.
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