An elementary school nurse is caring for many students in the office. The school nurse has an assistant who is not a registered nurse. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to the assistant?
A. Giving a young girl with type 2 diabetes and a blood glucose of 62 a cup of orange juice
B. Supervising a 12-year-old girl in administration of her injectable insulin
C. Giving an 8-year-old boy his ADHD medication
D. Performing a vision assessment on a 10-year-old boy
ANS: A
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