When choosing to delegate, the nurse should delegate the task to the most qualified person or to the person he or she wishes to:
a. develop.
b. promote.
c. punish.
d. reward.
ANS: A
Correct: Delegating is giving other people tasks to be accomplished. The benefits of delegation involve (1) assisting in developing the initiative, skills, knowledge, and competence of others; (2) maintaining the level of responsibility and decision-making of others; (3) freeing time for more important tasks; (4) extending results that can be accomplished from what one person can do alone to what he or she can manage through others; and (5) ensuring that completing the task is cost effective.
Incorrect:
b. Delegating an activity to a person for promotion is not appropriate; the act of delegating requires multiple considerations, and promotion is not one of them.
c. Delegating to punish a person is not appropriate; that person may sabotage the goal to be accomplished.
d. Delegating is a process that is used to attain a goal, not to reward a person for a job well done.
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