While working as a nursing assistant, a nursing student is asked to reinsert a Foley catheter by the RN. Which of the following reflects the most appropriate initial student response to the request?
1. Notify the nursing supervisor of the inappropriate request.
2. Tell the RN that she can only perform as a nursing assistant.
3. Agree to perform the task but with the supervision of the RN.
4. Jointly read the nursing assistant job description with the RN.
ANS: 2
When students work as nursing assistants or nurses' aides, they should not perform tasks that do not appear in a job description for a nurses' aide or assistant. The remaining options do not ap-propriately address the immediate situation.
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