As the nurse manager of the unit, it is important for you to consider which of the following when making patient assignments?
a. Staff education levels, skill sets, cultural traditions, willingness to be a team player
b. Staff education levels, scope of practice, experience, and patient acuity
c. Staff skill sets, education levels, timeliness, and patient acuity
d. Patient acuity, staff experience, education, and ethnicity
B
When making patient care assignments, you must consider staff education levels, scope of practice,
experience, and patient acuity. An assignment is a distribution of work that each staff member is to
accomplish during a given time period according to their scope of practice. An NAP should not be
assigned to irrigate a colostomy or do a dressing change of a stage II decubitus ulcer even if the NAP
is very experienced. Willingness to be a team player and skill level are important, but they should not
be the sole factors when making assignments.
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