A nursing instructor evaluates whether the students know the five rights of delegation. The students would be correct if they responded that these rights are which of the following?
a. Right task, right circumstance, right route, right communication, and right person
b. Right task, right circumstance, right person, right communication, and right supervision
c. Right communication, right person, right task, right time, and right evaluation
d. Right time, right task, right person, right communication, and right supervision
B
The five rights of delegation have to do with identifying and providing the correct (right) task, in the
correct (right) circumstance, to the correct (right) person, with the correct (right)
direction/communication, and under the correct (right) supervision and evaluation.
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