Which measurement can the nurse delegate to nursing assistive personnel?
a. Oral fluid intake
b. Intravenous fluid intake
c. Tube drainage output
d. Nasogastric tube intake
A
You can delegate portions of I&O measurement to nursing assistive personnel (NAP). In many agencies, NAP can record oral intake but not intake through tubes or IVs and can record urine, diarrhea, and vomitus output, but not drainage through tubes.
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