Blair is a nurse who works for a pulmonary unit. Together she and Sheila, a nursing assistive personnel (NAP), are caring for six patients on her shift. Sheila is relatively new, but has been checked on basic competencies
Which of the following tasks would be most appropriate for Blair to delegate to Sheila? A. Taking vital signs on a 56-year-old man with dyspnea
B. Suctioning a patient with hemoptysis
C. Encouraging a postoperative patient to use the incentive spirometer
D. Performing chest percussion on a patient with atelectasis
C
Base your decision to delegate responsibility to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) on your as-sessment of the patient and the type of care the patient will receive. Consider what tasks are safe to delegate within the skill set of the NAP and how the patient will feel about the care that you have delegated. The priority is to maintain or improve the patient's oxygenation and meet the patient's needs. You are ultimately responsible for all the total patient care.
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