Which action does the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) pertaining to pressure ulcer prevention?
a. Assessing the patient's skin daily
b. Keeping the patient's skin clean and dry
c. Obtaining a special overlay mattress
d. Monitoring the patient's nutritional status
B
The nurse can delegate keeping a patient's skin clean and dry to the UAP. The other actions are within the nurse's scope of practice.
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