A new graduate RN assigns a NAP to provide basic ADL (activities of daily living) to several patients on her unit. The NAP obtains vital signs and helps to bathe and feed the patients assigned. The nurse is:
a. accountable only for the actions done by herself.
b. accountable for all her own actions and those of the NAP.
c. accountable only for the basic ADL provided by the NAP.
d. not accountable for anything the NAP does outside of the NAP's scope of practice.
B
Through the act of delegation, the nurse is accountable for the actions or inactions of the assigned
NAP. The NAP is always responsible for completing the tasks assigned, but accountability stays with
the RN.
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