The RN is delegating tasks to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Which tasks can the nurse delegate? (Select all that apply.)
a. Teaching the client about breast care
b. Assessment of a client's lochia and perineal area
c. Assisting a client to the bathroom for the first time after birth
d. Vital signs on a postpartum client who delivered the night before
e. Assisting a postpartum client to take a shower on the second postpartum day
ANS: D, E
Nurses must be aware that they remain legally responsible for patient assessments and must make the critical judgments necessary to ensure patient safety when delegating tasks to unlicensed personnel. The nurse cannot delegate assessment, teaching, or evaluation. The two tasks that the nurse can delegate are vital signs on a stable postpartum client and assisting a stable postpartum client on the second postpartum day to take a shower.
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