Which procedure should the registered nurse delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
1. Making a nursing diagnosis
2. Assisting a client to bedside commode
3. Performing assessments on client
4.Giving the client pain medication
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Rationale 1: Tasks requiring advanced education such as assessment, interpretation of data, planning client care, or evaluating care are not delegated to the UAP. Formulating a nursing diagnosis is not a task that can be delegated to the UAP.
Rationale 2: Assisting a client to a bedside commode is an activity that can be delegated to the UAP.
Rationale 3: Tasks requiring advanced education such as assessment, interpretation of data, planning client care, or evaluating care are not delegated to the UAP. Assessment is not a task that can be delegated to the UAP.
Rationale 4: Tasks requiring advanced education such as assessment, interpretation of data, planning client care, or evaluating care are not delegated to the UAP. Administering pain medication is not an activity that can be delegated to the UAP.
Global Rationale: Assisting a client to a bedside commode is an activity that can be delegated to the UAP. Tasks requiring advanced education such as assessment, interpretation of data, planning client care, or evaluating care are not delegated to the UAP. Formulating a nursing diagnosis, performing an assessment, and administering pain medications are activities that cannot be delegated to the UAP.
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