The role of the LPN/LVN as a team leader has been developed to broaden and improve patient care. Which statement best reflects this role implementation?
a. As LPN/LVN team leaders, these nurses are totally and only personally responsible, under the terms of licensure, for personal care actions and the nursing actions of the others assigned on their units and shifts.
b. As an LPN/LVN team leader, this nurse, under the supervision and guidance of an RN, is responsible for all aspects of patient care that is assigned to this team.
c. As an LPN/LVN team leader, this nurse uses skills and judgments learned in school to guide and direct the team members in what the nurse believes is correct patient care. The LPN/LVN is accountable only to patients for the care provided.
d. The team leader LPN/LVN decides on patient care assignments, takes care to promote accident prevention and safety, and is accountable only to self-professionalism for the nursing actions of the team.
B
The LPN/LVN practices under the supervision of an RN but is responsible for her or his own performance and of that of the team's.
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