The nurse is very busy and needs to delegate some tasks to the nursing assistive personnel (NAP). Which of the following would be the most appropriate task to delegate?
1. Postoperative client teaching
2. Demonstrating postoperative exercises
3. Transporting the preoperative client from the unit to the holding area
4. Reviewing the preoperative assessment to make sure that the client's vital signs have been documented
ANS: 3
In many hospitals a nursing orderly or transporter brings a stretcher for transporting the client. The transporter checks the client's identification bracelet for two identifiers against the client's chart to be sure that the right person is going to surgery.
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