Which should the nurse delegate to a nursing assistant?
1. Determine the client's current pain level.
2. Record the vital signs before ambulation.
3. Position a client with spinal cord trauma.
4. Assist client to ambulate with thick socks.
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2. The nurse delegates recording vital signs to the nursing assistant because the as-sistant is trained and educated to perform the task.
1. The nurse determines the client's pain level because it uses nursing assessment and nursing judgment.
3. The nurse supervises the positioning of a client with spinal cord trauma because improper movement of the spine can aggravate the injury with potentially devastating results for the client.
4. Socks afford little protection for ambulation, especially in a hospital where many potentially dangerous substances and equipment are used; the client needs shoes to ambulate.
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