Which of the following statements is correct regarding supervision?

a. Supervision is guidance and oversight per-taining to a specific delegated nursing task.
b. Supervision is being responsible and answerable for behaviors, actions, or inactions of self or others under the context of delegation.
c. Supervision is the right to act or command the actions and behavior of others.
d. Supervision is the obligation that occurs when one accepts an assignment.


A
Supervision is the provision of guidance and oversight pertaining to a specific delegated nursing task (ANA and NCSBN, Joint Statement on Delegation, 2006). Being responsible and answerable for behaviors, actions, or inactions of self or others under the context of delegation (NCSBN, 1995) is a definition of accountability. Authority is the right to act or command the actions and behavior of others. Responsibility is defined as the obligation that occurs when one accepts an assignment.

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