County Hospital has position descriptions for all staff, including RN Team Leaders. Sarah, a team leader on the rehab unit, assesses the needs of the patients in her area, assesses the skills and backgrounds of each of the individuals on her team,
and then assigns and delegates the appropriate care provider to each patient and task. Sarah provides Colleen, her RN colleague with details regarding the patients to whom Colleen has been assigned on the day shift. This is an example of:
a. Accountability.
b. Responsibility.
c. Assignment.
d. Delegation.
ANS: C
When an RN assigns care to another RN, it is termed an assignment and not delegation, because both accountability and responsibility are transferred.
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