Of the following, the biggest disadvantage of having nursing assistive personnel (NAP) help nurses is that the nurse:
1) Must know what aspects of care can legally and safely be delegated to the NAP.
2) May rely too heavily on information gathered by the NAP when making patient-care decisions.
3) Is removed from many components of direct patient care that have been delegated to the NAP.
4) Still maintains responsibility for the patient care given by the NAP.
ANS: 2
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