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roselinechinyere27m

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When a member of the team complains that an individual has been given too much to do, and is not going to be able to complete the work on time, what is the best course of action for the RN to take?
 
  A) Assign the work to another team member
  B) Perform the duties yourself
  C) Tell the team member to omit the least necessary items
  D) Examine the workload and assist the individual in reprioritizing

Question 2

After morning report, the RN held a mini conference with a team member, a licensed nurses' aide, and assigned the following duties: bathe and make beds for all your assigned patients, answer lights, ambulate all those ambulatory and turn
 
  nonambulatory patients every 2 hours, and report complaints or needs of the patients to the RN. Periodically during the day the RN checked with the aide to determine whether the aide was having difficulty in completing the tasks. The RN was frequently in patient rooms observing and performing their own duties. What is this an example of?
  A) Improper delegation
  B) Not trusting an employee
  C) Effective delegation
  D) Micromanagement


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Edwyer

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Reply #1 on: Jul 7, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C


roselinechinyere27m

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Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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