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123654777 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Choose the unlicensed assistive personnel tasks that are considered indirect patient care activities. Select all that apply.

1. Stocking a dressing cart.
2. Talking with a patient's family.
3. Reporting intake and output to the nurse.
4. Cleaning an IV pump.
5. Taking a defective blood pressure machine to maintenance.

Question 2

The nurse manager has distributed a list identifying patient coverage per nurse today. Which action has the manager taken?

1. Assignment
2. Delegation
3. Supervision
4. Delineation

abro1885 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1, 4, 5
Explanation: 1. This activity is only minimally involved with patient care and is considered an indirect patient care activity.
2. This is a direct patient care activity.
3. This is a direct patient care activity.
4. This activity is only minimally involved with patient care and is considered an indirect patient care activity.
5. This activity is only minimally involved with patient care and is considered an indirect patient care activity.

Answer to Question 2

1
Explanation: 1. This scenario describes assignment. Assignment is the distribution of work that each staff member is responsible for during a given work period.
2. Delegation is the partial transfer of authority and responsibility regarding care activities, while accountability for completion and outcomes remains with the delegator.
3. Supervision is the active process of directing, guiding, and influencing the outcome of an individual's performance of an activity.
4. Delineation does not refer to the action taken by this nurse manager.