Examples of tasks the LPN/LVN charge nurse of the extended care ...

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Examples of tasks the LPN/LVN charge nurse of the extended care unit might assign to a nursing assistant (NA) include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Bathing a resident who is in stable condition
  b. Administering a nasogastric tube feeding
  c. Assisting a resident with Parkinson disease to ambulate
  d. Transferring a resident from bed to chair with the assistance of another NA

Question 2

An LPN/LVN is working in a health care facility that allows delegation of nursing duties to nursing assistants by the LPN/LVN. Which of the following duties could be delegated to the nursing assistant?
 
  a. Weighing a patient
  b. Initial patient education
  c. Assessing a patient's pain
  d. Changing a sterile dressing

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C, D
These tasks have predictable outcomes. Additionally, the NA has been taught to safely perform these tasks. Administering a nasogastric tube feeding is an invasive procedure, beyond the scope of the NA because it requires nursing judgment.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Weighing a patient is within a nursing assistant's scope of practice. The remaining options are not within a nursing assistant's scope of practice. Examples of duties not to delegate to a nursing assistant include sterile technique procedures, crisis situations, initial patient education, and interpretation of data.