Author Question: County Hospital has position descriptions for all staff, including RN Team Leaders. Sarah, a team ... (Read 97 times)

P68T · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

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 ap-propriate care provider to each patient and task. Sarah's activity in the example described is termed: a. Passive delegation.
b. Passive accountability.
c. Active delegation.
d. Active responsibility.

Question 2

The local health department nurse manager has developed and implemented a disaster readiness plan as part of a community service. Community services:

a. Care for the specific needs of individual families in the community.
b. Focus on the treatment of communi-ty-wide problems rather than on individual health problems.
c. Do not include services provided by pub-lic health departments.
d. Provide personal health follow-up for all acute care hospitalizations.

triiciiaa · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
When a position description contains functions that are considered to be the normal practice of the person in that role, then it is considered a passive delegation act. When Sarah decides what is best for the patients in her care in terms of who should perform the care and then holds the per-son accountable, she is engaging in active delegation.

Answer to Question 2

B
Community services, including public health departments, are focused on the treatment of the community rather than that of the individual. These funds provide personal health services, care for communicable diseases, services for children with birth defects, mental health care, investi-gation of epidemiology, and treatment of bioterrorism threats and attacks. Monies are allocated also for environmental services and for health resources.