Author Question: Most applications for employment request references. Which of the following is necessary to include ... (Read 67 times)

RRMR · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Most applications for employment request references. Which of the following is necessary to include when providing this information?

a. Length of service with this reference
b. Permission of the person whose name is being used as a reference
c. Letters of reference from those listed
d. Personal reference

Question 2

A new graduate RN assigns a NAP to provide basic ADL (activities of daily living) to several patients on her unit. The NAP obtains vital signs and helps to bathe and feed the patients assigned. The nurse is:

a. accountable only for the actions done by herself.
b. accountable for all her own actions and those of the NAP.
c. accountable only for the basic ADL provided by the NAP.
d. not accountable for anything the NAP does outside of the NAP's scope of practice.

l.stuut · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

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A For this request, it is not necessary to include this information.
B It is essential that the person listed as a reference has given permission for their name and information to be used by the applicant. This will not appear on the application, but the person responsible for making the contact assumes this permission, and it is not professional to use someone's name without permission.
C For this request, it is not necessary to include this information.
D For this request, it is not necessary to include this information.

Answer to Question 2

B
Through the act of delegation, the nurse is accountable for the actions or inactions of the assigned
NAP. The NAP is always responsible for completing the tasks assigned, but accountability stays with
the RN.