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NCLEX-RN

Category - Care Management

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A nursing assistant, who usually works on another unit, has floated to Nina the New Nurse’s unit and has been assigned to her team. How should Nina determine the client assignment for the nursing assistant?
  1. Give the nursing assistant a generic assignment: “Just take the vitals for our team, and help the team as needed with their assignments.”
  2. Ask the charge nurse to trade the nursing assistant to another team.
  3. Ask the nursing assistant, “Have you worked on this unit before? Have you reviewed the list of skills needed for this unit?”
  4. Ask the nursing assistant, “Are you comfortable caring for the type of clients we have on this unit?”
Explanation
Answer: C - Nina the New Nurse should ask the nursing assistant whether he has worked on the unit before (indicating that he is familiar with the skill set needed for the unit), or whether he has reviewed the skill list required for meeting the needs of the clients on the unit. Determining the nursing assistant’s level of competence will help Nina the New Nurse in her delegation decisions.
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