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Nursing Assistants
Delegation CH 4
Term | Definition |
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accountable | To answer to one's self and other about his or her choices, decisions, and actions |
delegate | To authorize or direct a nursing assistant to perform a nursing task |
delegated nursing responsibility | A nursing task that a nurse transfers to a nursing assistant when it does not require a nurse's professional knowledge or judgement |
delegation | The process a nurse uses to direct a nursing assistant to perform a nursing tasks; allowing a nursing assistant to perform a nursing responsibility that is beyond the nursing assistant's usual role and not routinely done by the nursing assistant |
nursing task | Nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, skill, or activity |
routine nursing task | A nursing task that is part of a nursing assistant's routine job description and commonly assigned to the nursing assistant; a nursing task that was learned in a nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) |
APRN | Advanced practice registered nurse |
LPN | Licensed practical nurse |
LVN | Licensed vocational nurse |
NATCEP | Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation program |
RN | Registered Nurse |