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Nursing Assistants
Delegation CH 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |