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N126-U3-III. Delegat
Delegation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accountability | identifies who is answerable for what has been done |
| authority | the power to act |
| competent | a person has the required skills to perform a task |
| delegatee | the person to whom a task is delegated |
| delegation | a process in which authority to perform a specific task is transferred to a competent person |
| delegator | the person who delegates to another |
| respondeat superior | the organization is reposible for the acts of its employees when they are performing their jobs |
| standards of practice | statement about minimum expectations that have been identified by an organization, not legal statements or laws |
| supervision | to provide guid |
| vicarious liability | same as respondeat superior |
| what are the 5 rights of delegation? | right task, circumstance, person, direction/communication, feedback/evaluation |
| the national council of state boards of nursing has established what | guidelines for nurses regarding delegation |
| if a nurse delegates properly, is the nurse responsible for the performance of the delegatee? | no |