Leadership.
1. What are the responsibilities of the professional nurse when delegating tasks to an LPN, LVN, or NAP?
2. What factors need to be considered when delegating tasks?
3. What is the difference between delegation and assignment?
4. What are the nurse manager’s legal responsibilities in supervising NAP?
5. Review the scenario on p. 90. If you were the nurse manager, how would you have handled Indigo’s situation?
6. Bring the patient diagnosis census from your assigned clinical unit to class. Using the Delegation Decision-Making Grid, decide which patients you would assign to the personnel on the unit. Give reasons for your decision.
7. What type of nursing delivery model is implemented on your assigned clinical unit? Give examples of the roles of the personnel engaged in client care to support your answer.