During staff development programs, staff nurses verbalize their frustr

QUESTION

During staff development programs, staff nurses verbalize their frustration about their workloads and having to delegate so many tasks to others. One of the main reasons that delegation has emerged as an issue is because of:

a. The amount of paperwork required to complete care.
b. The complexity of client care.
c. Earlier discharge practices.
d. The numbers of other disciplines present on a given unit.

ANSWER:

ANS: B
Complexity of client care, a multilevel nursing model (registered nurses, mixed with LPNs/LVNs, and UNPs), and community-based care provide many challenges in determining the care required and outcomes desired and/or mandated, and in matching needs with various abilities and authority of regulated and unregulated healthcare providers. The nurse manager should ensure that staff is clinically competent and trained in their roles in patient safety.