What it means
The exam's name for anyone trained to help with care who does not hold a nursing license, whatever their job title: nursing assistants, patient care technicians, CNAs. A registered nurse can delegate routine tasks with predictable results to them (bathing, feeding, measuring vital signs on a stable client, recording intake and output), but stays responsible for the outcome.
For the nurse
Never delegate to a UAP what needs a nurse's judgment: assessuh-SESTo gather information about a client by looking, listening, asking, measuring and examining.Full entry , teaching, evaluating a client's response, or care of an unstable client. On the exam, a task that is routine, for a stable client, with a standard procedure, is the one that can be delegated.
At a glance
| Also written | unlicensed assistive personnel |
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Related terms
assess
To gather information about a client by looking, listening, asking, measuring and examining.