Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 83%
Simulated
A charge nurse is making client care assignments. Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to assistive personnel (AP)? (Select all that apply.)
Correct answer
A,C,E
Rationale
The correct tasks to delegate to assistive personnel (AP) are A, C, and E. A can be delegated because bathing a client with an amputation 2 days ago does not require specialized nursing skills. C can be delegated as feeding a client who had a stroke 3 months ago is a routine task that does not involve complex assessment or critical thinking. E can be delegated as assisting a client to ambulate using a gait belt is within the scope of practice for APs and does not require nursing judgment. Choices B and D involve client education and require nursing expertise, so they should not be delegated to APs.