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Daily #170 · Leadership & Management · Archive

NCLEX-RN® question of the day

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The question

An 84-year-old woman living in a long-term care facility has type 2 diabetes and osteoarthritis. The nurse is planning the morning assignment and reviews that the client requires a fingerstick glucose check, assistance with a shower, and repositioning every 2 hours due to a stage 2 pressure injury on the sacrum. Which task should the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

  1. Performing the fingerstick blood glucose and interpreting the result
  2. Assessing the pressure injury and documenting wound staging
  3. Assisting the client with her shower and repositioning her every 2 hours
  4. Developing the plan of care for pressure injury prevention

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