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Daily #237 · Leadership & Management · Archive

NCLEX-RN® question of the day

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The question

A registered nurse (RN) is working on a busy medical-surgical unit and needs to delegate tasks to the nursing staff. Which task is most appropriate for the RN to delegate to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

  1. Assessing the breath sounds of a newly admitted client with pneumonia
  2. Educating a client with diabetes about insulin self-injection technique
  3. Evaluating the effectiveness of pain medication in a post-surgical client
  4. Measuring and recording the urine output of a stable postoperative client

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