Ustalanie priorytetów i delegowanie: karta pracy z odpowiedziami

Which task can the RN usually assign to an LPN/LVN?

1. ATriaging a new arrival in the emergency department
2. BWriting the patient’s initial plan of care
3. CDoing the admission assessment of a new patient
4. DChanging the dressing on a stable, healing wound

Which task is appropriate to delegate to a nursing assistant for an immobile but stable patient?

1. APlanning the patient’s skin care
2. BChoosing which wound dressing to use
3. CTurning and repositioning the patient every 2 hours
4. DDeciding whether a pressure injury has got worse since yesterday

W triażu masowych zdarzeń, którą kategorię zwykle oznacza zielona karta?

1. AOdroczona: poważne, ale obecnie stabilne obrażenia
2. BNatychmiastowa pomoc: wymaga leczenia od razu
3. CZmarły lub oczekujący (expectant)
4. DDrobne obrażenia: „ranni chodzący”

Before giving a medication to a child, which check is especially important?

1. AThat the child likes the taste of the drug
2. BThat the parent agrees with the time it is given
3. CThat the medicine cup is the child’s favorite color
4. DThat the dose is correct for the child’s weight

A patient with mild dysphagia after a stroke is eating. Which technique helps make swallowing safer?

1. ASitting upright with the chin tucked down while swallowing
2. BDrinking thin fluids quickly through a straw between bites
3. CLying flat with the head tilted back
4. DTalking while eating to stay alert

Two nursing assistants argue loudly at the station about their assignments. What is the charge nurse’s best first step?

1. AIgnore it and hope they sort it out
2. BReport them to human resources at once
3. CChange both of their assignments without any discussion
4. DMeet both of them privately to hear each side

Using ESI, a stable adult with abdominal pain will need blood tests and a CT scan, but has a heart rate of 130/min. Which statement is correct?

1. AVital signs never change the ESI level
2. BThe patient is level 4 because the blood tests and the scan count as one resource
3. CThe patient is level 5 because the pain is not severe
4. DThe nurse should consider level 2 because of the danger-zone vital sign

A patient with diabetes takes propranolol. Which sign of hypoglycemia is most likely to still appear?

1. ASweating
2. BTachycardia
3. CTremor
4. DPalpitations