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Decision Making Guidelines How does a nurse make decisions about what to delegate? Delegation is a complex and very impo

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:30 am
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Decision Making Guidelines
How does a nurse make decisions about what to delegate?
Delegation is a complex and very important nursing skill. It
requires clinical judgment and accountability for patient care. The
topic of delegation was already touched upon in the MA BORN
discussion I in NUR 475 Practicum. Essential to delegation is the
ability to be cognizant of the scope of practice that is different
for licensed and unlicensed healthcare providers.
This post looks at the act of Decision Making in Nursing.
This information below is from the MA BORN website, it is a
great question and answer guideline. There is a decision tree on
the pdf link below as well.
Decision making guidelines
To evaluate a certain nursing practice or activity as
within the scope of practice for an LPN, RN or APRN, you
should answer the following: