The supervisors have to take in consideration the client’s factors, and health care team factors when making assignments. Such as, condition of the client, the level of care needed and experience with similar clients. As well as staff familiarity with the unit. As for delegating and supervising there are certain protocols a nurse needs to follow. There are five important rights of delegation which are; right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication and right supervision/evaluation (Henry et al. 2016 p. 7-9). I believe the nurse encompassed all of these rights and protocol when assigning, delegating and supervising. For example, the orientees were not familiar with the unit therefore, were closely supervised by the more experienced RN’s. Also, she delegated myself to educate a patient on how to prevent pneumonia, but delegated the C.N.A. to obtain an oncology patient’s vital signs. By supervising she made sure the tasks were done, not only the charge nurse, but the RN’s in charge of their own patients and AP. Therefore, the charge nurse acted appropriately in her delegation skills and within the scope of practice of the
The supervisors have to take in consideration the client’s factors, and health care team factors when making assignments. Such as, condition of the client, the level of care needed and experience with similar clients. As well as staff familiarity with the unit. As for delegating and supervising there are certain protocols a nurse needs to follow. There are five important rights of delegation which are; right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication and right supervision/evaluation (Henry et al. 2016 p. 7-9). I believe the nurse encompassed all of these rights and protocol when assigning, delegating and supervising. For example, the orientees were not familiar with the unit therefore, were closely supervised by the more experienced RN’s. Also, she delegated myself to educate a patient on how to prevent pneumonia, but delegated the C.N.A. to obtain an oncology patient’s vital signs. By supervising she made sure the tasks were done, not only the charge nurse, but the RN’s in charge of their own patients and AP. Therefore, the charge nurse acted appropriately in her delegation skills and within the scope of practice of the