Course Description
Delegation in Nursing Practice (based on state of TN laws and regulations)
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Purpose:
This course teaches proper delegation of duties to non-licensed professionals for all nurses in the State of Tennessee. This course is free to any nurse from Tennessee and is sponsored by the Tennessee Nurses Association. The course presents legal practice as required by the laws and regulations of the State of Tennessee.
This course expires on February 28, 2012.
This course expires on February 28, 2012.
Objectives
- Define the terms delegate, assign and supervise
- Relate RN delegation to State of Tennessee Code as outlined by Board of Nursing
- Verbalize four common tasks appropriate for the RN to delegate to unlicensed staff
- Verbalize four nursing tasks or functions unacceptable for the RN to delegate to unlicensed staff
- List three examples of environmental/workplace elements that determine delegation effectiveness
- Identify possible repercussions for the RN who elects to delegate outside the terms defined by the Board of Nursing
- List three examples of patient safety concerns that may result from inappropriate delegation
- Verbalize the five rights of delegation and provide examples of each that apply to his or her work setting
- Identify two resources available online for the RN related to delegation
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Conflict Of interest:
There is no conflict of interest noted for this course.
Commercial Support:
There is no commercial support for this course.
Nonendorsement of Products:
Approval for this activity refers only to continuing nursing education activity and does not imply that there is real or implied endorsement of any product, service, or company referred to in this activity nor of any company subsidizing costs related to the activity.
Off Label Use:
There is no use of off label products in this presentation.
Accreditation:
The Tennessee Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
