[NSG 230 Test 2_ Coordination of Care, Delegation, Prioritization]
Terms in this set (179)
What is the difference between Accountability: you accept ownership for the task you are
accountability and responsibility in delegating - if it is not done, it is on you
delegation? Responsibility: the obligation to accomplish a task - given with
delegation
Class I Triage MCI: RED -Highest priority; life threatening but survivable with minimal
interventions
-Airway and breathing, decreased LOC, shock, severe burns
<40%, open LEG fracture
Class II Triage MCI: YELLOW -Second highest priority; can wait 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Injuries are significant but can wait hours without threat to
life/limb
-Burns without airway issues, multiple bone fractures, spinal
cord injury
Class III triage MCI: GREEN -Third priority; can wait hours to days, minor injuries
-Minor fractures and soft tissue injury
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Class IV triage MCI: BLACK -Lowest priority: not expected to survive, extensive injuries
and survivability is unlikely even with definitive care
-Cardiac arrest, burns >65% of body, open brain injury
Social model of care coordination Addresses social determinants of health: housing, transport,
food. Coordinates with social services
Delegation -Transference of responsibility and authority for an activity to a
competent individual
-Can only delegate tasks for which you have both
accountability and responsibility
How do you know what you can delegate to Read the State Nurse Practice Act (NPA)- gives guidelines
who? about tasks that can be delegated by RN's. NCSBN also
identifies responsibilities
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Five rights of delegation -Right task: delegable for a specific client
-Right circumstance: appropriate patient setting, available
resources, and other relevant factors considered
-Right person: right person is delegating the right task to the
right person to be performed on the right person
-Right direction and communication: clear, concise
description of the task including its objective, limits, and
expectations
-Right supervision: appropriate monitoring, evaulation,
intervention, as needed, and feedback
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Tasks that can be delegated to a UAP -Vital signs
-Measuring input and output
-Transfers and ambulations
-Postmortem care
-Bathing, feeding (no swallowing precautions), bathroom
-Attending to safety
-Weighing
-Suctioning chronic tracheostomies
NO ADPIE
When can the nurse delegate to the UAP? AFTER performing an assessment on the patient, when the
patient is STABLE or in a CHRONIC condition, task must be
routine and safe with a predicable outcome
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Terms in this set (179)
What is the difference between Accountability: you accept ownership for the task you are
accountability and responsibility in delegating - if it is not done, it is on you
delegation? Responsibility: the obligation to accomplish a task - given with
delegation
Class I Triage MCI: RED -Highest priority; life threatening but survivable with minimal
interventions
-Airway and breathing, decreased LOC, shock, severe burns
<40%, open LEG fracture
Class II Triage MCI: YELLOW -Second highest priority; can wait 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Injuries are significant but can wait hours without threat to
life/limb
-Burns without airway issues, multiple bone fractures, spinal
cord injury
Class III triage MCI: GREEN -Third priority; can wait hours to days, minor injuries
-Minor fractures and soft tissue injury
4/16/2026, 4:58:38 PM 4/16/2026, 4:58:36 PM 4/16/2026, 4:58:34 PM
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Class IV triage MCI: BLACK -Lowest priority: not expected to survive, extensive injuries
and survivability is unlikely even with definitive care
-Cardiac arrest, burns >65% of body, open brain injury
Social model of care coordination Addresses social determinants of health: housing, transport,
food. Coordinates with social services
Delegation -Transference of responsibility and authority for an activity to a
competent individual
-Can only delegate tasks for which you have both
accountability and responsibility
How do you know what you can delegate to Read the State Nurse Practice Act (NPA)- gives guidelines
who? about tasks that can be delegated by RN's. NCSBN also
identifies responsibilities
4/16/2026, 4:58:38 PM 4/16/2026, 4:58:36 PM 4/16/2026, 4:58:34 PM
, [NSG 230 Test 2_ Coordination of Care, Delegation, Prioritization]
Five rights of delegation -Right task: delegable for a specific client
-Right circumstance: appropriate patient setting, available
resources, and other relevant factors considered
-Right person: right person is delegating the right task to the
right person to be performed on the right person
-Right direction and communication: clear, concise
description of the task including its objective, limits, and
expectations
-Right supervision: appropriate monitoring, evaulation,
intervention, as needed, and feedback
4/16/2026, 4:58:38 PM 4/16/2026, 4:58:36 PM 4/16/2026, 4:58:34 PM
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Tasks that can be delegated to a UAP -Vital signs
-Measuring input and output
-Transfers and ambulations
-Postmortem care
-Bathing, feeding (no swallowing precautions), bathroom
-Attending to safety
-Weighing
-Suctioning chronic tracheostomies
NO ADPIE
When can the nurse delegate to the UAP? AFTER performing an assessment on the patient, when the
patient is STABLE or in a CHRONIC condition, task must be
routine and safe with a predicable outcome
4/16/2026, 4:58:38 PM 4/16/2026, 4:58:36 PM 4/16/2026, 4:58:34 PM
