Delegation of Registered Nurses to Other Professionals

Running head: NURSING 1
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NURSING 2
Module 1
Answer 1
Delegation is the process used by a registered nurse to direct another professional to
perform nursing duties and operations (Barrow & Sharma, 2019). It entails a delegator and the
delegatee whereby the delegator is the registered nurse and the delegatee as per the presented
case includes an enrolled nurse, a ward clerk, and an AIN. The delegator distributes portions of
patient attention to the delegates. In the delegation of nursing duties, rights such as the right task
to the right person at the right circumstance with the right supervision and in the right direction
and communication need to be considered. Moreover, the delegates must demonstrate the vital
elements of the delegation which include authority, responsibility along with accountability
(Barrow & Sharma, 2019).
I will start by taking care of the elderly post-operative patient who had collapsed and was
unconscious. To the enrolled nurse, I will delegate her to look after Mrs Chew whose
intravenous infusion had tissued and needed some medications. However, I will delegate to the
Assistant in Nursing (AIN) to take care of Mr Smith's visitor who had fainted. Next will be the
ward clerk whom I will delegate resolving the blocked and overflowing staff toilet. Although the
surgical consultant needed to discuss a medication error, I will first delegate to him to assist in
providing medications to one Mr Esposito who was expected for a cardiac catheterization.
After ensuring that the female post-operative patient is resuscitated and she is stable, I
will confirm the progress of Mrs Chew from the enrolled nurse and enquire from the AIN if she
has stabilized the visitor who had fainted. Then, I will arbitrate in case any nurse needs help and
lastly visit the surgical consultant to discuss the medication error that ensued in the past week.
Answer 2

NURSING 3
The highest priority goes to the post-operative patient because she becomes unconscious
and unconsciousness is a medical emergency which needs urgent attention. Certain factors might
have actuated her conscious loss like a clot might have developed on the artery supplying blood
to the brain hence altering its performance (Macdonald, 2016). Also, loss of consciousness might
have been accompanied by loss of muscle tone which leads to collapse. Moreover, after her
operation, she might have been given analgesics which were ineffective hence causing severe
pain.
For the case of Mrs Chew, her condition also needs urgency in care hence given priority.
Her intravenous fluids are running out and need to be handled since they can deny very
important organs of the body like the brain, liver and the heart adequate blood causing serious
complications. According to the case presented, the enrolled nurse is currently undertaking her
cannulation certificate hence the task fits her since she knows how to resolve the tissued
intravenous.
Since fainting also results in decreased heart rate and blood pressure (Gilchrist,
Vrinceanu, Béland, Bacon & Ditto, 2016) thus reducing blood flow to the brain, the task is
prioritized and delegated to the AIN who is trained to deliver general care to patients that need
emergency care. The tasks that are not prioritized are the medical error discussion and the
blocked and overflowing toilet because they are not urgent. Although the medical error happened
in the past week, it was good for the surgical consultant to inform me but it was not urgent.
Module 2
Part a:
Answer 1

NURSING 4
A multi-disciplinary team is a group of clinical workers who are members of distinct
disciplines, each delivering particular services to the patients. Using a care plan, the operations
of the team are brought together and this co-ordinates their services and enables the team to work
towards a defined goal (Morley & Cashell, 2017).
For a professional to be included in a health care team, the collaboration factor is
essential. Collaboration id described as a health care practitioner assuming duties and
cooperatively working as a group, sharing accountability for problem-solving as well as making
decisions to devise and execute patient care plans. Collaboration between health professionals in
the team escalates the team’s awareness of each other’s type of skills and knowledge and result
in a continued improvement in decision making.
Another factor is good communication that encourages effective teamwork and promotes
clarity and continuity in the team. When there is good communication in the health care team
medical errors is prevented, teamwork is fostered and collaboration is encouraged. Moreover,
professional competence and experience are considered while including a professional in a health
care team. The team needs a member who is competent and experienced to attend to and come
out with a care plan for the patient who has a neuron disorder.
Answer 2
The professional to lead the team should be a motor neuron disease advisor because the
patient has that disease. His role as a leader in the group would be providing specialist care in
addition to advising the motor neuron disease patient and his family. Furthermore, the advisor
will spend a lot of time with the patient and when the patient needs change he would start timely
and fascinating responses. The motor neuron disease advisor will also communicate with other
team members and connect the patient with that disease to the services they require.