Delegation in Practice

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Nursing Leadership and Management
Delegation in Practice
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Delegation in Practice
The word ‘Delegation’ refers to the assignment or the work given by authority to
another person and the work is to carry out the activities specifically given to him or her to
perform. It is part of management leadership (Mindtools, 2019). The ‘Delegation in Practice’
includes the work, which the authority assigns to the “Unlicensed Assistive Personnel” to
perform. This work is related to the patient care and this task has to be performed by the
unlicensed assistive personnel, as they are accountable for the further outcomes. In addition,
the registered nurse cannot delegate their responsibilities, which are related to judgments of
making nurse (Nursing World , 2019).
The authority that has the power to issue the license of work or task to the nurses is
named as “State Board of Nursing”. The “State Board of Nursing” is a regulatory body,
which has the state-specific license and sets as per the safe nursing care standards. This
authority decides the practice scope for the nurses as per the jurisdiction (NCSBN, 2019). In
addition, issues the licenses to candidates, who are qualified. Some of these candidates have
applied for the registered nurse. These registered nurses have to do to the numerous tasks and
their core nursing responsibility is to delegate frequently the task to the “Licensed Practical
Nurses” and “Unlicensed Assistive Personnel” (Nursing Center , 2019).
The “Unlicensed Assistive Personnel” refers to the class of the paraprofessionals,
whose work is to assist the individuals, which are physically disabled, having mental issues
and other healthcare problems to cope up with the daily requirements (Zimmermann, 2015).
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UPA) is the individuals who have the responsibility to
perform as health care providers without having a license. They are trained to provide support
to the activities of the patients and the registered nurse delegates this authority to UPA

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(Nursing Center, 2019). The function of UAP is to perform the assistive role for the licenced
nurse in taking care of the patient as per the provision as they have the specialized training in
the specific areas. The UPA includes the GI techs, GI Technical Specialist, and GI assistants,
which have the responsibility to take care of the patients directly. In addition, the Registered
Nurse supervises UPA (AMSN, 2019).
“Registered Nurse” (RN) is that kind of nurse, who have done the graduation in the
nursing programs. In addition, they have to meet with the requirements that are outlined by
the licencing body, which provides the nursing license (Learn How To Become, 2019). The
legislation and the professional body determine the registered nurse scope of practice. To
become a registered nurse, the individual must have to do the graduation in this field and
have to clear the NCLEX-RN examination (Registered Nursing , 2019). Only after clearing
the exam, the individual could get the state license. The responsibility of the registered nurse
is to do the various task such as perform the diagnostic tests, supervise the less skilled nurse
which are licensed or unlicensed, have to prepare the patients for the test and treatments.
Moreover, they have to give advice to patients and their families in different health
conditions (Study.com, 2019).
The “Registered Nurses” have the responsibility to delegates the task of patient care
to the “Unlicensed Assistive Personnel”, which includes the five rights of delegation such as
the right task, the right circumstances, the right person, the right direction and communication
and the right supervision (NCBI , 2019). The registered nurse delegated the authority to the
UPA by doing professional interaction in which RN transfer some of the authorities to be
performed by the selected nurse and after the delegation, the selected nurse is responsible and
accountable for the client or the patient care. The individuals perform all these
responsibilities of the registered nurse and the unlicensed assistive personnel in the hospitals
or clinics. In addition, the hospitals have the two main divisions where these responsibilities