A nurse asks an unlicensed assistant to help with discharging clients because so many are going home at one time. The nurse states, "Can you help get these clients ready to go home by helping them pack?" Which option best describes the statement with regard to effective delegation?
A) The delegation is ineffective because the nurse has no responsibility to pack the client's belongings.
B) Delegation would have been more effective had the nurse been more specific about which clients and when it should be completed.
C) The delegation is ineffective because the nurse has no authority to ask the unlicensed assistant to help with client discharge.
D) Delegation could have more effective had the nurse gone with the assistant to ensure the assistant did the packing as requested.

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1. The nurse has ultimate responsibility to ensure that the client is ready for discharge, which includes packing the client's belongings as necessary.
2. Effective delegation occurs when the delegator gives specific information to the delegate about the requested task. The nurse request in the stem was not specific enough.
3. The nurse has the authority to delegate this task to the unlicensed assistant.
4. There is no need for the nurse to go with the assistant to oversee the packing process.

A Nurse Asks an Unlicensed Assistant to Help with Discharging