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A client on bedrest who needs assistance with feeding A client who must be turned and repositioned every 2 hours A client receiving oxygen who requires frequent pulse oximetry monitoring and respiratory treatments A client with retinal detachment who is wearing eye patches and requires assistance with hygiene measures Rationale: When a nurse delegates aspects of a client’s care to another staff member, he or she is responsible for appropriately assigning tasks on the basis of the educational level and competency of the staff member. A client receiving oxygen who requires pulse oximetry monitoring and respiratory treatments should be assigned to the LPN, because this staff member can perform these tasks and is competent to note changes in the client’s condition. Feeding a client, turning and repositioning a client, and assisting with hygiene measures, all noninvasive interventions, may be assigned to a nursing assistant. Test-Taking Strategy: Use the process of elimination, focusing on the subject of the question, assignment of tasks to an LPN. Think about the activities that the LPN is able to perform. Next, eliminate the options that are comparable or alike in that they are noninvasive procedures. Review: delegation Level of Cognitive Ability: Applying Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Planning Content Area: Delegating/Prioritizing Giddens Concepts: Clinical Judgment, Caregiving HESI Concepts: Clinical Decision Making-Clinical Judgment- Critical Thinking, Quality Improvement-Health Care Quality This document is available free of charge on § stUdocu Downloaded by Peace Ogwuche (peaceogwuchel23@ gmail.com)