Day 4 Daily Practice Questions (18/07/2025)

According to the royal Marsden manual, a staff who observe the removal of chest drainage is considered as?

• Official training
• Unofficial training
• Hours which are not calculated as training hours
• It is calculated as prescribed training hours.

To whom should you delegate a task?

• Someone who you trust
• Someone who is competent
• Someone who you work with regularly
• All the above

Which of the following is an important principle of delegation?

• No transfer of authority exists when delegating
• Delegation is the same as work allocation
• Responsibility is not transferred with delegation
• When delegating, you must transfer authority

A staff nurse has delegated the ambulating of a new post-op patient to a new staff nurse. Which of the following situations exhibits the final stage in the process of delegation?

• Having the new nurse tell the physician the task has been completed.
• Supervising the performance of the new nurse
• Telling the unit manager, the task has been completed
• Documenting that the task has been completed.

Which of the following is a specific benefit to an organization when delegation is carried out effectively?

• Delegates gain new skills facilitating upward mobility
• The client feels more of their needs are met
• Managers devote more time to tasks that cannot be delegated
• The organization benefits by achieving its goals more efficiently

The measurement and documentation of vital signs is expected for clients in a long-term facility. Which staff type would it be a priority to delegate these tasks to?

• Practical Nurse
• Registered Nurse
• Nursing assistant
• Volunteer

Which task should be assigned to the nursing assistant?

• Placing the client in seclusion
• Emptying the Foley catheter for the preclamptic client
• Feeding the client with dementia
• Ambulating the client with a fractured hip

Independent Advocacy is:

• Providing general advice
• Making decisions for someone
• Care and support work
• Agreeing with everything a person says and doing anything a person asks you to do
• None of the above

What is meant by an advocate?

• Someone who develops opportunities for the patient
• Someone who has the same beliefs as the patient
• Someone who does something on behalf of the patient
• Someone who has the same values as the patient.

A Nurse demonstrates patient advocacy by becoming involved in which of the following activities?

• Taking a public stand on quality issues and educating the public on” public interest” issues
• Teaching in a school of nursing to help decrease the nursing shortage
• Engaging in nursing research to justify nursing care delivery
• Supporting the status quo when changes are pending