Which health care professional is accountable for establishing systems to assess and communicate competency requirements related to delegation?

4. Registered nurse (RN), licensed practical nurse (LPN), and unlicensed nursing professional (UNP)

The appropriate healthcare team for delegation of tasks for the care of vulnerable populations consists of the RN, LPN, and UNP. Proper care and assistance can be provided by this team. The CN, CNO, and RN are all licensed health professionals and there are team members to provide assistance on this team. In the team consisting of the LPN, UNP, and CN, there is no person who can take responsibility and accountability of the client care. In the CNO, RN and UNP team, the UNP may not be eligible to carry all the activities and the CNO and RN are responsible for carrying out delegation.

CNOs are accountable for establishing systems to communicate competency related to delegation. The registered nurse delegates the task to LPN and UAP. In delegation, the RN implements in clinical practice to improve the safety and quality of client care. LPNs provide direct care to the client.
To the right person 4. With the right directions and communication; and 5. Under the right supervision and evaluation. Chief Nursing Officers are accountable for establishing systems to assess, monitor, verify and communicate ongoing competence requirements in areas related to delegation.
The chief nursing officers (CNOs) are accountable and responsible for establishing systems to assess, monitor, verify, and communicate competency requirements related to delegation.

Which team member is most accountable when delegating a task to the healthcare team?

Accountability is retained by the delegator while delegating a client's care task to the nursing aide. Every individual on the healthcare team has authority for the delegated task. The nursing aide is just responsible for the delegated task, so the delegator retains the accountability.