Urgent, Easy Question

Can nurses ever delegate charting? There is a question on this homework I have and our book is STUPID... Well.. the worksheet is too since it all says chapter 16 but it's scattered throughout chapters 25, 34, and some just flat isn't in the book.

Anyway... Is there ever a situation where a nurse can delegate charting like if they're changing shifts or something? I'm thinking no, but just wanted to be 100% sure.

They can delegate vital signs...sometimes I/Os.... sometimes, even, CBG HOWEVER it is ultimately the RNs responsibility and if they don't get it done...it's the RN license on the line. Delegating other charting for nursing work is not very smart and I have not heard of it being done. Just my 2 cents. It would be highly risky to the license..and may not even be legal. You can look up your nursing scope of practice also. And again it depends on who is doing the charting example... LPN don't "teach" the RN has to do it so then..they could not chart it.... that is in my state anyway. Again... CNA don't assess. So they can't do that. Whatever was being charted would need to be within scope of practice (i.e. CAN = vitals).

Can nurses ever delegate charting? There is a question on this homework I have and our book is STUPID... Well.. the worksheet is too since it all says chapter 16 but it's scattered throughout chapters 25, 34, and some just flat isn't in the book.

Anyway... Is there ever a situation where a nurse can delegate charting like if they're changing shifts or something? I'm thinking no, but just wanted to be 100% sure.

And no..you never hand off charting to another nurse for what happened during YOUR shift as they were not there. You never want to do someone elses charting as a nurse unless you did it yourself and thereby its' your own charting.

Thanks :). I'm just going to put "Nurses should not delegate charting." It doesn't directly answer the question... but I'm not even sure this will be graded and I have a careplan to write and another dumb worksheet to do soooo... lol... I'm done.

Hello.

Remember that the patient's chart is a legal document. [That is why you are told not to erase an entry or write with those pens that have an eraser on the end]. If your nursing care and all that that care entails is not written or documented in the patient's chart, then it didn't happen (from a legal standpoint)

Remember "CYA" = Cover Your orifice. Like 777RNThatsMe stated, It is your license on the line.

If you suddenly remembered something that you did for your patient but forgot to chart it, you can add that data in as long as you document the date, time of this newest addendum.

athena