Nursing Case and Delegation - Assignment Example

Delegation is often confused as a form of abdication.  However, it is not.  Instead, it is the process of assigning someone with tasks that one might otherwise be responsible for completing.  As such, it would have been normally necessary for the individual responsible for delegating to ensure that the process was not done out of a desire to shirk the work themselves (Landwehr & Bohm, 2011).  In such a case that the person to whom the task was delegated was untrained with respect to the task denoted, it would have then been the requirement of the charge nurse to train the individual or to find someone that is capable of training the individual on such a task.  Another primary rule of the delegation that was violated is with regard to the fact that the charge nurse did not choose the right person to delegate to.  Instead of checking to ensure that the individual had prior training or was capable of performing such a task, the charge nurse instead merely demanded that it be done with no further instructions.  This created a hostile environment in which further questions or seeking out advice were stunted (True et al., 2014).

In terms of how the unlicensed staff member could have advocated for herself, it would be necessary for this individual to make a clear and demonstrable assertion that as she was unlicensed, it would be not only against the law but potentially harmful to the patient for her to perform such a task.  Finally, in the event that this author was working with the charge nurse, it would be necessary to say calmly that you would be more than happy to help in another way. However, performing the duty in question would be a violation of the law and could land both of you in trouble; as the individual does not have requisite training on the matter.