Delegation and Prioritization

By the end of this lesson you should be able to: - Rank a multi-client list using airway, breathing and circulation first, then acute over chronic, unstable over stable, actual over potential, and unexpected over expected findings, and state the reason for each rank. - Judge whether a client is stable and predictable enough for a task to go to an RPN or a unregulated care provider (UCP), and say what makes the same task unsafe for a different client. - Give direction that is specific, closed-loop and time-bound, using SBAR when the situation is changing. - Choose a supervision level and name the check-back that will tell you the task went as planned. - Re-sort your priorities and withdraw delegated tasks when a client deteriorates, and trigger the rapid response pathway at the right moment. - Respond to workload that makes safe care impossible by escalating through the chain of command and documenting it factually. This is the applied lesson. The legal and regulatory framework (authorizing mechanisms, controlled acts, provincial differences) is taught in depth in Delegation and Assignment...