Module 1: role of NAII Flashcards
Workplace redesign
Changes in healthcare delivery (also restructuring or re-engineering
Multi-skilling
Also cross-training; NAs are taught to provide advanced technical skills
Patient focused care
Bring services to the patient, not patient to services
Role of PCT (patient care technician)
Varies by agency
Nursing Practice Act
Describes the nurses’ scope of practice in your state
5 rights of delegation
Right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication, right supervision
Assessment
Cannot be delegated
Intradisciplinary team
Composed of workers from the same discipline
Interdisciplinary team
Made up of workers from different disciplines
Intradepartmental teams
Workers from the same department
Interdepartmental teams
Workers from two or more different departments
Age appropriate care
Must consider communication, safety and security, and personal care and comfort
Restorative nursing
Given to assist each patient to attain and maintain the highest level of function possible