I agree to the fact that the charge nurse used poor judgment and didn’t use critical thinking before delegating to the UAP. She also disregarded the five rights of delegation and was more concerned with her assigned patients and passage of medications. She didn’t seem to care about the managerial duties assigned to her. To make safe, effective delegation decisions, RNs must understand the responsibility, authority, and accountability related to delegation. (Mueller & Vogelsmeier, 2013). She was supposed to assess the knowledge of the UAP as part of a delegating principle she went ahead to assign the task even after objection from the UAP of her inability to hang the bag. The consequence of the UAP’s action could have affected the charge nurse,
