Due to this aspect of denture care, it is appropriate for the nurse to delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel by using a tool to remove a contact lens that has adhered to the resident's eye.
Who is unlicensed assistive personnel?
Unlicensed assistive persons (UAP) are individuals who have been trained to help nurses in the delivery of patient care.
- As authorised by and under the supervision of a registered nurse. Typical unlicensed assistance personnel duties include but are not limited to, taking vital signs, washing, feeding, or clothing patients, and supporting patients with the transfer, ambulation, or toileting.
- Nursing assistants, orderlies, patient care technicians/assistants, and graduate nurses (not yet licensed) who have undergone unit orientation are all included in the definition.
- Unit secretaries or clerks; monitor technicians; therapy assistants; student nurses meeting educational requirements and sitters who do not provide conventional UAP tasks are not included in the definition.
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