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Delegation Principles — NCLEX Cheat Sheet

RN keeps assessment & teaching

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👤 By the CinnaRN Clinical Content Team 🕐 Updated 2026-07-11 🏷️ Management of Care 🔖 Free to read, print, and share

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Use this quick-reference guide to spot, treat, and prevent Delegation Principles on the NCLEX. Keep it handy during review and on exam day!

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Rule

Key facts

5 rights: task, circumstance, person
RN: assess, teach, evaluate, plan
Never delegate the unstable pt

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Lpn

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Stable pts, meds (most), wound care
No IV push, no first dose

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Uap

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ADLs, vitals, I&O, ambulate
Stable, predictable, routine only

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Avoid

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Don't delegate evaluation of teaching

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Quick Tip

The RN never delegates assessment, evaluation, nursing judgment, the initial teaching, or care of an unstable/unpredictable patient.

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