👤 By the CinnaRN Clinical Content Team🕐 Updated 2026-08-23🏷️ Management of Care🔖 Free to read, print, and share
Delegate the task, never the accountability. The RN keeps assessment, teaching, and evaluation.
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Use this quick-reference guide to spot, treat, and prevent RN vs LPN vs UAP Scope on the NCLEX. Keep it handy during review and on exam day!
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📒 The 1-minute cheat sheet
📌 Rn Only
Assessment, teaching, evaluation, care plan
Unstable / unpredictable patients
IV push, blood, titration, triage
📌 Lpn / Lvn
Stable patients with predictable outcomes
Reinforce teaching, most PO/IM meds, routine wound/trach/tube care
📌 Uap (Aide)
ADLs, hygiene, feeding, ambulating
Vitals, I&O, weight, glucose checks (stable)
NOT assessment or teaching
📚 RN vs LPN vs UAP Scope — full study notes
The cheat sheet above is your quick recall card. These notes go deeper — what it is, what to do first, what must be reported, and what to teach.
The RN owns assessment, teaching, evaluation, and the nursing process for unstable or unpredictable patients. Stable/predictable tasks may be delegated to the LPN/LVN or UAP, but the RN remains accountable.
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Key points
Understand these first
Assessment, teaching, evaluation, care plan
Unstable / unpredictable patients
IV push, blood, titration, triage
Stable patients with predictable outcomes
Reinforce teaching, most PO/IM meds, routine wound/trach/tube care
ADLs, hygiene, feeding, ambulating
Vitals, I&O, weight, glucose checks (stable)
NOT assessment or teaching
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Nursing priorities
What to do, in order
RN: initial assessment, teaching, evaluation, care planning, unstable patients, blood, IV push, titration.
Never delegate assessment, teaching, evaluation, or an unstable/first-time task to a UAP.
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Patient teaching
What patients must know
Delegate the task, never the accountability — the RN still evaluates the outcome.
When in doubt on an NCLEX item, the RN keeps assessment, teaching, evaluation, and the unstable patient.
❓ RN vs LPN vs UAP Scope: NCLEX FAQs
What are the priority nursing interventions for RN vs LPN vs UAP Scope?
RN: initial assessment, teaching, evaluation, care planning, unstable patients, blood, IV push, titration. LPN: stable patients, reinforce teaching, most meds (per state), routine tube feeds, wound care.
What are the warning signs of RN vs LPN vs UAP Scope a nurse must report?
Never delegate assessment, teaching, evaluation, or an unstable/first-time task to a UAP.
What do I need to know about RN vs LPN vs UAP Scope for the NCLEX?
Assessment, teaching, evaluation, care plan. Unstable / unpredictable patients. IV push, blood, titration, triage. Stable patients with predictable outcomes.
What patient teaching is important for RN vs LPN vs UAP Scope?
Delegate the task, never the accountability — the RN still evaluates the outcome. When in doubt on an NCLEX item, the RN keeps assessment, teaching, evaluation, and the unstable patient.