A registered nurse (RN) delegated specimen collection to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) for a patient who had a urine analysis ordered by the physician. The UAP did not obtain the specimen. When checking the patient’s chart later in the shift, the RN noticed that there was no documentation that a urine specimen was collected. The RN asked the UAP to provide an explanation for why the specimen was not obtained. The UAP told the RN that she was going to obtain the specimen from the patient after lunch. Which stated action would correlate with the delegation right of right communication?

1 The RN followed up later in the shift, checking the patient’s chart for documentation of the specimen collection.

2 The RN delegated the task to the UAP.

3 The UAP told the RN that she was going to obtain the specimen from the patient after lunch.

4 The RN monitored the task completion process.

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