Who will be held accountable if a nurse delegates a medication administration task to a non-nurse and something goes wrong?
As in all other aspects of their professional activity, a nurse is accountable for their professional decisions and actions. If a nurse demonstrates that delegation decisions have been properly made in accordance with professional practice guidelines (including especially the Code for guidance issues by the NBV) and appropriate supervision and monitoring arrangements have been put in place and followed, they need not be concerned about being held responsible for an adverse incident. The worker to whom the task is delegated would also be held accountable to the extent of their training and for following the systems and procedures required of them.
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