You may delegate a task, but never the accountability for it. Pick a task, decide the lowest level of worker who may legally perform it, then flip the patient from stable to unstable and watch the answer change — because instability collapses every other consideration. Finish by building a delegation instruction that actually meets the five rights.
1 · This patient right now
Pearl. When a question asks what to delegate, first ask whether the patient is stable. An unstable patient collapses every other consideration — the task stays with the RN regardless of how simple it looks.
2 · Pick a task
3 · Three-gate scope check (any unfamiliar task)
Answer all three gates.
Ruling
Choose a task, then decide who may perform it.
Say it right — the five rights in one sentence
Delegating a blood pressure to a UAP for Mr. Ruiz in room 12. Build the sentence.