- A nursing assistant is following a care plan and regularly taking the temperature of a patient who has had a fever for the las
t twenty-four hours. Which skills is the nursing assistant using to implement the plan? A- psychomotor skills (this is using muscles)
B- maintenance skills (maintaining something already established)
C- surveillance skills (gathering information to make a decision)
D- supervision skills (overseeing the work of others) **(you chose this incorrectly)
If you're answering incorrectly then the answer would be D- supervision skills. Usually the nurse works and supervise the assistant but the assistant doesn't supervise anyone