Per the North Carolina Board of Nursing, unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is an umbrella term used to describe unlicensed health care assistants that have been trained to provide certain tasks of client care as directed by a licensed health care provider. Family members, friends, and guardians of a client are not considered UAP.
UAP includes but is not limited to the following job titles:
UAP may work in a variety of healthcare settings including, but not limited to:
Decision Tree for Delegation to UAP
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