Title
Delegation: What it Means to Acute Care Nurses
Publication Title
Applied Nursing Research
Publication Date
2-2008
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.010
Keywords
delegation, acute care nurses
Disciplines
Nursing
Abstract
As health care costs rise, nurses are increasingly delegating tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). The purpose of this phenomenologic study was to describe delegation from the perspective of the acute care nurse. We analyzed interviews with staff nurses, and a description of the meaning of delegation was developed using Donabedian's structure, process, outcome model to organize the findings. The process of delegation centered on communication and on nurse–UAP relationship and was shaped by the structural themes. The outcomes of delegation included nursing and patient outcomes. An enhanced content on communication and interpersonal relations is needed in nursing education.
Recommended Citation
Standing, Theresa S. and Anthony, Mary K. (2008). Delegation: What it Means to Acute Care Nurses. Applied Nursing Research 21(1), 8-14. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.010 Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.kent.edu/nurspubs/38