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Management Skills: Effective Delegation

The overall instructional goal of this online tutorial is to teach nursing students and practicing nurses the essential elements for the safe delegation of nursing care and then help users apply these concepts in a variety of healthcare settings. In addition, the tutorial demonstrates how to properly implement the delegation process using a nursing process framework. Clinical situations are used extensively throughout the tutorial to provide synthesis and application of the content to patient care.

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Content Overview

The tutorial is divided into eight modules. The first seven modules are instructional units. The last is a test bank.

Module 1: The Delegation Process
Module 2: Barriers to Effective Delegation
Module 3: Practice Activity: Did a violation of one of the Five Rights occur?
Module 4: Practice Activity: To Delegate or Not to Delegate?
Module 5: Practice Activity: A Review of Practice Items and Situations
Module 6: Test Bank

The tests in the test bank cover all of the tutorial modules. Students are given their test results at the completion of each test accompanied by correct answers and rationale. Instructors can use these tests as pre- or post-tests. Test scores can be used to monitor student progress and mastery of the subject matter. Test results are recorded in databases on the EDGT server and are available for retrieval and review by both instructors and students.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this tutorial, learners should be able to:

Describe the five rights of the delegation process.

Describe how a state’s nurse practice act and a healthcare worker’s job description are used in the delegation process.

List four factors regarding patient circumstances that must be considered when delegating a task.

List three ways to determine if a delegate is competent.

Describe the characteristics of effective communication.

Describe the use of initial directions, periodic inspection, and evaluation with feedback while supervising a delegate.

Apply the nursing process to the implementation of the delegation process.

Describe the responsibilities of the individual who delegates and the individual to whom tasks are delegated.

List five common barriers to effective delegation and describe ways to reduce or eliminate these barriers.

Apply critical thinking and delegation theory to a variety of clinical situations.

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