title: Delegation decision making. Evaluation of a teaching strategy.
abstract: Delegation and coordination of patient care is an important role for registered nurses practicing in hospitals. Educational programs and clinical experience have not prepared most registered nursing function in the delegation decision-making role. The author describes how the use of the Nursing Assessment Decision Grid increased the knowledge base in delegation decision-making skills for medical surgical nurses practicing in a 282-bed tertiary hospital in central Alabama.
authors.affiliation: Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, USA.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009743:Nursing, Practical / Q000458:organization & administration; D011897:Random Allocation