Charge Nurse Delegation In Nursing

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“Delegation, a critical leadership skill, must be learned and implemented to accomplish patient care in a timely and cost-effective manner (Yoder-Wise, 2015, p. 496).” Delegation is an important part of nursing considering that when you delegate a task to a team member you are entrusting them to complete it without putting the patient or fellow nurses in any harm. As a delegator it is important to know the limitations and expectations of any task(s) delegated and if the task is within the scope of practice of the delegate.
As a new nurse I began working on a medical-surgical floor. The charge nurse on duty for the day was helping me admit a new patient. Upon admission I realized the patient did not have any orders pertaining to some of his