These are the dog days of August. We’re roasting in high temperatures and dreaming of trips to the beach. This is the time we should be taking vacations and using the time to relax, refresh, and ...

* Delegation means that a nurse authorizes an unlicensed person to perform a task of nursing care in selected situations and indicates that authorization in writing. The delegation process includes ...

Tech enablement, or automation, and improved delegation of tasks have the potential to free up to 15 percent of nurses’ time. The finding comes from a May 26 report from McKinsey and Co. and the ...

With the emergence of healthcare support staff, the boundaries of the role of registered nurses have been blurred. Often healthcare workers are now allocated tasks that were once the responsibility of ...

Attorney, Law Office of Carolyn Buppert P.C., Bethesda, Maryland A Medscape reader posed this question: Who is responsible for any mishap if a student nurse is delegated responsibility for night ...

During a large-scale scoping project to review options and opportunities for the band 4 nursing role in Wales, it became evident that delegation is misunderstood by nursing teams, despite a plethora ...

To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at syox@medscape.net (Include "Ask the Expert" in subject line.) An advanced practice registered nurse ...

I had the honor of being part of a nurses delegation to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru. These are my impressions as one nurse in Lima.We went as a delegation representing National Nurses ...

She says nurse managers do not delegate for several reasons: They are afraid to add more responsibilities to an already overworked staff They are afraid staff cannot complete tasks as well as they can ...