* 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

A home health care tsunami is coming. Recent research estimates that by 2020 the United States will be short 800,000 to 1 million nurses because of large numbers of retiring nurses, few new graduates ...