Do novice nurses who have been educated on how

to delegate have higher job satisfaction compared

with novice nurses who have not been educated on
delegation skills?

Potential Problems
Employee gets
terminated or leaves the
position.
Employee refuses to
complete survey post
study.
Lack of novice nurses

By Lindsay Johnson

Study Approach

Implications for Nursing

Qualitative Study
Control group containing 50 novice
nurses.
Experimental group containing 50
novice nurses; this group will have 5
education sessions with a nurse
educator.
Pre and post exit survey.
Do you feel satisfied after leaving
work?
How many days in the past week did
you feel you could have provided
better quality patient care?

Studies are showing that BSN

prepared nurses are not
feeling prepared to delegate
upon entry into the practice or
are unaware of the concept of
delegation entirely.

Need for Research

Few undergraduate
nursing programs have
clinical rotations
dedicated to student
nurses practicing
delegating tasks.
Nurses are delegating
inappropriate tasks as
they are uneducated
about what can be
delegated.