Five Rights of Delegation

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

We've all heard about the 6 or 7 Rights of Medication Administration. Did you also know there are 5 Rights to Proper Delegation?

Great resource:

http://www.state.me.us/boardofnursing/questions/index.html#delegation

The Five Rights of Delegation

One that is delegable for a specific patient.

Right Circumstances

Appropriate patient setting, available resources, and other relevant factors considered.

Right Person

Right person is delegating the right task to the right person to be performed on the right person.

Right Direction/Communication

Clear, concise description of the task, including its objective, limits and expectations.

Right Supervision

Appropriate monitoring, evaluation, intervention, as needed, and feedback.

[Nemhain]

I did not know that! Almost nothing was mentioned about delegation in my program; I think it was mentioned twice for about 5 minutes each time.

[crb613, BSN, RN]

I was taught this in fundamentals....my instructor loved this stuff! :)

[Hairstylingnurse]

Wow, never even heard of these rights. Thanks for the heads up:) .

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

Another excellent resource on delegation:

AACN Delegation Handbook, 2nd Ed.

http://www.aacn.org/aacn/aacnsite.nsf/htmlmedia/earn_ces.html