Nurses’ Perception Of Their Nurse Managers’ Delegation Of Responsibilities In Four Tertiary Hospitals

Nurses’ Perception Of Their Nurse Managers’ Delegation Of Responsibilities In Four Tertiary Hospitals

Abstract

Delegation of liabilities is the systematized process that permits the transfer of liabilities and authority form an superintendent to the inferiors. This study delved nursers ’ perception of their nanny directors ’ delegation of liabilities in four intentionally named tertiary health institutions in Enugu state, Nigeria University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku- Ozalla, Enugu State University of Science and Technology( ESUT) Teaching Hospital, FederalNeuropsychiatryHospital and NationalOrthopedicHospital, all in EnuguState. Six objects were raised to guide the study. Descriptive check design was used for the study. A sample size of 300 nursers was drawn from the population of 943 nursers( nursing sisters and elderly nursing sisters) in the four tertiary health institutions named. Pre- tested 54 item experimenters developed questionnaire was used for data collection. The Split half system using Cronbatch nascence was employed to test for trustability which yielded0.895 and0.959 independently. Data collected were subordinated to descriptive statistic and anatomized using SPSS interpretation 20. T- test and ANOVA were used to test for thesis. Results were presented in tables, means and standard divagation. Findings revealed that mean age of the repliers was38.44( ±6.77) time and nursers involved in this study perceived that their nanny directors cleave to quested guidelines criteria in delegating liabilities, which had grand mean of3.20 ±1.21, use of nursing job description had grand mean of3.00 ±0.76, practice of transfer of authority had grand mean of2.88 ±1.03, practice of responsibility had grand mean of3.00 ±1.32 and also practice of supervision had grand mean of2.97 ±0.87 thesis results indicates that there’s no significant difference in the nursers ’ age and their nanny directors ’ delegation of liabilities, p- value(>0.05). No significant difference was set up in nursers ’ perception of their nanny directors ’ delegation of liabilities grounded on their rank, p- value(0.391>0.05). Also no significant difference was set up between nursers ’ time of experience and their perception of their nanny directors ’ delegation of liabilities,( p- value) of the F statistics are lesser than0.05 position of significance for all the particulars tested. These results with P- values lesser than position of significance(0.05), indicates there’s no difference in age, rank and times of experience. still, there’s a significance difference in nursers ’ perception of their nanny directors ’ delegation of responsibility grounded on their- value(<0.05) Grounded on the findings, suggestions were made for farther studies.

Chapter One

Preface

Background of the study

Delegation of responsibility is one of the vital organizational processes which is ineluctable along with the expansion and growth of a business enterprise( Akrani, 2010). It’s a operation function that can be learned and horned to a fine edge by anyone who’s willing to make some trouble and suitable to get some practice( Curtis & Nicholl 2004). In nursing profession delegation isn’t a new function but it’s getting decreasingly important as the profession gests rapid-fire change. The changes centre on skill blend, structuring how care is delivered and the expanding part of nursers. pivotal to the success of this function is the capability of both the delegator and delegate to perceive their places and assignments rightly.

Okoronkwo( 2005) stated that effective delegation is the organizational process that permits the transfer of responsibility and authority from an superintendent to the inferior. The author goes on to say that it establishes responsibility on the part of the inferior, giving her authority to use her discretion on behalf of the superior. Responsibility is a duty or obligation to satisfactorily perform or complete a task( assigned by someone, or created by one’s own premise or circumstance) that one must fulfill and which has a consequent penalty for failure. Effective delegation of liabilities can be defined as giving someone a task from the delegators practice( Weydt, 2010). It could also be seen as transfer of responsibility, authority, and power to notoriety for the performance of an exertion while retaining responsibility for the outgrowth( Bylgia & Helga, 2012).