Delegation, prioritisation and clinical judgement in practice for registered nurses and care teams
A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 12 details that are specific to your organisation.
- Length
- 40 min
- Lessons
- 6 lessons
- Frequency
- At induction for new and internationally recruited nurses
- Last reviewed
- 21 Oct 2026
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Try it: this is one of 19 interactive activities in the course.
What's included
Three pieces that work together
Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.
Self-paced course
Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.
- 6 lessons, about 40 minutes
- Sorting activity, process, flashcards, scenario and quizzes
Live session deck
An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.
- 10 slides
- Quiz, word cloud, poll, scale slides
- A closing slide for your contacts
Two surveys
Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.
- Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
- 30-day check-in
- Anonymous by default
- Results feed your next refresher
Learning objectives
At the end of this course, learners can
Each objective and the lesson that covers it.
| ID | Objective | Source | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| TO 312.0 | Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessment | None | Whole course |
| SO 312.1 | Describe your scope of practice and say what you can do, delegate or must escalate under local policy + your info | Examples: ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice; The Code (NMC); State Nurse Practice Acts; best practice | Whole course |
| SO 312.2 | Delegate a task using the five rights and know what stays with the registered nurse + your info | Example: NCSBN National Guidelines for Nursing Delegation; best practice | Whole course |
| SO 312.3 | Rank patients and tasks by urgency and explain why | Best practice | Whole course |
| SO 312.4 | Follow the steps of the nursing process from assessment to evaluation | Best practice | Whole course |
| SO 312.5 | Apply a clinical judgement model to a changing patient and hand over the result | Example: NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model; best practice | Whole course |
Your part: what a template can't do for you
- Your workplace details: fill in the 12 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
- Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.
Course outline
6 lessons, about 40 minutes
Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.
1Why decisions on a busy shift matter
3 pages
7 min
Why decisions on a busy shift matter
3 pages
2Scope and delegation
3 pages
7 min
Scope and delegation
3 pages
3Prioritising care
3 pages
7 min
Prioritising care
3 pages
4The nursing process and clinical judgement
3 pages
7 min
The nursing process and clinical judgement
3 pages
5Grey areas, speaking up and handover
3 pages
7 min
Grey areas, speaking up and handover
3 pages
6Final assessment
2 pages
5 min
Final assessment
2 pages
Live deck and surveys
10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop
Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
- Overall rating 5 stars
- Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
- What was most useful? multi-select
- Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
- How confident are you ranking a ward list? 1-5 scale
- Which change have you tried? multiple choice
- What barrier have you met in trying it? short text
- I can say I am unsure whether a task is in my scope without fear of blame. 1-5 scale
- One thing we should change or add open text
- Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
- Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
- How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
- Do you know where to find the local delegation and scope-of-practice policy? yes / no / not sure
- A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
- Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking
Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.
Make it yours
12 fields to fill in, and you're ready
Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.
- Clinical education contact
{{CLINICAL_EDUCATION_CONTACT}} - Local policy link
{{LOCAL_POLICY_LINK}} - Incident reporting route
{{INCIDENT_REPORTING_ROUTE}} - Escalation route
{{ESCALATION_ROUTE}} - Regulator and standards
{{REGULATOR_AND_STANDARDS}} - LMS or record system
{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
Show all 12 fields
- Delegation policy link
{{DELEGATION_POLICY_LINK}} - Care plan document link
{{CARE_PLAN_DOCUMENT_LINK}} - Survey 1 URL
{{SURVEY_1_URL}} - Survey 2 URL
{{SURVEY_2_URL}} - Course URL
{{COURSE_URL}} - Live session URL
{{LIVE_SESSION_URL}}
FAQ
Common questions
Can I run delegation, prioritisation and clinical judgement in practice for registered nurses and care teams training online?
Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.
How often is this training needed?
At induction for new and internationally recruited nurses, when staff start receiving delegated tasks, and annually.
Who needs this training?
Registered nurses, newly qualified and internationally recruited nurses, and senior care assistants or enrolled nurses who receive delegated tasks; run by the nurse educator or clinical education lead.
What records should I keep?
Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.
Can I edit the content?
Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.
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Ready to run it?
Open the live deck to see how the session runs alongside the course and both surveys.