Background:

Delegation is a very important time management tools used by headnurses in order to achieve productive outcomes. The use of delegation in nursing management can solve many issues and problems that faced nursing staff such as; nursing shortage and turnover.

Aim:

Determine headnurses' attitudes toward delegation and assess their delegation strategies. Descriptive study design was used.

Setting:

This study was conducted at Assuit University Hospitals.

Subject:

All headnurses (No.= 103). The data collected through self-administered questionnaire which consisted of three parts (personal data sheet, Delegation Attitudes, and Delegation Strategies).

Results:

Majority of headnurses are female aged from 30–40 years old, and they can improve their delegation attitudes. The highest percent score of delegation attitudes and strategies for headnurses working at El-Rajhi hospital and the lowest percent at the Main Assuit Hospital.

Conclusion:

The highest percent of headnurses can improve their delegation attitudes, and the most delegation strategies used are evaluate her/himself in delegating process.

Recommendations:

An in service training should be done for all headnurses to improve their capacity to use delegation as time management strategy.