Effective time management in nursing directly impacts patient safety, care quality, and nurse wellbeing. Priority setting follows established frameworks: ABCs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) for immediate clinical priorities, Maslow's hierarchy of needs (physiological needs before safety, belonging, esteem, and self-actualization), and the nursing process (assessment before intervention). The Eisenhower Matrix categorizes tasks by urgency and importance: urgent and important (do immediately - deteriorating patient, medication due, stat orders), important but not urgent (schedule - patient education, care planning, documentation), urgent but not important (delegate if possible - routine tasks, phone calls), and neither urgent nor important (eliminate - unnecessary duplicate documentation, non-essential meetings). Delegation is essential: the practical nurse must understand what tasks can be delegated to unregulated care providers (UCPs/PSWs/CNAs) and what must be retained. The five rights of delegation are: right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication, and right supervision. Shift organization strategies include receiving report and prioritizing patients, performing initial assessments, clustering care to minimize room entries, documenting in real time, and anticipating needs.