A six-year study of how RNs and ENs communicated with each other during direction and delegation was completed this year. The study, which included 36 RNs and ENs from the Canterbury region, accessed the nurses’ perspectives on the direction and delegation interactions they had been involved in. It found that comprehensive assessments, an advanced understanding of communicating, and the leadership role nurses played – and had access to – influenced the success or not of direction and delegation interactions.