Clinical Delegation Skills A Handbook For Professional Practice

"The Fourth Edition has been completely revised and updated and reflects all new delegation laws and policies, current evidence-based research that supports the efficacy of team work and delegation in clinical settings, unit-based care delivery modalities, step by step methods to stay safe while using assistive personnel, new information on Magnet Status for hospitals, and an entirely new resource section."--BOOK JACKET.

Winner of the AJN Book of the Year Award. Develop the skills you need to supervise UAPs safely and confidently with this unique how-to guide that includes fundamentals of effective delegation; explanations of state nurse practice acts; dozens of real-life situations from all clinical settings; and exercises to help you apply what you've learned. Learn how to delegate effectively with this easy-to-use learning tool for individual study or inservice training. Clinical Delegation Skills will help develop confidence in the ability to delegate effectively minimize risksunderstand what can be delegated and what must be retained as professional responsibilitydiscover how to recognize and validate the competence of the individual to whom you assign Tasksunderstand The risks and liabilities associated with delegation.

Clinical Delegation Skills, A Handbook for Professional Practice, Third Edition will help readers better understand delegation skills and apply them effectively in their own clinical setting. Practical, easy to read, and full of checkpoints and exercises, this renownedtext will teach you about the world of professional health care roles and accountability, as well as how to communicate effectively, provide feedback, handle conflict, and address your own leadership strengths and weaknesses.

Healthcare leaders continually strive to improve quality, yet staff shortages, regulations, interdisciplinary conflicts, and overwhelming complexity subvert their efforts. This guide is a roadmap to implementing the Relationship and Results Oriented Healthcare philosophy and bundle of best practices. The RROHC professional model of care provides tools to create transdisciplinary partnerships with patients and families to facilitate the journey to their preferred outcomes. Featuring healthcare organizations' stories of success, this manual distills expert professional practice into steps beginning with establishing relationships with care providers and patients at the bed side, culminating in improved patient satisfaction and employee engagement. Restoring a sense of purpose, nurse retention and recruitment soars. Throughout the continuum of care, this book offers a conceptual framework for excellence through improved connection with patients, enhanced critical thinking, and advanced teamwork.

Build the skills needed to apply prioritization, delegation, and assignment concepts to nursing practice! Providing a solid foundation in coordinated care, Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in LPN/LVN Nursing uses practical exercises to prepare you for the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® (NGN) examination and to boost your job readiness. It helps you develop clinical judgment skills by guiding you through patient care scenarios progressing from common to complex. NGN-style questions are included in the book, and the Evolve website allows you to answer all of the book’s questions in interactive Study or Exam mode. Written by a team of noted educators led by Linda A. LaCharity, this text helps LPNs and LVNs apply decision-making concepts in many different settings. UNIQUE! Three-part organization first establishes foundational knowledge and then provides exercises with health scenarios of increasing difficulty to help you build confidence in your prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment skills. Evidence-based guidelines and treatment protocols reflect the latest research studies and best practices. Variety of question types and case studies prepare you for the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® exam’s new question formats and new focus on critical thinking. Practice quizzes on the Evolve website include all of the book’s questions and allow you to create a virtually unlimited number of practice sessions or tests in Study Mode or Exam Mode. Focus on coordinated care addresses the NCLEX-PN’s heavy emphasis on prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment.

An essential reference for nursing students in developing and implementing the competencies necessary in caring for critically ill patients! Synergy for Clinical Excellence: The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care enhances the understanding of The Synergy Model in practice. Based on a decade of work by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the text encompasses the history and development of the nurse and patient characteristic inherent in The Synergy Model, and then thoroughly addresses each characteristic individually and applies the model in practice. Includes sample test questions relevant to the model that will assist nursing students in preparing for certification through AACN, and provide further examples of the integration of the Synergy Model in practice.

Designed for the management and development of professional nurses, this text provides management concepts and theories, giving professional administrators theoretical and practical knowledge, enabling them to maintain morale, motivation, and productivity. Organized around the four management functions of Planning, Organizing, Leadership, and Evaluation, it includes new chapters on total quality management, the theory of human resource development, and collective bargaining. Additionally, content has been added to include recommendations from the work of the Institute of Medicine and the Magnet Appraisal process.

Professional Nursing Concepts: Competencies for Quality Leadership, Fourth Edition takes a patient-centered, traditional approach to the topic of nursing education.