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Handbook for Directors of Nursing in Long-Term Care

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ISBN-10: 0827367775

ISBN-13: 9780827367777

Edition: 1st 1998

Authors: Ethel L. Mitty

List price: $139.95
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This book provides the theory, principles, methods and tools for the nurse manager or leader of a long-term care facility. It is a complete source of information and instruction on every aspect of nursing administration. The book contains more than 150 guidelines, flow sheets, communication, assessment and feedback procedures that can be implemented with little or no modification by the novice or experienced directors in every kind of long-term care facility. Faculty and students of nursing management will rely on this book as a step-by-step "how to" on subjects ranging from development of a mission statement, selection of a nursing theory, construction of a policy and procedure manual,…    
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Book details

List price: $139.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 11/18/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 367
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.78" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Structures and Processes of Nursing Administration
From Mission to Managing: Mission and Vision Statements
From Vision to Nursing Philosophy, Purposes and Objectives
The Manual of Nursing Practice: Policies, Protocols, and Procedures
Table of Organization
By-Laws and Committees
Annual Report
The 24 Hour Nursing Report (24HNR)
From Theory to Structure: Philosophic, Developmental, and Anthropologic Themes
Selecting a Theory or Model for Practice
Ethics and Practice
Nursing Delivery Systems
Staffing Models
Scheduling
Organizations and Leadership: Structures and Processes: Leaders and Managers: Similarities and Differences
Organization Theory
Organizational Design
Organizational Culture and Climate
Leadership Role and Style
Leadership Models
Transformational Nursing Leadership
Time Management
Leadership Effectiveness and Staff Development
Effective Leadership: Interpersonal Strategies: The New Director of Nursing
Middle Managers and First-Line Managers
Power and Effectiveness
Group Dynamics
Change and Continuity
Conflict
Problem Identification and Decision Making
Assertiveness
Staff Development: Job Descriptions
Competencies
Recruitment and Retention
The Orientation Program
Staff Development: Motivation
Staff Development: Inservice Education
Performance Evaluation
Discipline
Job Satisfaction
Information, Budgeting, and Clinical Management Systems
Information Systems: Computer information Systems (CIS)
Resident Assessment Systems
Patient Classification Systems
The Nursing Department Budget
Material Management
Managing the Clinical Care: Resident Rights
Documentation of Care: Policies and Protocols
Protocols for Clinical Management
Teaching Strategies and Resident Compliance
Special Care Units (SCU)
Quality Assurance Systems, Risk Management, Infection Control: Assuring the Quality of Nursing Care
Regulations and Quality Assurance
Resident-Centered and Unit Management QA Protocols
Risk Management
Infection Control Quality Assurance
Professionalism, Planning for Excellence
Professional Issues: Strategic Planning and Marketing Nursing
Practice Acts and Professional Responsibility
Professional Certification and Standards
Advanced Practice
Law and Legal Issues
Labor Relations
Consultants
The Role of the Medical Director
DON Contract, Compensation and Bonuses
Strategic Planning
New Ventures
Marketing
Resident Satisfaction
Reflections on Survival and Growth: Nursing Research, Magnet Nursing Homes: The Nursing Home as Clinical Campus
Research in Long Term Care
A "Magnet" Nursing Home
Final Thoughts About Directing the Work of Nursing
'Nursing Facility": Philosophy of the Department of Nursing
"Nursing Facility": Department of Nursing - Policies, Standards, Protocols and Procedures Manual Table of Contents
Minimum Data Set (MDS) 2.0
Information Resources
Government
Professional Organizations
Industry, Interest and Advocacy Groups
Research Dissemination
Nursing Books and Journals