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Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care - E-Book

Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care - E-Book

Kathleen Motacki | Kathleen Burke

(2016)

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Abstract

With a strong focus on the key areas included on the NCLEX-RN Exam’s "management of care" section, Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care, 2nd Edition prepares you to successfully prioritize, assign, and delegate nursing care to other members of the health care team. It provides the latest information on the roles and responsibilities of the staff nurse related to the management of patient care, the core competencies required of the nurse caring for patients, as well as a wide range of leadership and management concepts nurses need to confidently manage patients within a hospital unit. This new edition is organized according to the new 2014 Magnet Standards of Practice to help you learn the skills and competencies magnet status hospitals require when hiring nurses.

  • Learning objectives, key terms, critical thinking case scenarios, and application exercises in each chapter provide you with plenty of opportunities for review.
  • A trusted author team with years of teaching experience in nursing leadership and management introduce current content related to the management of patient care in today’s health care setting.
  • NEW! A new table of contents reorganized according to the 2014 Magnet Standards.
  • NEW! Addresses the competencies of the nurse’s role with respect to the 2014 Magnet Standards.
  • Coverage includes the latest information on the roles and responsibilities of the manager of patient care position, core competencies required of nurses caring for patients, and a wide range of management concepts new nurses need to know before entering practice.
  • Emphasis on the NCLEX Exam "management of care" areas that you will be tested on, such as prioritization, delegation, and assignment.
  • Clinical Corner and Evidence-Based Practice boxes within most chapters include real-world tips and advice on patient and client management, plus the latest research on practices relevant to chapter topics.
  • NEW! End-of-chapter and Evolve NCLEX questions include analysis and application-level questions.
  • NEW! The latest RN design gives this edition a fresh new feel that is easier to follow.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
IFC ES1
NURSING DELEGATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT CARE i
NURSING DELEGATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT CARE iii
Copyright iv
Dedication v
ABOUT THE AUTHORS vi
KATHLEEN MOTACKI, MSN, RN, BC vi
KATHLEEN BURKE, RN, PHD vi
CONTRIBUTORS viii
REVIEWERS x
PREFACE TO THE INSTRUCTOR xi
FEATURES xi
ANCILLARIES xi
PREFACE TO THE STUDENTS xii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
CONTENTS xiv
01 - Transformational Leadership 1
1 - Leadership and Management 2
LEADERSHIP VERSUS MANAGEMENT 3
COMPARISON OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 4
THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP 5
Trait Theory 5
Behavioral Theory 5
Contingency Theory 5
LEADER VERSUS MANAGER 6
COMPARING THE NURSING PROCESS WITH THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS 7
LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT 7
First Level 7
Middle Level 8
Upper Level 9
COMPETENCIES OF PATIENT CARE MANAGERS 9
SUMMARY 10
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 13
2 - Organizational Structure of Health Care 15
LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE IN HEALTH CARE 16
Integrative Structures in Health Care 16
Organizational Structures 16
Functional Structures 16
Product Line Structures 17
Matrix Structures 17
Integrated Structures 17
MAJOR TYPES OF CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS 17
Total Patient Care 19
Functional Nursing 20
Team Nursing 20
Modular Nursing 21
Primary Nursing 21
Case Management 22
SUMMARY 24
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 26
3 - Strategic Management and Planning 27
WHAT IS STRATEGIC PLANNING? 27
ELEMENTS OF A STRATEGIC PLAN 28
Mission and Vision Statements 28
Statement of Competitive Environment and Strategy 28
Statement of Short-Term and Long-Term Goals 30
Action Planning 30
UNIT-BASED PLANNING PROCESS 30
Purposes of Planning 33
SUMMARY 33
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 36
4 - Financial Management in Health Care 38
HEALTH 39
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES 40
Demographic Influences 40
Uninsured Individuals 41
Medical Technology 41
Health Care Payment Sources 41
PRIVATE INSURANCE 41
SOCIAL HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION 42
POINT OF SERVICE PLANS 42
U.S. GOVERNMENT 42
Medicaid 42
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) 43
Medicare 43
Administration of Federal Insurers 43
Benefits 43
Part A: Hospital Insurance 43
Part B: Medical Insurance 43
Part C: Medicare Advantage Plans 44
Part D: Prescription Drug Plans 44
Prescription Drug Coverage 44
Hospice 44
CHARITY CARE ASSISTANCE 45
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 45
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 45
TYPES OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES 45
FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE AGENCIES 46
BUDGETING PROCESS 46
Information Gathering and Planning 47
Development of Organizational and Unit Budgets 47
Development of Cash Budgets, Negotiation, and Revision 48
Evaluation 48
TYPES OF BUDGETS 48
STAFF NURSE ROLE IN BUDGET PROCESS 51
SUMMARY 51
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 54
5 - Health Care Regulatory and Certifying Agencies 56
REGULATORY AGENCIES 57
ACCREDITATION 57
THE JOINT COMMISSION 58
Benefits of Accreditation 58
Standards and Performance Measurement 58
DET NORSKE VERITAS 60
THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION 61
OTHER ACCREDITING AGENCIES 61
EDUCATIONAL ACCREDITATION 61
REGULATORY AGENCIES 61
LICENSING BODIES 62
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 62
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 62
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 62
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 62
OTHER GROUPS RECOGNIZING HEALTH CARE PERFORMANCE AND EXCELLENCE 63
SUMMARY 64
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 67
02 - Structural Empowerment 69
6 - Organizational Decision Making and Shared Governance 70
SHARED GOVERNANCE 71
Partnership 72
Equity 72
Accountability 72
Ownership 72
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 78
7 - Professional Decision Making and Advocacy 80
SCOPE OF PRACTICE 84
03 - Exemplary Professional\rPractice 118
10 - Professional Development 119
BENNER FIVE STAGES 119
Stage 1: Novice 120
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner 120
Stage 3: Competent 120
Stage 4: Proficient 120
Stage 5: The Expert 121
STAFF COMPETENCY 121
CONTINUED EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT 122
CLINICAL LADDERS 122
SUMMARY 129
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 131
11 - Professional Practice and Care Delivery Models and Emerging Practice Models 134
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE MODELS 135
CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM 136
Frameworks for the Delivery of Patient Care 137
EMERGING CARE DELIVERY MODELS 137
Ten Essential Elements of Traditional Care Models 138
SUMMARY 139
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 142
12 - Staffing and Scheduling 144
STAFFING 145
The Joint Commission 145
The American Nurses Association Principles for Nurse Staffing 145
PROCESS OF STAFFING 147
Process of Daily Staffing 147
The Staffing Plan 148
Staffing and Scheduling Systems 148
Centralized Scheduling 148
Decentralized Scheduling 148
Mixed Scheduling 148
Self-Scheduling 148
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT 151
DEVELOPMENT OF A STAFFING PATTERN 151
Part-Time Staff 152
External Temporary Agencies 152
Travel Nurses 152
Overtime 152
Automated Staffing Systems 153
Evaluation of Staffing Measures 153
SUMMARY 154
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 158
13 - Delegation of Nursing Tasks 160
DELEGATION 161
THE FIVE RIGHTS OF DELEGATION 162
Right Task 163
Right Circumstance 163
Right Person 163
The Right Direction/Communication 165
Right Supervision 165
ACCEPTANCE OF DELEGATED ASSIGNMENT 165
DELEGATION FACTORS 165
Direct Patient Care Activities 166
Indirect Patient Care Activities 166
Activities That May Not Be Delegated 166
OBSTACLES TO DELEGATION 167
LEVELS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 167
Unit-Based Scenarios 168
Pairing 168
Partnering 168
PRIORITY SETTING 168
SUMMARY 169
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 172
14 - Providing Competent Staff 175
BENNER FIVE STAGES 176
STAFF COMPETENCY 176
NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION 176
Mandatory Content 176
Unit-Based Content 177
PRECEPTOR MODEL 177
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS 178
CONTINUED EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT 178
PEER REVIEW 179
Peer-Review Principles 179
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PROCESS 180
Guidelines for Overall Performance Rating 180
Planning for the Interview 182
Participating in the Appraisal Interview 182
Using Evaluation Results 182
SUMMARY 184
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 187
15 - Group Management for Effective Outcomes 189
GROUPS AND TEAMS 190
ACTIVE LISTENING 190
CONDUCTING MEETINGS 191
EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE TEAMS 191
TEAM ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE 192
Scoring 193
POWER AND CONTROL 193
RECOGNIZE AND REWARD SUCCESS 193
QUALITIES OF A TEAM PLAYER 194
INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS 195
SUPERVISING THE WORK OF OTHERS 195
TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS 195
SUMMARY 197
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 200
16 - Hospital Information Systems 202
HEALTH CARE INFORMATICS 203
TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE 203
Evaluating Websites 204
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS 204
HEALTH CARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 207
Patient Information Retrieval 207
Order Entry 207
Nursing Data Entry 207
Administrative Systems 207
Point-of-Care Systems 208
NURSING MINIMUM DATA SET 208
INFORMATICS COMPETENCIES FOR NURSES 208
SUMMARY 210
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 215
17 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Patient Care 218
ETHICAL DECISION MAKING 220
Common Ethical Principles and Their Rules 220
TRADITIONAL ETHICAL THEORIES 220
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION’S CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES 221
Revised Code of Ethics for Nurses 221
04 - New Knowledge, Innovations,\rand Improvements 248
18 - Improving Organizational Performance 249
Improving Organizational Performance 249
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 250
KEY FOCUS OF PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT 251
DRIVERS OF QUALITY 251
OUTCOME MEASURES 252
MODELS OF QUALITY 254
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 255
LEAN CULTURE 256
RISK MANAGEMENT 256
SUMMARY 258
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 260
19 - Evidence-Based Practice 262
TREATMENT MYTHS AND TRUTHS 263
EXAMPLES OF SOME TRADITIONAL PRACTICES NOT SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE 263
Use of Oxygen in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 263
Use of Large-Bore IV Needles for Blood Administration 263
DECISION-MAKING MODEL 264
MODELS OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 265
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 265
Question Formulation 265
Reliable Evidence 266
Critical Appraisal 267
POPULATION, INTERVENTION, COMPARISON INTERVENTION, OUTCOME 267
RESEARCH USE 269
RESEARCH 269
SUMMARY 270
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 273
20 - Monitoring Outcomes and the Use of Data for Improvement 275
NURSING-SENSITIVE INDICATORS 275
NATIONAL COMPARISON GROUPS AND REPORTS 276
SUMMARY 289
NCLEX® EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 291
05 - Congratulations 293
21 - New Graduates: The Immediate Future: Job Interviewing, NCLEX, and Continuing Education 294
THE EMPLOYMENT PROCESS 295
Position Posting 295
Advertising 295
Screening 295
Interviewing 295
Selecting 296
THE INTERVIEW PROCESS 296
RÉSUMÉ WRITING 296
Name and Address Section 296
Objective 297
Education 297
Relevant Skills and Experience or Accomplishments 297
Job History 297
Professional Affiliation and Honors 297
Proofread! Proofread! And Proofread Again! 297
EFFECTIVE COVER LETTERS 298
THE INTERVIEW 299
Styles of Interviewing 299
Lawful and Unlawful Inquiries 300
RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES 300
YOUR FIRST JOB AS A NURSE 302
New Nurse Residency Programs 303
YOUR FIRST JOB INTERVIEW 303
Where to Look 303
After the Interview 304
PREPARING FOR LICENSURE EXAMINATION 304
Registration Process Overview 305
Before the Examination 306
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH 307
CONTACT HOURS 308
RETURNING TO SCHOOL 308
SUMMARY 308
NCLEX1397904493 Examination Questions 310
INDEX 312
A 312
B 312
C 313
D 314
E 314
F 314
G 315
H 315
I 315
J 316
K 316
L 316
M 316
N 317
O 317
P 318
Q 319
R 319
S 319
T 320
U 320
V 320
W 320