Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care

by Kathleen Motacki RN, MSN, Kathleen Burke RN, PhD

Overview

This dynamic resource is your guide to the latest information on the roles and responsibilities of the manager of patient care, core competencies required of nurses caring for patients, and a wide range of management concepts that nurses need to know before entering practice. With an emphasis on patient safety and evidence-based practice, it provides complete coverage of patient care management, leadership, information management, organizational planning, and human resources.

• Organized around the five major functional groups within health care organizations that nurses handle or frequently interact with — patient care management, leadership, information management, organizational planning, and human resources.
• Important content on the environment of care examines hospital safety and security issues including emergency codes, Safe Patient Handling and Movement and Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
• Evidence-Based boxes summarize current research and best practices for topics throughout the textbook.
• Clinical Corner boxes discuss practice process improvements made by nurses, including safe, effective practices used at their institutions and how they improve patient care.
• NCLEX^® examination-style review questions at the end of each chapter offer valuable review and exam preparation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323625463
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	06/27/2022
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.00(d)

Table of Contents

Section 1 TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Chapter 1 Leadership and Management

Chapter 2 Organizational Structure of Health Care

Chapter 3 Strategic Management and Planning

Chapter 4 Financial Management in Health Care

Chapter 5 Health Care Regulatory and Certifying Agencies

Section 2 Structural Empowerment

Chapter 6 Organizational Decision Making and Shared Governance

Chapter 7 Professional Decision Making and Advocacy

Chapter 8 Communication in the Work Environment

Chapter 9 Personnel Policies and Programs in the Workplace

Section 3 EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Chapter 10 Professional Development

Chapter 11 Professional Practice and Care Delivery Models and Emerging Practice Models

Chapter 12 Staffing and Scheduling

Chapter 13 Delegation of Nursing Tasks

Chapter 14 Providing Competent Staff

Chapter 15 Group Management for Effective Outcomes

Chapter 16 Hospital Information Systems

Chapter 17 Ethical and Legal Issues in Patient Care

Section 4 NEW KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATIONS, AND IMPROVEMENTS

Chapter 18 Improving Organizational Performance

Chapter 19 Evidence-Based Practice

Chapter 20 Monitoring Outcomes and the Use of Data for Improvement

Section 5 CONGRATULATIONS

Chapter 21 New Graduates: The Immediate Future: Job Interviewing, NCLEX and Continuing Education

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Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Carl Balcom, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE (HCA Healthcare)
Description: The book serves as an excellent primer of how nursing services and patient care are organized in the healthcare system. It covers everything from leadership foundations to organization of care delivery to legal and regulatory considerations in patient care, and concludes with recommendations for successful transition from student to novice nurse. This is the third edition; the second edition was published in 2016.
Purpose: This book aims to provide the required foundational knowledge of nursing management and leadership for new graduate nurses. Its follows the Magnet model so the content is well laid out and flows nicely. It is critical that new nurses have a solid understanding of management and leadership so they are positioned to be effective members of the patient care team. This book provides just the right level of detail for a novice nurse to be successful in their transition to practice.
Audience: This book is intended for novice nurses. It is written at an appropriate level for this audience, providing the right amount of depth. The topics are important for new nurses to understand and be knowledgeable about as they enter practice. The authors are both credible and reliable sources on nursing leadership. Moreover, the contributors and reviewers are all well-reputed experts in the field.
Features: The book is structured to follow the Magnet model. The first section, "Transformational Leadership," provides a general overview of leadership roles and styles as well as some of the fundamental functions of healthcare leaders. The second section, "Structural Empowerment," provides insight into the structures and processes required to support cross-organizational/cross-functional communication that promotes efficient and effective delivery of care. The third section, "Exemplary Professional Practice," explains how all the decisions affecting how care is delivered (e.g., models of care, interprofessional practice, staffing, and skill mix) are determined. This is particularly important because it demystifies these topics that may not have been covered in basic preparation. The fourth section, "New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements," explains the importance of keeping up to date on best practices and incorporating evidence-based practice into care delivery. Again, this is an area that may not be fully understood by novice nurses, so this section explains the principles in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand manner. Throughout the book, there are illustrations to support the subject matter being reviewed. They are appropriate and reinforce the material well. Each chapter starts with a glossary of key terms that readers may not be familiar with and need to understand to appreciate the material in the chapter. Overall, the book is very well written and easy to follow.
Assessment: This is an excellent book for novice nurses (and any other discipline for that matter) to review as they transition to autonomous practice. There are many comparable books available that review the same subject matter, but this particular book flows really well and is easy to follow. One area lacking is that there is no mention of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. I would have expected to see more mention of innovations resulting from this emergency (e.g., alternative care models, changes to skill mix) in the book considering it replaced the second edition that was published in 2016.

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