Assisted living nursing : a manual for management and practice

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Assisted living nursing : a manual for management and practice

Barbara Resnick, Ethel Mitty, editors

Springer, c2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book is a comprehensive overview of both management activities and clinical competencies for assisted living nurses. The authors provide a theoretical framework for ethical assisted living nursing practice, but also provide practical decision-making models for management, guidance on time management and resource utilization, and information on risk management. This title covers such topics as: ethical nursing practice, human relations (communication, performance evaluation, etc.); conflict resolution; regulatory oversight; admission-retention-transfer-discharge assessment; palliative and hospice care principles; and, rehabilitation/restorative nursing.

Table of Contents

  • Section 1: Management
  • A. Fundamentals cf Assisted Living
  • B. Organizational Culture and Leadership/Manager styles
  • C. Time Management and Resource Utilization
  • Section 2: Clinical Nursir g
  • A. Aging (includes disability trends, compression of morbidity)
  • B. Assessment
  • C. Rehabilitation
  • D. Pain management
  • E. Syndromes
  • F. Psychosocial
  • G. Diseases and Disorders
  • Section 3
  • Resources: websites, texts, articles, guidelines.

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