Implementing Differentiated Nursing Practice: Transformation by Design

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1994 - Business & Economics - 335 pages
The National Commission on Nursing Implementation Project identified differentiating the practice roles of nurses based on competence and education as one of the key strategies to address the nursing shortage. This book describes the successful implementation of differentiated nursing practice in the 522-bed Sioux Valley Hospital. It explains the process, complete with illustrations, graphs, forms, and exercises at the end of each chapter to assist nurses in internalizing the concepts presented.
 

Contents

The Internal Environment
5
Principles of Large Scale Organizational Change
13
Sioux Valley Hospital Nursing Timeline
19
Chapter 3
46
Roles for a Consensus Group
57
Group ActivityReflections
64
The Power of Choice
70
Levels of Choice
77
Output
230
Community Building Exercises
236
Corporate
238
Action Council
248
Controlling Health Care Costs
254
Pulse Exercise
264
DRG 410 Chemotherapy Administration
272
DRG 410 Chemotherapy Administration
279

Career Decision Points
84
Individual Exercises
93
Continuity
129
Integrated Care
135
Consultation
188
The Art of Showing
198
TheoryBased Consultation
204
Consultation Exercises
212
Input
218
Change Theory
224
Aspects of Financial Management
285
Systems Theory
291
The Physician
298
Compensation Evaluation
305
Celebration
306
Education as Celebration
313
Celebrate
319
Index
325
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