Chapter 69: Nursing Management: Emergency‚ Terrorism‚ and Disaster Nursing Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. During the primary assessment of a victim of a motor vehicle collision‚ the nurse determines that the patient is breathing and has an unobstructed airway. Which action should the nurse take next? a. Palpate extremities for bilateral pulses. b. Observe the patient’s respiratory effort. c. Check the patient’s level of consciousness. d. Examine the patient for any external bleeding. ANS: B Even
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Appropriate Nursing Management in a Hospital Unit Mariamma Thazhavana American Sentinel University Appropriate Nursing Management in a Hospital Unit The purpose of this paper is to judge the power used by the nurse manager in the given scenario‚ evaluate the detrimental behaviors identified in the case and the consequences of strong negative leadership‚ value behaviors that contribute to optimal team functioning‚ formulate action plan for the manager‚ and to measure the observations that
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Understanding Change Management In Nursing Leaders Nursing Essay Leadership is defined as influencing people to achieve a purpose or set of goals‚ but differentiating it from management causes confusion in many instances (Tappen‚ Weiss and Whitehead‚ 2004; Senior and Fleming‚ 2006; Robbins‚ Judge and Sanghi‚ 2009). Leaders can be managers but not all managers can be effective leaders‚ making leadership an important aspect of effective management (Tappen‚ Weiss and Whitehead‚ 2004). Several attempts
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Introduction To lead effectively‚ you have to strike the difficult balance between communication and accountability. Different situations call for different leadership approaches‚ depending on corporate needs‚ objectives and available resources. Ultimately the goal of any leader is to get results. Here’s a list of the various common leadership types. Types of Leadership The Autocrat The autocratic dictator is the one of the most common types of leaders. The autocrat’s approach is to make unilateral
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Nursing Management Assessment: Initial comprehensive assessment is completed on patient to establish the baseline and after that the assessment of the patient is continuous and systematic throughout patient care. Assessment is essential because it forms the information on patient database and helps the care team to provide evidenced based nursing care. Upon assessment of the heart transplant patient the subjective and objective data are collected and they include: Health history‚ physical examination
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2014 Case Management Nursing Case management nursing is a long term concept that has successfully evolved into a professional model that is highly sensitive and responsive to contemporary practice demands. The multitude of issues posed by the evolving healthcare system necessitated case management nursing. The demographic changes in work force composition have compelled health care providers to restructure and be having innovative thinking of priorities related to delivery and management of patient
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Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing NUR/492: Leadership and Management July 9‚ 2012 Instructor: Janet Bailie Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing Leadership and management are essential to any health care organization‚ balancing patient care‚ employees‚ physicians‚ and the organization. Nursing is founded on interpersonal relationships. As a people-oriented profession‚ nursing leadership styles are influenced by humanism. The mission‚ attitude‚ and behaviors of
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regarding the results of these models on nurse leaders/managers. A review of published studies of Patient-Focused Redesign (PFR) suggests that models differ across institutions and that findings are preliminary and measure short-term effect only. Management theory is notably absent from the reports‚ and the extent of implementation of PFR principles differs according to the needs of the organization‚ the scope of services provided‚ and the resources available (Ingersoll‚ 1999‚ p. 22). The study occurred
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LEADERSHIP IN NURSING Nursing is a very demanding and dedicated profession and the current shortage is a serious problem at all levels of nursing and is the dearth of leaders among nurses. Leadership and management are essential skills for all qualified healthcare professionals and have a pivotal role in ensuring a delivery of high standards of care. Developing future nurse leaders is one of the greatest challenges faced by the nursing profession‚ (Mahoney‚ 2001).
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The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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