Assisted Living Nursing. a Manual for Management and Practice

Description

This authoritative book provides 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 book is conveniently organized into two sections: Management and Clinical Practice. The Management section includes topics in ethical nursing practice, human relations, regulatory oversight and reimbursement, organizational culture, management/ leadership theories and styles, time management, delegation (legal aspects), finance and budget management, risk contracts, and research ethics. The Clinical section covers topics on theories of aging, resident rights, admission-retention-transfer-discharge assessment, how to create a service plan, infection control, cultural aspects of care and assessment, geriatric clinical syndromes and diseases/disorders (including dementia and other psychiatric conditions), palliative and hospice care principles, falls and mistreatment, and rehabilitation/restorative nursing.

Key features:

• Topics in ethical nursing practice
• Human relations (communication, performance evaluation, etc.)
• Conflict resolution
• Regulatory oversight
• Admission-retention-transfer-discharge assessment
• Palliative and hospice care principles
• Rehabilitation/restorative nursing

Table of Contents

Sec. 1. Management
A. Fundamentals of Assisted Living: history, context, mission, philosophy (ie, resident-directed care), services
B. Organizational Culture and Leadership/Manager styles
C. Time Management and Resource Utilization

Sec. 2. Clinical Nursing
A. Aging (includes disability trends, compression of morbidity)
B. Assessment
C. Rehabilitation
D. Pain management
E. Syndromes
G. Diseases and Disorders
F. Psychosocial

Sec. 3. Resources: websites, texts, articles, guidelines