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Determine the number and types of personnel needed to fulfill the philosophy, meet fiscal planning responsibilities, and carry out the chosen patient care.
Use integrated data management systems to track patient progress across care settings and allow continuous and ongoing improvement of treatment algorithms.
You are the head nurse of an oncology unit. At present, the patient care delivery method on the unit is total patient care.
Most nursing students begin their clinical training by doing some form of functional nursing care and then advancing to total patient care for a small number.
Jimmy Jansen is a 44-year-old man with type 1 diabetes mellitus. He was recently referred to your home health agency for case management.
When you hear the term “evidence based research” what does that mean to you and how can such research enhance organization planning and assessment? Explain.
You are a middle-level manager in a public health department. One of your closest friends, Janie, is an RN under your span of control.
List the factors bearing on this decision. What (if any) power issues are involved? Which choice will be the least damaging? Justify your decision.
After 5 years as a public health nurse, you have just been appointed as supervisor of the western region of the county health department.
You are team leader on a medical unit of a small community hospital. Your shift is 3 pm to 11 pm. When leaving the report room.
You are the day-shift charge nurse for the intensive care unit. One of your nurses, Carol, has just requested a week off to attend a conference.
You have been an RN for 3 years. Six months ago, you left your position as a day charge nurse at one of the local hospitals to accept a position.
Do you think that cultural diversity might be a challenge when empowering nurses? Think of ways that various cultures may view power.
Think back to your childhood. Who do you feel was most powerful in your family? Why do you think that person was powerful?
Research studies differ on how men and women view power and how others view men and women in positions of authority.
You are the supervisor at a home health agency. There are 22 RNs in your span of control.
What would be my role as a supervisor in identifying and resolving employee concerns in a shared governance model?
Using your knowledge of committee structure and effectiveness, outline steps that you would take to facilitate more group participation.
Have you been a member of a social organization in which this happened? How did this interfere with the organization’s functioning?
In your employment, has someone ever coached you, either formally or informally, to develop your career?
You have been appointed to a committee of staff nurses in your home health agency to assist in developing a set of policies regarding how future promotions.
Changing the mode of patient care delivery, increasing emphasis on credentialing by the new CEO of the nursing division, changing the medication system.
Develop a 20-year career plan, taking into account the constraints of family responsibilities such as marriage, children, and aging parents.
What specific suggestions and guidance for the future can you give this employee? (Examples would be taking specific courses to prepare for change).
You are the manager of a surgical unit. Many novice nurses apply to your unit to perfect their basic skills before transferring to a specialty unit.