Main 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.

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.