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by Sylvia Abbeyquaye (Author)
Despite the training nurses receive in school, nothing prepares them for the reality of working in a long-term care facility.
Achieving success as a long-term care nurse requires understanding organizational structures, state and federal regulations, and work processes. It can be discouraging when the quality of one's work is questioned, especially after putting in hard work. It is even more morally distressing when one is hardly oriented to or trained in their work processes, as is common in long-term care practice. Feeling morally distressed creates a toxic work environment, leading to burnout and turnover among nurses. Change must happen, and it must be sooner if we are looking to recruit and retain more nurses and achieve quality care in facilities throughout the United States and beyond. Navigating Long-Term Care: A Practical Approach for Nurses is a comprehensive guide for long-term care nurses to enhance their understanding of organizational structures, state and federal regulations, and work processes. This 15-chapter manual uses the nursing process as a critical thinking framework and covers crucial aspects of resident care. In this book, you will learn new strategies on how to:- Navigate your role as a long-term care nurse
- Communicate effectively with clinicians and the interdisciplinary team
- Accurately complete resident admission processes -assessments, medication reconciliation, and order transcriptions
- Manage discharge procedures, including acute transfers and RN pronouncements
- Navigate the care planning process
- Prevent and manage infectious disease outbreaks
- Prevent and manage resident fall incidents and other sentinel events
- Navigate Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) processes and much more.
Number of Pages: 350
Dimensions: 0.91 x 10 x 7 IN
Publication Date: April 23, 2023
