Fundamentals of Nursing: Leadership

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 7: Quality Improvement, Patient Safety Events, Incident Reporting

Leadership

The quality improvement (QI) process and best practices along with different types of patient safety events (e.g., near miss, adverse event, sentinel event).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 6: Employee Performance Appraisal, Disciplinary Action

Leadership

Best practices for employee performance appraisal and disciplinary action (e.g., for the chemically-impaired employee and the progressive approach to discipline).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 5: Conflict Management

Leadership

The types and stages of conflict, and conflict management strategies (e.g., avoiding, smoothing, competing, accommodating, compromising, collaborating).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 4: Efficient Nursing Practice, Critical Paths

Leadership

Best practices for efficiency in nursing practice and critical pathways.

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 3: Delegation

Leadership

Delegation of tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) and practical nurses (LVNs/LPNs).

Fundamentals - Leadership, part 2: Patient Prioritization

Leadership

Patient prioritization models, including the nursing process, Maslow's hierarchy, ABCs, acute vs. Chronic, unexpected vs. Expected, restrictive/invasive procedures, and survivability potential.