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This new edition of Smart Nursing presents a model of nursing excellence that enables nurses to use their full professional capacity to deliver safe patient care in a variety of clinical settings. The Smart Nursing 'model,' based on General Systems Theory, promotes the wholeness of the health care system. The model uses seven basic elements, called building blocks, to deliver improved results, improved patient care, and a higher level of employee 'job satisfaction'. The critical elements or building blocks include caring, respect, simplicity, flexibility, integrity, communication, and professional culture. This title features new 'Caring' Building Block (based on Jean Watson's work). It improves nurse retention and ease of nurse recruitment. It improves patient safety. It helps to build high-performance clinical teams. It offers easy-to-read strategies to improve management effectiveness.Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer Publishing Co INC International Concepts
ISBN-139780826104649
eBay Product ID (ePID)88474740
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Publication Year2008
SubjectNursing
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSmart Nursing: Nurse Retention and Patient Safety Improvement Strategies
TypeTextbook
AuthorNot Available
FormatPaperback
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States