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Solution Manual
LeMone and Burke_s MedicalResource: Surgical Nursing Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care Edition:
7th Edition
Author(s):
Gerene Bauldoff Paula Gubrud Margaret Carno
Instructor’s Resource Manual for LeMone & Burke’s MedicalSurgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care
LeMone & Burke’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care Seventh Edition
Gerene Bauldoff Paula Gubrud Margaret-Ann Carno
Chapter 1 Medical-Surgical Nursing in the 21st Century Learning Outcomes 1. Describe the core competencies for healthcare professionals: Patient-centered care, interprofessional teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and health information technology. 2. Apply the attitudes, mental habits, and skills necessary for clinical reasoning when using the nursing process in patient care. 3. Explain the importance of nursing and interprofessional codes of ethics, standards of practice, and legal and ethical issues as guidelines for clinical nursing practice. 4. Explain the activities and characteristics of the nurse as caregiver, educator, advocate, leader and manager, and researcher. Introduction A. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1. Healthcare access for more Americans B.
Medical-surgical nursing: Health promotion, healthcare, and illness care of adults
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Requirements of nurse: Knowledge of body systems and disorders Good communication skills Coordination of care and delegation of tasks Application of evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning skills, nursing care standards Awareness of patients’ family and community situations Ability to prioritize activities and care needs
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I. Core Competencies for Safe and Effective Healthcare A. Healthcare system challenges 1. Aging population 2. More chronic illness 3. Changing consumer desires and expectations 4. Rapidly expanding information and technologies 5. Focus on improving quality and safety of care B. IHI Critical objectives 1. Improve the patient care experience (including quality and satisfaction). 2. Improve the health of populations. 3. Reduce the per capita costs of healthcare. . Bauldoff/Gubrud/Carno, Instructor's Resource Manual for LeMone & Burke's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care, 7th Edition