Product Description
Healthcare Dynamics (WebPDF)
Author: K Jooste
Format: Digital
Healthcare Dynamics for the Specialist Professional Nurse is the first text to present important current healthcare practices in the healthcare environment for specialised nurses and healthcare practitioners at district, provincial and national levels.
It examines aspects of healthcare dynamics and comprehensive service delivery for all healthcare institutions, within a framework of health legislation, ethics, and professional practice. In addition to fulfilling the developmental needs of specialised nurses, it is a reference tool for healthcare service management for any practising healthcare professional.
Key Benefits
Specialised healthcare needs and the profile of a community through the lens of health education
The role of formal and in-service education programmes for clinical nurse specialists and other team members to ensure best practice in specialised nursing and healthcare services
Programmes for the personal and professional growth of members of a specialised healthcare team
Projects in different areas of specialisation that require advisory and facilitative processes
Consultancy and referral processes through a client and service-centred process
Evaluation of specialised healthcare units, programmes and services through accredited assessment tools
Role modelling and mentorship in the specialised healthcare team to develop coping mechanisms for the emotional demand of clinical specialists
Professional excellence and competence in ethical, legal and policy frameworks, with a focus on human rights, transformation and advocacy
The empowerment of patients, families and communities to access existing appropriate resources through continuing health education and
Quality assurance activities and information systems in specialised healthcare services.
Healthcare Dynamics for the Specialist Professional Nurse has been peer-reviewed nationally and internationally. It is the result of a collaboration between various academics in the field of nursing and healthcare and is a culmination of their collective experience of management and leadership practice, research and education in the healthcare service context.
Contents:
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1. Identifying and addressing specialised healthcare needs
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2. Formal and informal educational programmes for advanced practitioners
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3. Leadership programme development
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4. Developing proposals for community development projects
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5. Consultancy and referral within the healthcare system
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6. A conceptual framework of leadership for the clinical nurse specialist
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7. Evaluation and management of specialised health programmes and services at district, provincial and national levels
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8. Mentoring and role modelling in a specialised health team
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9. Professional excellence, competence and the relationship with learning of nurse specialist
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10. Limitations in legal, ethical and policy guidelines and structures in nursing
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11. Accessing and utilising resources in healthcare
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12. International, regional and national health priorities and legislation on maternal health, and the role of the specialist midwife
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13. Quality management in health services: New frameworks and strategies in determining the risk level of healthcare delivery
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14. Information systems in healthcare: National information frameworks and networks in South Africa
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