Human Simulation for Nursing and Health Professions & Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart with the Dollar are both geared towards the Nursing, Administration/Management roles....
2012 © Springer Publishing, Linda Wilson, RN, PhD & Leland Rockstraw, RN, PhD
Human simulation is changing the face of clinical education in the health professions. Its use has expanded beyond medical school to encompass nursing and mental health clinical education. This comprehensive guide to establishing and managing a human simulation lab has been written by nationally acclaimed simulation experts and is geared for undergraduate, graduate, and professional settings.
The text takes the reader step-by-step through the process of planning, organizing, implementing, and maintaining a simulation lab. It describes the required technology, how to train standardized patients, how to implement a simulation, evaluation and analysis of the simulation experience, and how to develop a business plan. The guide details simulation in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, physician's assistant programs, and mental health education, as well as the use of simulation with critically ill patients, and in peri-operative, perianasthesia, women's health, and rehabilitation science settings.
Features:
- Offers a blueprint for developing, implementing, and managing a human simulation lab
- Details use of simulation in numerous nursing and mental health settings along with case studies
- Provides tools for evaluation and analysis of the simulation experience
- Presents undergraduate and graduate nursing simulation scenarios and pedagogical strategies
- Discusses simulation training and required technology
- Includes templates for writing cases for BSN and MSN levels
2nd Ed. 2010 © Jones & Bartlett Learning, Janne Dunham-Taylor, RN, PhD & Joseph Z. Pinczuk, MHA
Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart with the Dollar, addresses a myriad of financial concepts ranging from staffing and budgeting to measuring productivity and forecasting costs. Examples and explanations of terminology will help nurse managers successfully correspond with the financial department to implement change without negatively affecting patient care and outcomes.
Doody's Reviews: DCT & EPT
