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Fostering Nurse-Led Care: Professional Practice for the Bedside Leader From Massachusetts General Hospital
Book Review j J. Mari Beth Linder, PhD, MSN, RN, BC FOSTERING NURSE-LED CARE: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FOR THE BEDSIDE LEADER FROM MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Book Citation: J. I. Erickson, DNP, RN, FAAN, D. A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN, and M. Ditomassi, DNP, MBA, RN Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau, International. ISBN 978-1-935476306; 2013. Cost: $44.95 USD.
Unless we are making progress in our nursing care every year, every month, every week, every day, take my word for it, we are going backward . Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
In light of the seminal Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing Report, nurses have been charged to assume leadership roles in health care reform. In the United States, there are more than three million nurses. Nurses have the distinction of being one of the nation’s most trusted professions. Because nurses work on the front lines of health care delivery every day, they are positioned to lead efforts in redesigning health care delivery. The authors wrote Fostering Nurse-Led Care to provide nurses a comprehensive resource in developing practice environments that excel in delivering high quality, cost-efficient, and patient- and family-centered care. The book is directed toward nurse managers and providers of patient care at the bedside and emphasizes leadership in the rapidly changing health care system. This book details leadership strategies, innovation, and best practices for health care delivery. Written by respected experts in their field, the authors are nurse leaders at Massachusetts General Hospital. They have had experience in developing and coordinating a professional nursing practice model of care delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital to achieve and maintain Magnet designation by the J. Mari Beth Linder, PhD, MSN, RN, BC, is a Professor and Department Head of Nursing at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Joplin, MO. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Radiology Nursing. Corresponding author: J. Mari Beth Linder, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO 64801. E-mail: [email protected] J Radiol Nurs 2013;32:144-145 1546-0843/$36.00 Copyright Ó 2013 by the Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jradnu.2013.04.002
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American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Magnet Recognition ProgramÒ (American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, MD) recognizes health care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice. Consumers of health care rely on Magnet designation as the ultimate credential for high-quality nursing. This book could serve as a primer to nurse leaders pursuing Magnet designation at their hospitals. Internationally recognized and respected experts have also contributed chapters to the book. Readers will recognize the names of the contributors as important contemporary nursing leaders and authors. Each chapter of the book is designed to provide core content needed to develop, implement, and evaluate professional nursing practice and care delivery within a health care organization. In the initial chapters of the book, an overview of professional nursing practice in the United States is discussed. The reader is presented with an in-depth and objective appraisal of the effectiveness of a professional practice model for nursing. Included in the conceptual models presented are shared vision and values, professional standards of practice, collaborative decision making, patient-centered care, research, innovation, teamwork, and use of evidence-based practice. Empowering nurses is necessary to promote care delivery in the professional nursing practice model. Needs for infrastructure in the nursing work environment are reviewed. These include both qualitative and quantitative methods and innovations. A culture of patient safety, patient satisfaction, the use of focus groups, mentoring, and staff development and reward are just a sampling of initiatives discussed. Performance indicators and measurement of quality care and environment are reviewed, such as length of stay, readmission rates, and staff retention. A number of theories, models, and conceptual frameworks germane to nursing practice and leadership are summarized and reviewed within this book. These include Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory, Gordon’s Collaborative and Independent Domains of Nursing Practice framework, Appreciative Inquiry model, Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Framework, and Kanter’s Theory of Structural Empowerment, among many others presented. The content in the book is up-to-date and provides a broad-based overview for nurse leaders attempting to
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implement organizational change toward nurse-led care. The authors and contributors have addressed a wide range of issues, including need for effective leadership in directing skilled and evidence-based care within the context of performance-measured health services delivered. The authors and contributors promote nurse-led care delivery and evidence-based practice to achieve desired outcomes in health care. Development and use of psychometric tools to measure nurses’ attitudes and beliefs concerning the professional practice environment are presented, with the Professional Practice Environment Scale, Revised Professional Practice Environment Scale, and Staff Perceptions of the Professional Practice Environment Survey being specifically reviewed. This is an authoritative and timely book, representing key issues in health care delivery. The authors thoroughly examine current challenges. They suggest how care delivery can be improved by nurses in their various roles of responsibility, from the bedside nurse to the
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highest level of nursing administration in a health care organization. The authors offer leadership techniques necessary to develop, implement, and sustain professional practice environments in nursing. The book is comprehensive, yet concise. Each chapter of the book provides core content that is essential to equip nurses to meet today’s challenges and improve quality in health care. The authors successfully articulate that concepts, models, frameworks, and principles of management are intrinsically linked to the clinical activities and work that nurses do every day. The authors make theory application relevant and palpable. Readers will find this book useful in today’s quality-driven, nurseled, collaborative health care environments. The authors provide a wealth of information, practical approaches, and valuable insights useful to those seeking to achieve or maintain Magnet designation for their health care organization. Faculty in academe will also find it a vital resource for those in education, practice, and professional development.
www.radiologynursing.org
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Unless we are making progress in our nursing care every year, every month, every week, every day, take my word for it, we are going backward . Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
In light of the seminal Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing Report, nurses have been charged to assume leadership roles in health care reform. In the United States, there are more than three million nurses. Nurses have the distinction of being one of the nation’s most trusted professions. Because nurses work on the front lines of health care delivery every day, they are positioned to lead efforts in redesigning health care delivery. The authors wrote Fostering Nurse-Led Care to provide nurses a comprehensive resource in developing practice environments that excel in delivering high quality, cost-efficient, and patient- and family-centered care. The book is directed toward nurse managers and providers of patient care at the bedside and emphasizes leadership in the rapidly changing health care system. This book details leadership strategies, innovation, and best practices for health care delivery. Written by respected experts in their field, the authors are nurse leaders at Massachusetts General Hospital. They have had experience in developing and coordinating a professional nursing practice model of care delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital to achieve and maintain Magnet designation by the J. Mari Beth Linder, PhD, MSN, RN, BC, is a Professor and Department Head of Nursing at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Joplin, MO. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Radiology Nursing. Corresponding author: J. Mari Beth Linder, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO 64801. E-mail: [email protected] J Radiol Nurs 2013;32:144-145 1546-0843/$36.00 Copyright Ó 2013 by the Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jradnu.2013.04.002
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American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Magnet Recognition ProgramÒ (American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, MD) recognizes health care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice. Consumers of health care rely on Magnet designation as the ultimate credential for high-quality nursing. This book could serve as a primer to nurse leaders pursuing Magnet designation at their hospitals. Internationally recognized and respected experts have also contributed chapters to the book. Readers will recognize the names of the contributors as important contemporary nursing leaders and authors. Each chapter of the book is designed to provide core content needed to develop, implement, and evaluate professional nursing practice and care delivery within a health care organization. In the initial chapters of the book, an overview of professional nursing practice in the United States is discussed. The reader is presented with an in-depth and objective appraisal of the effectiveness of a professional practice model for nursing. Included in the conceptual models presented are shared vision and values, professional standards of practice, collaborative decision making, patient-centered care, research, innovation, teamwork, and use of evidence-based practice. Empowering nurses is necessary to promote care delivery in the professional nursing practice model. Needs for infrastructure in the nursing work environment are reviewed. These include both qualitative and quantitative methods and innovations. A culture of patient safety, patient satisfaction, the use of focus groups, mentoring, and staff development and reward are just a sampling of initiatives discussed. Performance indicators and measurement of quality care and environment are reviewed, such as length of stay, readmission rates, and staff retention. A number of theories, models, and conceptual frameworks germane to nursing practice and leadership are summarized and reviewed within this book. These include Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory, Gordon’s Collaborative and Independent Domains of Nursing Practice framework, Appreciative Inquiry model, Gordon’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Framework, and Kanter’s Theory of Structural Empowerment, among many others presented. The content in the book is up-to-date and provides a broad-based overview for nurse leaders attempting to
www.radiologynursing.org
SEPTEMBER 2013
Book Review
JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY NURSING
implement organizational change toward nurse-led care. The authors and contributors have addressed a wide range of issues, including need for effective leadership in directing skilled and evidence-based care within the context of performance-measured health services delivered. The authors and contributors promote nurse-led care delivery and evidence-based practice to achieve desired outcomes in health care. Development and use of psychometric tools to measure nurses’ attitudes and beliefs concerning the professional practice environment are presented, with the Professional Practice Environment Scale, Revised Professional Practice Environment Scale, and Staff Perceptions of the Professional Practice Environment Survey being specifically reviewed. This is an authoritative and timely book, representing key issues in health care delivery. The authors thoroughly examine current challenges. They suggest how care delivery can be improved by nurses in their various roles of responsibility, from the bedside nurse to the
VOLUME 32 ISSUE 3
Beth Linder
highest level of nursing administration in a health care organization. The authors offer leadership techniques necessary to develop, implement, and sustain professional practice environments in nursing. The book is comprehensive, yet concise. Each chapter of the book provides core content that is essential to equip nurses to meet today’s challenges and improve quality in health care. The authors successfully articulate that concepts, models, frameworks, and principles of management are intrinsically linked to the clinical activities and work that nurses do every day. The authors make theory application relevant and palpable. Readers will find this book useful in today’s quality-driven, nurseled, collaborative health care environments. The authors provide a wealth of information, practical approaches, and valuable insights useful to those seeking to achieve or maintain Magnet designation for their health care organization. Faculty in academe will also find it a vital resource for those in education, practice, and professional development.
www.radiologynursing.org
145