8 steps for making effective nurse-patient assignments
Successful assignments require attention to the needs of both nurses and patients. Takeaways: Making nurse-patient assignments is challenging but rewarding. …
Many organizations lack role-specific competency-based orientation, leaving nurses to learn on the job. Traditionally, nurses learn the charge nurse role over time as they progress from novice to expert, which was sufficient with greater experienced-to-novice nurse ratios. This article highlights a hospital that developed a role-based competency program for charge nurses.
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