Care management

Running a unit, the PDCA cycle, quality indicators, Colombia's quality system, patient assignment and leadership.

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Safe practice

• Assigning patients and setting priorities across several patientsWith several patients, the nurse decides who to see first using airway, breathing and…
• Managing supplies, equipment and technology on a nursing unitGood resource management means the right supplies and working equipment are ready when needed…
• Pharmacovigilance and technovigilance: what nurses reportNurses report suspected problems with medicines (pharmacovigilance) and with medical devices…
• The PDCA (PHVA) cycle in nursing servicesPDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) is a repeating cycle for testing a small change, measuring its…

Law

• Colombia's mandatory health-care quality system: habilitación, auditoría and acreditaciónThe SOGCS is Colombia's set of rules that makes providers meet minimum standards, audit their…

Fundamental

• Managing nursing care: planning, organising, directing and controlling a unitCare management is how a nurse plans, organises, leads and checks the work of a unit so that…
• Nursing leadership styles and conflict managementLeadership is how a nurse guides and motivates a team; conflict management is choosing the right…
• Quality of nursing care: indicators and how they are measuredA quality indicator is a number, built the same way every time, that shows how often something…

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← Nursing: fundamentals and procedures

Educational content for students; it does not replace your institution's protocols, supervised clinical training or a prescriber's order. Dose-calculation examples use made-up numbers: they are educational, not a clinical order.

Representative model, for educational purposes only.