Nursing Leadership in Long Term Care, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

Timely, relevant discussions on COVID -19 infection

Melodee Harris (Edited by), Ann Kolanowski (Edited by), Sherry Greenberg (Edited by)

9780323919968, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 26 January 2023

240 pages
28 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.41 kg

In this issue of Nursing Clinics of North America, guest editors Melodee Harris, Ann Kolanowski, and Sherry Greenberg bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care. Leadership in nursing and long-term care is crucial to inspire, influence, and motivate staff to provide high-quality care in an interprofessional manner. Leaders must not only identify areas for improvement but act and support team members toward common goals. In this issue, leading geriatric nursing scholars  provide an in-depth understanding of what is needed to ensure effective professional nursing leadership in long-term care communities and the policy changes necessary to support quality care.

• Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including COVID-19 infection in long-term care; hospice and palliative care in nursing home residents with dementia; social isolation in long-term care; intraprofessional practice and delivery of nursing care; and more. 

• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on nursing leadership in long-term care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. 

• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews. 

The Making of Nurse Leaders in the Nursing Home
Multidimensional Aspects of Nurse Staffing in Nursing Homes
Age-Friendly Nursing Homes: Opportunity for Nurses to Lead
Essential Reform in Long-Term Care
Dementia-Specific Nursing Care Competencies for Nursing Education and Long-Term Care Practice
Geropsychiatric Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care
The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Leadership Role in Nursing Homes: Leading Efforts Toward High Quality and Safe Care
Nursing Leadership and Palliative Care in Long-Term Care for Residents with Advanced Dementia
Social Isolation and Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care: Moving Forward After COVID-19
Leading Improvements in the Delivery of Nursing Care for Older Adults with Frailty in Long-Term Care Using Mitchell’s Quality Health Outcome Model and Health Outcome Data
Nursing Leadership – Transforming the Work Environment in Nursing Homes

Subject Areas: Nursing management & leadership [MQCZ]