Staff Development Handbook For Long Term Care Facilities

American Journal Of Nursing- Book of the Year

 *Staff Development Handbook For Long Term Care Facilities - 8th Edition

Exclusively written to address the unique population of long-term care professionals, this comprehensive handbook ensures you will easily and quickly accomplish your goal to educate and develop employees. If you are committed to maximizing staff competencies, enhancing the quality of your facility, and achieving high marks in every area of compliance this tool must be a part of your library.

Written and developed to satisfy the special learning styles of adults, this program assists nurses in learning the knowledge and skills to effectively operate a staff development program in a nursing home. Areas included are:

• Overview of the staff development program: purpose; components; SDC job description, standards
• Principles of adult education: adult education principles; barriers to learning; characteristics of adult learners; domains of learning
• Teaching-learning process: assessment; planning; developing lesson plans; creativity in teaching; AV aids; evaluation; testing
• Clinical education: teaching techniques; preceptorships; teacher-student responsibilities
• Documentation: orientation checklist; records of inservices; employee CE records 
• Administrative issues: budget; legal issues; assuring and assessing quality; program promotion
• Handouts: sample handouts to supplement teaching
• Resources: AV resources; organizations; literature to aid teaching;

Packaged and indexed in a convenient 3-ring binder this is one reference that you will use throughout your career as a Staff Development Coordinator specialist.

*This is the primary text for the LTC Staff Development Specialist Certification Program offered by the American Association for LTC Nursing.

Price: $245.00