Download or read book The Effective Charge Nurse Handbook written by Diana Swihart and published by Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance. This book was released on 2015-12-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Effective Charge Nurse Handbook: The Pocket Companion for Charge Nurse Leaders provides new charge nurses with the competency-based skills they need to act as frontline leaders and support their organization's quality of care mission. In this invaluable and compact handbook, charge nurses will learn the essentials of leadership and their crucial role in optimizing their organization's objectives, managing the continuum of care, and promoting a safe and harmonious workplace. The Effective Charge Nurse Handbook is designed to complement Charge Nurse Leader Program Builder: A Competency-Based Approach for Developing Frontline Leaders, for use by charge nurses themselves during orientation, in-services, or self-study. It also functions as a companion to charge nurse workshops developed through the Program Builder. Charge Nurse Leader Program Builder and The Effective Charge Nurse Handbook support the important work of creating a better, more professional environment for nurses.