| Edition |
Seventh edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Read Me First; The Nursing Home Administrator's Challenge; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Case Studies; Share Nursing Home Administration: Seventh Edition; Part 1: Learning How to Manage the Health Care Organization; 1.1 Management Functions; 1.1.1 Levels of Management; 1.1.2 Line-Staff Relationships; 1.2 Forecasting; 1.3 Planning; 1.3.1 Why Plan?; 1.3.2 Steps in Planning; 1.4 Organizing; 1.4.1 Description of the Organization as a System; 1.4.2 Identifying Systems; 1.4.3 Additional Characteristics of Systems; 1.5 Staffing; 1.6 Directing. |
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1.6.1 Policy Making1.6.2 Making a Decision; 1.6.3 Leading; 1.6.4 Power and Authority; 1.6.5 Communication Skills; 1.6.6 Organizational Norms and Values: Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice; 1.6.7 Related Concepts; 1.6.8 History of the Concept of Management; 1.7 Comparing and Controlling Quality; 1.7.1 Some Requirements for Effective Control of Quality; 1.7.2 Diagnosing/Organizational Quality; 1.8 Innovating; 1.9 Marketing the Long-Term Care Facility; 1.9.1 The Turn to Marketing; 1.9.2 The "Marketing" of Health Care; 1.9.3 Developing a Marketing Strategy. |
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Part 2: Understanding the Departments and Managing Human Resources2.1 Organization of the Nursing Facility and Its Staff: Emergence of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinator; 2.1.1 The Administrator's Office; 2.1.2 Medical and Allied Health Functions; 2.1.3 Dental Care; 2.1.4 Foot and Eye Care; 2.1.5 Pharmaceutical Services; 2.1.6 Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy; 2.1.7 Laboratory and Other Diagnostic Services; 2.1.8 Nursing Services; 2.1.9 The Business Office; 2.1.10 Medical Records; 2.1.11 Dietary Department; 2.1.12 Social Services and Admissions; 2.1.13 Activities/Recreation. |
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2.1.14 Housekeeping2.1.15 Laundry; 2.2 Identifying the Human Resources Functions; 2.3 Planning Employment Needs: Writing Job Descriptions; 2.4 Forecasting Future Employment Needs; 2.5 Recruiting Employees; 2.6 Hiring Staff; 2.7 Training Staff; 2.8 Retaining Employees; 2.8.1 What the Facility Needs from the Employee; 2.8.2 What Employees Need from the Facility; 2.8.3 Strategies Available to the Facility to Meet Both its Own and the Employees' Needs; 2.9 Evaluating Employees; 2.10 Paying Employees; 2.11 Disciplining Employees; Part 3: Learning to Manage the Organization's Finances. |
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3.1 The Administrator's Role as Financial Manager3.2 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; 3.3 Two Approaches to Accounting: Cash Accounting and Accrual Accounting; 3.4 The Two Main Steps in the Accounting Process: Recording Transactions and Preparing Financial Statements; 3.5 Putting Financial Statements to Work: Working Capital, Ratio Analysis, and Vertical Analysis; 3.6 Additional Accounting Procedures That Help the Administrator Maintain Control over the Facility; 3.7 The Concept of Depreciation; 3.8 Using "Costs" in Managerial Decisions; 3.8.1 Two Types of Costs: Variable and Fixed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nursing homes -- Administration.
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Nursing homes -- Administration. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Allen, James E. (James Elmore), 1935- Nursing home administration. Seventh edition. 9780826128546 0826128548 (DLC) 2015028867 |
| ISBN |
9780826128553 (electronic book) |
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0826128556 (electronic book) |
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9780826128546 |
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0826128548 |
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