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Quick-E! Pro: Time Management: A Guide for Nurses Debbie Buchwach, BSN, RN-BC Professional support for nurses on the go... You've chosen one of the most important careers in the world. You have to quickly master new concepts and learn complex professional skills while applying them to the delivery of high-quality patient care. Find the coaching you need to develop and succeed in your profession with Quick-E! Pro. Manage your time and energize your life Quick-E! Pro Time Management: A Guide for Nurses is designed to help you make the most of your time. This one-of-a-kind resource includes proven strategies and techniques as well as charts, graphs, and exercises designed to help you manage your time better, avoid burn out, and improve your work-life balance. Table of contents Chapter 1: Managing time throughout your career Chapter 2: Getting started—today! Chapter 3: How you spend your time as a nurse Chapter 4: Delegation: The art of sharing responsibilities Chapter 5: Through the patient’s eyes Chapter 6: Understanding—and managing—workflow Chapter 7: Surviving shift work Chapter 8: Achieving a healthy work-life balance Learning objectives: Discuss time management challenges faced by new graduates Examine time management struggle typical of experienced nurses List ways to start improving time management skills Describe how to use a time management organizational tool Assess how you spend your time as a nurse Identify areas for development with regard to time management skills List talks you might delegate to an unlicensed assistive staff member Recognize potential obstacles to effective delegation Describe the CPR process that can be used for rounding Discuss the difference between value-added and non-value-added activities Identify three factors that can interfere with efficient documentation Recognize the significance of unit design in effective time management Discuss two ways technology is ch