{"id":240,"date":"2021-09-10T18:28:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/chapter\/x-glossary\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T18:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:42:12","slug":"x-glossary","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accnursing2030\/chapter\/x-glossary\/","title":{"raw":"X Glossary","rendered":"X Glossary"},"content":{"raw":"Advocacy:<\/strong> The act or process of pleading for, supporting, or recommending a cause of course of action for individuals, groups, organizations, communities, society, or policy issues.\n\nCollective bargaining:<\/strong> Negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees.\n\nEvidence-based practice:<\/strong> Integrating scientific evidence with clinical expertise and client\/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.[footnote]QSEN. (n.d.). About.<\/em> https:\/\/qsen.org\/about-qsen\/<\/a>[\/footnote]<\/sup>\n\nGrievance process:<\/strong> A process for resolving disagreements between employees and management.\n\nInformatics:<\/strong> Using information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.[footnote]QSEN. (n.d.). About.<\/em> https:\/\/qsen.org\/about-qsen\/<\/a>[\/footnote]<\/sup>\n\nISBARR:<\/strong> A mnemonic for the components to include when communicating with another health care team member: Introduction, Situation, Background, Assessment, Request\/Recommendations, and Repeat back.\n\nMagnet\u00ae Recognition Program:<\/strong> An organizational credential that recognizes quality client outcomes, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice.\n\nPatient-centered care:<\/strong> The client is the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for client\u2019s preferences, values, and needs.[footnote]QSEN. (n.d.). About.<\/em> https:\/\/qsen.org\/about-qsen\/<\/a>[\/footnote]<\/sup>\n\nQuality improvement:<\/strong> Using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and using improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.[footnote]QSEN. (n.d.). About.<\/em> https:\/\/qsen.org\/about-qsen\/<\/a>[\/footnote]<\/sup>\n\nShared governance:<\/strong> A shared leadership model between management and employees working together to achieve common goals.\n\nSocial Determinants of Health (SDOH):<\/strong> The conditions in the environments where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks.\n\nTeamSTEPPS\u00ae (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety):<\/strong> An evidence-based framework to improve client safety through effective communication in health care environments consisting of four core competencies: communication, leadership, situation monitoring, and mutual support.\n\nTeamwork and collaboration:<\/strong> Functioning effectively within nursing and interprofessional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality client care.[footnote]QSEN. (n.d.). About.<\/em> https:\/\/qsen.org\/about-qsen\/<\/a>[\/footnote]<\/sup>\n\nWhistleblower:<\/strong> A person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization.","rendered":"

Advocacy:<\/strong> The act or process of pleading for, supporting, or recommending a cause of course of action for individuals, groups, organizations, communities, society, or policy issues.<\/p>\n

Collective bargaining:<\/strong> Negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees.<\/p>\n

Evidence-based practice:<\/strong> Integrating scientific evidence with clinical expertise and client\/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Grievance process:<\/strong> A process for resolving disagreements between employees and management.<\/p>\n

Informatics:<\/strong> Using information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

ISBARR:<\/strong> A mnemonic for the components to include when communicating with another health care team member: Introduction, Situation, Background, Assessment, Request\/Recommendations, and Repeat back.<\/p>\n

Magnet\u00ae Recognition Program:<\/strong> An organizational credential that recognizes quality client outcomes, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice.<\/p>\n

Patient-centered care:<\/strong> The client is the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for client\u2019s preferences, values, and needs.[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Quality improvement:<\/strong> Using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and using improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Shared governance:<\/strong> A shared leadership model between management and employees working together to achieve common goals.<\/p>\n

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH):<\/strong> The conditions in the environments where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks.<\/p>\n

TeamSTEPPS\u00ae (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety):<\/strong> An evidence-based framework to improve client safety through effective communication in health care environments consisting of four core competencies: communication, leadership, situation monitoring, and mutual support.<\/p>\n

Teamwork and collaboration:<\/strong> Functioning effectively within nursing and interprofessional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality client care.[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Whistleblower:<\/strong> A person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization.<\/p>\n

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