Care Trajectory Management for Nurses - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition
Care Trajectory Management: Foundations in the Organising Work of Nurses is the first ever textbook of its kind for nurse educators, practice facilitators and policy makers as well as undergraduate nurses. It is both a theoretical and practical resource covering the concepts and theories around the organisational components of nursing practice, derived the research of nurse academic Davina Allen.
This excellent book will help prepare nurses to be the ‘glue’ in increasingly complex healthcare systems, and provides an excellent foundation for embedding this important subject into student curricula.
Care Trajectory Management: Foundations in the Organising Work of Nurses is the first ever textbook of its kind for nurse educators, practice facilitators and policy makers as well as undergraduate nurses. It is both a theoretical and practical resource covering the concepts and theories around the organisational components of nursing practice, derived the research of nurse academic Davina Allen.
This excellent book will help prepare nurses to be the ‘glue’ in increasingly complex healthcare systems, and provides an excellent foundation for embedding this important subject into student curricula.
Key Features
- The first textbook of its kind – a valuable resource for both experienced nurses and undergraduates
- Evidence-based – derived from research led by the author
- The history of nursing’s professional development
- Professional identity
- Healthcare quality and safety
- Healthcare systems
- Managing complexity
- Care coordination
- Tacit knowledge
- Nursing theory
- Organising work
- Care Trajectory Management Framework
- Translational mobilisation theory
- Illustrative case studies based on observational studies bring theory to life
- Exercises, quick quizzes and reflective practice help to apply learning
- Online downloadable workbooks to organise learning
Author Information
| ISBN Number | 9780443109065 |
|---|---|
| Main Author | By Davina Allen, RN, BA(Hons) and PhD |
| Copyright Year | 2025 |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Format | eBook |
| Trim | 152w x 229h (6.00" x 9.00") |
| Imprint | Elsevier |
| Page Count | 0 |
| Publication Date | 24 May 2024 |
| Stock Status | IN STOCK |


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1. Concepts and Making the Invisible, Visible
2. Care Trajectories and Care Trajectory Management
3. The Complexities of Healthcare Work
4. Approaches to Organising Healthcare
5. Care Trajectory Management and Healthcare Quality and Safety
6. Care Trajectory Management and Professional Identity
SECTION II The Theory and Practice of Care Trajectory Management
7. Conceptualising Healthcare Organisation for Care Trajectory Management
8. Conceptualising Healthcare Work for Care Trajectory Management
9. Conceptualising Care Trajectory Management in Nursing Practice
10. Care Trajectory Management in Nursing Practice
Answers to Quick Quizzes
Indicative Answers to Selected Exercises

