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Unit 3 Business Principles Essay

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For the purpose of this discussion, I will explore three business principles discussed in Greg Fisher’s power point which are needed to maintain safe, quality, and patient-centered care. The three business principles selected include; decide what I do, decide who I serve, and managing employees. The discussion will be written through the perspective of a nurse manger of a home care agency. Lastly, I will discuss the importance of each business principles to myself and health care.

Nurse mangers in the home care setting, have a unique set of challenges that set them apart from several of their management counterparts. Nurse mangers must obtain a skill set and have recourses to help mange a workforce that provides a variety of services across a wide culturally diverse geographic area (Rosenfeld, Pyc, Rosati, & Marren, 2012).

The first business principle selected was to decide what I do. The business principle of determining what I do; requires that I broaden my vision, while narrowing my focus (Fisher, 2008). Patient safety, quality of care, patient-centered care, planning, organization, building and leading teams, financial analysis and management, and education are all areas a nurse manger of a home care company needs to be competent in. A …show more content…

The home care company cliental is very culturally diverse. Patients range from pediatrics to older adult. Services range from wound care, respiratory care, cardiac monitoring, intravenous infusions, and numerous services. The diversity of care and services generates concerns regarding patient safety and quality of care due to the vast education required to care for the population. A high level of skilled nurses is needed to ensure understanding of patients needs and positive outcomes. Understanding who I serve will allow proper hiring of qualified nurses, appropriate staff to patient hours, satisfied patients, and positive patient

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