Nursing Management

Study Guide

NCLEX tests your ability to prioritize, delegate, and manage care. Focus on scope of practice and legal/ethical principles.

Leadership

• leadership-styles — Authoritarian, democratic, laissez-faire
• delegation — Five rights of delegation, UAP scope
• prioritization — ABC, Maslow’s, acute vs chronic

Legal/Ethical

• informed-consent — Elements, nursing role
• advance-directives — Living will, healthcare proxy
• malpractice-negligence — Elements of liability
• patient-rights — Confidentiality, HIPAA

Quality & Safety

• quality-improvement — PDSA cycle, root cause analysis
• incident-reporting — Documentation, follow-up
• infection-prevention — HAIs, bundles