Nurse Management Techniques
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This technique means doing several patient tasks during one visit.
What is cluster care?
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A meeting should always start with one of these to show topics for discussion.
What is an agenda?
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This means using your day wisely so you don’t fall behind.
What is time management?
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These nursing professionals help teams stay organized and use time well.
What are nurse leaders?
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Taking care of this helps you stay organized and energized during the day.
What is your health?
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This helps nurses save time by giving appropriate tasks to others.
What is delegation?
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This communication tool helps nurses speak clearly and stay organized when reporting.
What is SBAR?
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Interruptions and procrastination are examples of this wasteful problem.
What are time stealers?
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Nurse leaders lower stress by giving staff these reasonable expectations.
What are realistic workloads?
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Setting these helps keep you focused on what matters most.
What are goals?
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This skill helps nurses decide which task is most important to do first.
What is prioritizing/prioritization?
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Meetings should follow these two time rules so people don’t get annoyed.
What is starting and ending on time?
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This common time stealer happens when you put off tasks until later.
What is procrastination?
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This simple tool helps leaders keep track of tasks and workflow.
What is a checklist?
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Doing this when overwhelmed helps simplify your workload.
What is refocusing?
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Avoiding this keeps nurses from making mistakes when busy.
What is multitasking?
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Teams avoid confusion when these are clearly explained to everyone.
What are roles?
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This helps nurses stay organized and avoid rushing through tasks.
What is scheduling?
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Good leaders reduce mistakes by promoting this skill among the team.
What is communication?
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This tool helps you stay organized during a busy shift.
What is a checklist?
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This planning method breaks the day into chunks like 8–9am or 9–10am.
What is time blocking?
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Meetings should be like this so everyone stays focused and finishes faster.
What is goal-oriented?
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This skill means taking charge of your own tasks, habits, and goals.
What is self‑management?
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Leaders can make the unit more efficient by keeping these short and focused.
What are meetings?
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Doing this at the end of the day helps you improve for next time.
What is reflecting?