title: Best practices in nursing homes. Clinical supervision, management, and human resource practices.
abstract: Human resource practices including supervision and management are associated with organizational performance. Evidence supportive of such an association in nursing homes is found in the results of numerous research studies conducted during the past 17 years. In this article, best practices related to this topic have been culled from descriptive, explanatory, and intervention studies in a range of interdisciplinary research journals published between 1990 and 2007. Identified best practices include implementation of training programs on supervision and management for licensed nurses, certified nursing assistant job enrichment programs, implementation of consistent nursing assignments, and the use of electronic documentation. Organizational barriers and facilitators of these best practices are described.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. Mary.dellefield@va.gov
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dellefield
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009743:Nursing, Practical / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States