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LEADERSHIP UNITS

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Critical Triad   decision making, management, leadership  
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Decision Making   complex cognitive process defined as choosing a particular course of action triggered by a problem  
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Problem Solving   systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation  
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Critical Thinking   thinking from general to specific, reflect on meaning of state, examine evidence/reasoning, form judgement  
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Nursing Process   assess, plan, implement, evaluate  
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Decision Grid   compare each decision and alternative by same criteria  
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Payoff Table   cost-profit-volume  
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Decision Tree   plot decisions over time to see consequences  
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Consequences Tables   various alternatives create consequences  
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Logic Models   pictures of how programs were supposed to operate  
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Program Eval and Review Techinique   flowchart of which events must take place if fianl event is to occur  
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Management Process   planning, organization, staffing, directing, controlling  
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Behavioral Theories   1. Authoritarian, Democratic, Laisser-faire  
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Authoritarian   strong control, coercion, commands, downward communication, sole decision making, useful in crisis, autonomy is reduced  
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Democratic   less control, awards to motivate, communication up and down, teamwork, less efficient  
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Laissez-faire   permissive with little or no control, emphasis on group good for brainstorming  
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Interactional Theories   1. transactional 2. transformational  
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Transactional   set goals, gives directions rewards, focuses on management tasks  
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Transformational   motivate performance beyond expectations thru ability to influence attitudes, comitted, empower others  
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Formal Structure   framework for defining managerial authority, responsiblity and accountablility  
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Informal Stucture   social with blurred or shifting lines of authority and accountability  
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Chain of Command   formal relationships, lines of communication and authority depicted on org chart  
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Span of Control   number of people directly reporting to you  
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Top Level Manager   look at org as whole coordinating internal and external influences, decision with few guidelines orstructres CEO  
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Middle Level Manager   coordinate efforts of lower level managers, day to day ops but also contribute to long-term planning and policies  
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first level managers   units specific workings immediate problems and personal needs -- charge nurse  
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Formal Structure   framework for defining managerial authority, responsiblity and accountablility  
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Informal Stucture   social with blurred or shifting lines of authority and accountability  
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Chain of Command   formal relationships, lines of communication and authority depicted on org chart  
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Span of Control   number of people directly reporting to you  
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Top Level Manager   look at org as whole coordinating internal and external influences, decision with few guidelines orstructres CEO  
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Middle Level Manager   coordinate efforts of lower level managers, day to day ops but also contribute to long-term planning and policies  
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first level managers   units specific workings immediate problems and personal needs -- charge nurse  
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Centrality   location of positon in the middle of org chart  
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Stakeholders   internal and external;entities in orgs environ that play a role in orgs health and performance and also affected by org  
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Organizational Culture   total or orgs values language traditions customs symbols and interactions of each org. org's personality  
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Shared Governance   joint practice committees; board members, drs nurses management --- power and accountablity for decisions  
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Magnet Status   award based on quality of nursing leadership, care org stucture, manage style,etc ... p 283  
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Authority   rigtht to command, function of any mangement position  
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Types of Power   reward, coercive, legitimate, expert refferent, empowerment  
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Reward Power   grant favors or reward for meeting stds  
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Coercive Power   punishment for not meeting stds  
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Legitimate Power   power gained by title or position (authority)  
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Expert Power   gianed thru knowlwdge or experience or expertise  
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Referent Power   power cuz other id with that leader or with what they symbolize ---- role models  
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Empowerment   to enable, develop or allow---employees make the most of creativity, talents input etc...  
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Total Patient Care Nursing/Case Method Nursing   RN assume total care resp to meet all needs of pt  
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Functional Method   Unskilled people trained to do simpl;e tasks and gain proficiencey by repetion ... task complete instead of care .... CNA  
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Team/Modular Nursing   care of group of pts under direction of RN with ancillary caregiver colabaration  
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Primary Nursing   RN assigned total care from admit to discharge --- holistic high quality care -- consistent  
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Case Management   Collaborative assesses, plan, implement, coordinate, moitor and eval options and serviecs to meet health needs thru commun, reslurces --- quality cost effective outcomes  
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Ethics   systematic study of what a person's conduct and acitons should be with regard to self, others and enviroment; justifiaciton of right/good; SYSTEM OR MORAL CONDUCT AND PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE A PERSON'S ACTIONS TO RIGHT AND WRONG  
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Moral Uncertainty/Moral Conflict   individual unsure which moral principle or value applies and may be uncertain what the moral porble is  
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Moral Distress   know right thing to do but org contrans and makes it difficult to do the right thing  
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Moral Outrage   witness an immoral act of other and can't stop it  
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Moral/Ethical Dilemma   2 or more clear moral principles apply byut support different courses of action; eg having to choose the lesser of two evils  
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Teleological/Utilitarianism Decision Making   greated good for the greatest number  
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Deontological Decision Making   judges action as right or wrong regardless of cosequences  
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Deontological - Rights Based   individuals basic ingherent rites that should not be interfered with  
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Deontological - Duty Based   duty to do something or to refrain from doing something  
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Deontological - Intuitionist   case by case to determine raltive gails duties rights etc  
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Autonomy   freedom of choice (self-determination)  
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Beneficience   doing good; actions to promote good  
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Nonmaleficence   actions to avoid harm --- can't do good ... do no harm`  
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Paternalism   individual assumes rite to make decisions for another  
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Utility   good of many outweighs wants and needs of individuals  
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Jusrice   treating pople fairly  
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Veracity   truth telling  
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Fidelity   keep promises' bird of word  
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Confidentiality   keep privleged information private  
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Professional Code of Ethics for Nurses p 78   set of principles to guide to highest sts of ethical practice for RNs  
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Constituition   Highest law of the land - little or nothing to do with RN  
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Statuetes   state or fed laws; affect malpractice laws and nurse practice acts  
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Administrative Agencies   rules established by government agencies eg BON  
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Court Decisions   courts interprett statues and set precients --- most malpractice  
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Negligence   omission to do do something that a reasonable person guided by the considrations that ordinarliy regulate human affairs; reasonable and prudent thing to do; what someone with similar training and experience would do  
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Malpractice/Professional Negligence   5 conditions - duty for due care, failure to meet std, foreseeable harm, direct relationship from failure to harm, injury  
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Duty to use Due Care   care that should be given under the circumstances  
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Failure to meet Std of care/breach duty   not providing appropriate care  
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Forseeablity of Harm   RN has access to infor about possibility of harm (ignorance is no excuse)  
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Direct relationship between failure to meet std of care and injury can be proven   eg wrong dosage = adverse rxn  
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Injury   actual harm results  
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Incident Reports   Do not mention in chart, condidential can't be subpeopnaed; chart enough info about incident to treat pt  
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Unintentional Torts   negligence  
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Intentional Torts   legal wrongs committed against person or property eg assault, battery , false imprisonment, defamation  
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Assault   conduct that makes a person feel fearful, produces apprehension of harm  
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Battery   interntional and wongful physical contact with a person that entails injury or offensive touching  
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False Imprisonment   unlawful confinement with fixed boundaries by physical, emotional or chemical means  
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Defamation   communicating to 3rd party false info that injures a person's reputaiton, causes economic damage, diminishes esteem, respect, goodwill or confidnce  
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Informed Consent   pt receives full disclusre of all pertinent info regarding surg or procedure;comprehends procedure, risks, outcomes, complications and alternatives, over 16, competent or have parent or guard unless emergent  
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Meical Records   chart of info on treatment  
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Patient Self Deteremination Act   every pt gets end of life educaiton and advance directive info  
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Good Samaritan Law   healthcare workers proteced from potential liablity if they volunteer nursing skills away from work, provided not grossly negligent, limited to emergencies  
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Health Insurance Protabliity and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)   safeguard rites to pts personal health info, provacy and confidntiality for every pt  
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Nursing license Supeension or Revocation   prof. negligence, no license, felony, ciminal abortion pariticipation, not report substd care, care under influence of drugs/etoh, narcotics w/o order, false call oneself nurse practioner (p113)  
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Advocacy   helping others to grow, self-acutalize; inform of rites and ascertain that they have sufficient info on which to base decision  
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Areas in Need of Advocacy   end of life,technology, insur reimburs, acess healthcare, provder-pt conflict, withold info, insuraace author, med errors, pt info disclose, pt griencance, cultural diveristy, pt dignity, inadequate consent, incompetnet provide, social problems, aging  
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Proactive Planning   considr past, present, future --- plan rather thatn react to future --- forecasting  
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Strategic Planning   fociuses on purpose, mission, phil, and dolas in context of external environment  
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Vision Statements   Futree Goals or Aims of Org  
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Mission Statement   reason for being for Org  
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Philosophy Statement   flows from mission statement --- set of values and beliefs that guide actions of org  
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Goals   desired result to which effort is directed --- aim of phil... measurable , ambitious  
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Objectives   more specific and measurable than goals determine how and when goals are to be accomplished; explicit, measurable, observable, obtainable  
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Policies   statement of expectations that sets boundaries for action taking and decision making  
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Procedures   plans that establish customary or accectable ways to do thing or tasks, delineate steps of required action  
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Phases of change   unfreezing, movement, refreezing  
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Unfreezing   convinces member of group to change or when gulit, anxiety or concern is elicited; people discontent and aware of need to change  
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Movement   ids, plans, implemnts appropriate strategies ensuring that driving forces exceed restraing forces; overcome resistance  
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Refreeze   stabilizing system change so that it becomes the new status quo  
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Basic Steps to Time Management   1. set time aside to plan/prioritize 2. complete highest priority before moving on to next 3. reprioritize what needs to be accomplished based on new info - update  
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Managing Time at Work   gather all supplies before, group activities, estimate amt of time needed, nursing interventions when complete, end on time, manage timewasters  
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Cost-containment   effective and efficient services while generating revenues for continued productivity; quality care and make money doing it  
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Responsibility Accounting   someone respionsible for orgs expenses, revenues, assets liablities on each unit; make each unit profitable  
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Fixed Expenses   do not vary with volume eg rent  
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Variable Expenses   vary with volume  
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Controllable Expenses   manager can control # of staff per shift  
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Uncontrollable Expenses   number and types of supplies needed by each pt  
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Personnel Budget   staffing mix, largest expense, nursing care hours per patient day = #hrs/census; CNA and RNs count same (does not take into account accutiy etc)  
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Operating Budget   expenses that change in repsonse to volume eg supplies  
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Capital Budget   plan for purchase of fixed assests  
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Clinical Pathways   one method of planning, assessing, implementing and evaluating cost-effectiveness of pt care; std predictions of pts progress for specific diagnosis or procedure  
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Medicare   fed insurance for over 65 or catastrophic or chronic illness at any age  
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Medicaid   financially indigent  
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Prospective Payment System   recv medicare $ in flat fee per diagnosis regardless of condito of pt --> early discharge get them out!  
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HMO   health maintenance org corp body funded by insurance premiums  
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POS   Point of service - select provided out of network and pay higer premiums and co-pays  
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PPO   preferred provider org, fee for service basis but incentives when preferred provider used  
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Career Development   intentional careeer planning; strengths weakness goals opportunites and develop activites  
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Certifications   formal recognition for specialized knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated by achievement of stds id'd by specialty to promote optimal health outcomes  
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Steps in Staffing   3 and types of personnel needed; recruit, interview, select assign; induction& orient; socialize, creative flex schedule based on pt needs  
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Current Nursing Shortage   aging workforce, inadequate educational opportunites for nurses,  
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Basic Steps to Time Management   1. set time aside to plan/prioritize 2. complete highest priority before moving on to next 3. reprioritize what needs to be accomplished based on new info - update  
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Managing Time at Work   gather all supplies before, group activities, estimate amt of time needed, nursing interventions when complete, end on time, manage timewasters  
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Cost-containment   effective and efficient services while generating revenues for continued productivity; quality care and make money doing it  
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Responsibility Accounting   someone respionsible for orgs expenses, revenues, assets liablities on each unit; make each unit profitable  
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Fixed Expenses   do not vary with volume eg rent  
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Variable Expenses   vary with volume  
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Controllable Expenses   manager can control # of staff per shift  
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Uncontrollable Expenses   number and types of supplies needed by each pt  
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Personnel Budget   staffing mix, largest expense, nursing care hours per patient day = #hrs/census; CNA and RNs count same (does not take into account accutiy etc)  
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Operating Budget   expenses that change in repsonse to volume eg supplies  
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Capital Budget   plan for purchase of fixed assests  
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Clinical Pathways   one method of planning, assessing, implementing and evaluating cost-effectiveness of pt care; std predictions of pts progress for specific diagnosis or procedure  
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Medicare   fed insurance for over 65 or catastrophic or chronic illness at any age  
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Medicaid   financially indigent  
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Prospective Payment System   recv medicare $ in flat fee per diagnosis regardless of condito of pt --> early discharge get them out!  
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HMO   health maintenance org corp body funded by insurance premiums  
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POS   Point of service - select provided out of network and pay higer premiums and co-pays  
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PPO   preferred provider org, fee for service basis but incentives when preferred provider used  
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Career Development   intentional careeer planning; strengths weakness goals opportunites and develop activites  
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Certifications   formal recognition for specialized knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated by achievement of stds id'd by specialty to promote optimal health outcomes  
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Steps in Staffing   3 and types of personnel needed; recruit, interview, select assign; induction& orient; socialize, creative flex schedule based on pt needs  
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Current Nursing Shortage   aging workforce, inadequate educational opportunites for nurses,Nurse Reinvestment act of 2002  
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Recruitment   acively seeking out or atracting applicatns  
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Retention   org creates work environment that cause people to stay  
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Overcome Interview limits   prepare-know job, team approach, structred interview,scenarios for decision making, multiple interviews, evaluation 4 hire, legal aspects  
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Selection   eduction, credentials; references; preemployment screening, physical exam  
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Indoctrination   planned guided adjustment of employee to org and work --> induction, orientation socialization  
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Induction   activites to educate new employee about org, employ and personnel policies andprocedures  
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Orinetation   activites specific to positon; feel like part of team  
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Socialization   behvaiors that accompany each role learned socially, by instuction, observation and trial and error  
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Staff Development   encourage individual growth and support staff development  
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Theories of Learning   techniques to strutre training to improve competemnce of staff  
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Adult Learning Theory   learner is self-directed, self-motivated, experiences are varied,teachers and students work together to set goals, decisions, activiities, and eval  
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Social Learning Theory   learn most behavior by direct evidence and observation  
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Readiness to Learn   ks  
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Motivation to Learn   kkk  
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Reinforcement   jkjkl  
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Task Learning   kjkjl  
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Transfer of Learning   jklkljl  
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Span of Memory   kjljklj  
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Chunking   klkjljkj  
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Knowledge of Results   kjkjlj  
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Staff Development Activities   establish competence, meet new learning needs, satisfy interests the staff may have in a specific area  
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Socialization   behaviors that accompany each role that are learned socially and by instruction, observation, and trial and error  
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Role Model   somone worth of imitation, experienced, competent  
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Preceptor   experienced nurse who provides knowledge and emotional support, one on one  
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Mentor   interactive relaitonship; assist the protege in attaining expert status and furthering career development  
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Major contributors to job dissatisfaction   inflexible schedule and extended work schedule  
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Role of manager   cover all staff absences, reduce staff during low census, add for ^acuity/census, prepare unit schedules and holidays and vacations  
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Mandatory Staffing Requirements   regulates nurse to pt ratio -- requirements for min staffing ratios  
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Cycclical staffing   same rotation very month  
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job sharing   allow RNs to switch hours with others  
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flextime   pick up hrs of choice  
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supplemental staffing   agency, travel and float pools  
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staff self scheduling   staff makes own schedule manager tweaks it  
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shift bids   bid work schedule instead of work mandatory overtime (set max nd RNs bid against max)  
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Workload Measurement Tools   nursing care hrs per pat day; patient classification system - measure acuity to measure staff and mix needs  
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RN hrs in NCH/PPD decreases cause   adverse pt outcomes, ^ med errors, ^ pt falls, decreases satisfaction with pain management  
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Goal of management   stay within staffing budget and meet needs of pts and staff  
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Role of Manager - Directing (activating, coordinating)   doing; create motivating climate, org. communication, manage conflict, enhance collaboration, negotiate, understand impact of collective bargaining and employment laws  
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Motivation   force in individual that influences and directs behavior, willingness to put effort into achieving goal/reward to decrease tension in need --> intrinsic and extrinsic  
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Intrinsic Motivation   within person - drive to be productive  
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Extrinsic Motivation   comes from environment or external rewards -- positive reinforcement and feedback  
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Joy   positive mood directly linked to enhanced creativity, greater helping behavior, integrative thinking, inductive reasoning, more efficient to decision making greater cooperation more success in negotiating  
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Pathways to Joy   connections, love of work, achievement - job well done, recognition  
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Strategies to Create a mOtivating Climate   Chart 18.5 p 432  
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Communication   crosses all phases of management, --- effective communication requires the sender to validate what the listener sees and hears  
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Effects on Communication   verbal; nonverbal; Internal Climate - values, feelings temperament stress, external climate- status, power and s*authority can be barriers - also weather, timing, temp organizational climate  
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Organizational Communication Strategies   assess org comm; recognize structure and who will be affected by comm,not one way, clear simple precise(SBAR Q), senders seek feedback whether comm acurately recvd, mulitlple ways, not overwhlem with unecc. info  
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SBAR Q   S=situation B=background A=assessment R= recommendations Q=questions  
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Levels of Communication   up, down, horizontal, diagonal (other depart and levels), grapevine  
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Types of Communications   written, face to face, nonverbal, telephone  
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Nonverbal Communication   mistaken if not clarified, most reliable -- consider space, environment, appearance, eye contact, posture, gestures, facial expression, timing and vocal cues  
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Managerial Traits RE; Communication   Assertive comm, listen skills, group commm, group building and maintance Roles  
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Groop Dynamics   Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing (p 456) Performing (p456)  
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Roles for teambuilding   encourager, harmonizer, compromiser, gatekeeper, std setter, commentator, follower  
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Group Tasks   initiator, inform seeeker, inform giver, opinion seek, elaborator coordinator, orienter, evaluator, engergizer, prodeural tech and recorder intiator, information seeker, information giver, opinion seeker, elaborator, coord  
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Delegation   getting work done thru others or directing performance o one or more people to accomplish organizational goals  
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Common errors in Delegation   underdelegation - fear; overdelegating, improper delegaton - not qualified, wrong person or time or wrong reason  
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Effective delegating   plan ahead, id skilss(nurse practice), comm goal,empower, deadlines & progress, model role amd respurse and provide guidance, eval, reward  
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Assigning tasks to UAP   job description, knowledge base and demonstrated skills  
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Subordinate resisitance   rt overwhelmed, lack of confidence, inherent resistance to authority, overdelegated  
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MConflict   internal or external discord rt diff in ideas values or feelings btwn 2 or more,; not good or bad; can produce growth or organization  
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Intergroup conflict   btwn 2 or more groupd of people,depart, orgs  
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Intrapersonal   within same person  
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Interpersonal   btwn 2 or more people with diff values, goals, beliefs  
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Conflict Resolution   problem solving; goal is win-win for everyone involved  
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Compromising   each party gives up something it wants; give up equal or lose-lose  
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Competing   one party pursues what it wants at expense of other; win-lose  
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Cooperating/Accomodating   one party sacrifices for other to win --- IOUs  
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Smoothing   focus on agreements rather than disagreements to smoother over  
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Avoiding   choosing not to aknowledge or fix problem  
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Cllaborating   assertive and cooperative approach; win-win; all set aside original goal use shared decision making pwoers  
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Common Causes of Conflict   poor comm, illdefined org, individ behave, unclear expectations, conflit of interest, ops or staff chnage,diveristy in gende,culture, age  
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Negotiation   each party gives up something and emphasis is on accomodating differrence btwn parties  
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Preparation for a Negotiation   before- homework, strt pt tradeoffs bottom line, hidden agendas; during- composure, good comm skills, assert, flex, avoid destructive techniques After- restae agree, verbal written, thankyou  
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Mediation   neutral third party with no vested interest in the outcome fact finds and hlps to find resolution  
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Arbitration   facts are heard by third party who makes final binding decision  
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Consensus   negotiating parties reach an agreement that all parties can support  
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Collective Bargaining   activites occurring between organzed labor and management that ocncern employee relations ANA  
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Unionization Driving Force   feeling of powerlessness or perception that admin does not canre about employees  
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Labor Standards   regs dealing with the conditions of employees work, include physical conditions, fifnacial aspects and amt of hrs worked  
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Hours Worked   law that must be paid overtime for any hrs over the set amt per week, 1.5 time std pay  
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Equal Employment Opportunity Laws   aimed at eliminating discrimination against potential employees based on age, disability, equal pay, national origin, race religion, reataliation, sex sexual harassment  
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Civil Rights Act 1964   promotes employment bases on ability and merit; not race, religion, color, sex and national origin  
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Affirmative Action   actively seeking to fill job vacancies with members from groups who are underrepresented  
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Quality Control   performance measured against predetermined std and action is taken to correct discrepancies between these std adn actual performance  
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Characteristics to Have a Good QC Program   top level support, commitment in $ and people; excellence, continuous improvement  
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Quality Control Steps   criterion or std determined, benchmark; information is collected to determine if std has been met- compare with evidence based practice; educational or corrective action is taken if stds not met  
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Standards   predetermined level of excellence that is guide for pracitce; objective, measurable achievable, developed ANA Scop of practice - p. 544  
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Audit   systematic and official examination of record, process structure, environment or account to eval performance; retrospectively, consurrently or prospecitvely  
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Outcomes   end result of care; determine how nursing interventions changed health status of pts eg - falls, infections, pressure sores, physical restraints, pt satisfaction  
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Joint commission (JCAHO)   independent, not for profit acrediting org, mandate all hospitals have QA programs in plae, implemented core measure to std evidnce based practice in areas of MI, Heart Failure, Pneumonia and preg  
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Report Cards   compare the performance of competing health plans in their area based on information given  
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Medical Errors   try to improve by reporting, leapfrog initiatives, reform of medical liablity system and bar coding, smart IV pumps and medicaiton reconciliiation  
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Leapfrog Initiiatives   non-helath care fortune 500 leaders comitted to modernizing current health care sys - computerized physician-provider order entry, evidence based practice referral, ICU dr staffing, Leapfrog safe practice scores  
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Evidence -Based Hospital Referes   pt with high risk condition treated at hospitals with better outcomes for those conditions  
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Leapfrog Safe Proctices Scores   initiative of 30 safe practices which if utilized would reduce risk of harm in certain processes, systems or environments of care  
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Performance Appraisal   work performance is reviewed and lets empowered employees know of expectaitons; generate adjust for salry info, promotions, transfers, disciplinary actions and terminations  
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Accuracy and Fairness in Performance Appraisals   know biases;consultation frequently, data generated appropriately, record keeping, collective assessments +/-, employees appraisal, beware halo,horn, cntral tendency and matthew effect  
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Halo Effect   everything good  
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Horns Effect   everything Bad  
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Central Tendeny   everyone about the same  
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Matthew Effect   once good always good or once bad always bad  
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Competence Assessment   evaluatew whether and individual has knowledge, education, skills or experience to perform task  
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Performance Evaluation   how well they complete the task  
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Discipline   training or molding of the mind or character to bring about desire behaviors not punishment not always negative --- eg emotional or ducational component  
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Punishment   undesirable event following unacceptable behavior  
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Constructive Criticism   uses discipline as a means of helping the employee grow and not be punished  
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Self-Discipline   highest level and most effective; possible if subordinates know the rules and accept them, mutual trust btwn managers and subordinates  
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Progressive Discipline   Rules made, Punishment known and consistent; verbal warning, formal/written reprimand; suspension, termination/dismissal  
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Disciplinary Conference   reason for acttin, employees response to action, rational for action, clarification of expectations, agree and acceptance of aciton plan  
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Marginal Employee   not warrant dismissal, contribute little to organization  
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Chemicalyl Impaired Employee   maladaptive patterns of substance abuse, must be removed from the work setting immediatedly, se change in personality/behavior, job performance and attendance and use of time  
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Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
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