The Charge Nurse Leader Program Builder: A Competency-Based Approach for Developing Frontline Leaders is a comprehensive curriculum and road map for developing frontline leaders and ensuring charge nurses are trained, mentored, and supported in their roles.

The Charge Nurse Leader Program Builder is the complete resource for creating a new program or revitalizing your existing training. It defines relevant competencies and provides the tools and framework that you need to get a program up and running.

Use the book and its accompanying tools and resources to hold charge nurse workshops for those new to the role and provide ongoing training and development opportunities. The curriculum is already developed for you, so you can immediately get started.

You can also pair The Charge Nurse Leader Program Builder with The Effective Charge Nurse Handbook, a pack of 10 short, easy-to-read handbooks to give to charge nurses and support them in their important work of creating a better, more professional nursing environment.

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Charge Nurses as Frontline Nurse Leaders
Chapter 2: Roles, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities of Charge Nurses
Chapter 3: Planning the Charge Nurse Program
Chapter 4: Charge Nurse Preceptors and Mentors
Chapter 5: Orientation and Competency
Chapter 6: Building the Charge Nurse Program
Chapter 7: Quality Management and Continual Improvement
Chapter 8: Navigating Standards, Regulations, & Policies
Chapter 9: Coordination and Delivery of Patient Care
Chapter 10: Managing Staff Performance
Chapter 11: Building Healthy Teams
Chapter 12: Shared Governance
Chapter 13: Performance Evaluations
Chapter 14: Stress Management: Caring for Oneself and Others
Bibliography
Appendixes

This book will help you:

• Equip charge nurses in training with the skills they need to provide leadership to staff on their unit
• Train hundreds of charge nurses using one resource
• Provide charge nurses with customizable training materials and handouts, saving you development time

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