Strategies for Nursing Leadership

by Feldman, Harriet R., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780826114143
• ISBN10: 0826114148
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

Pace Univ., New York, NY. Sister compilation to Nursing Leaders Speak Out, featuring a collection of articles revealing the qualities and strategies employed by a good nursing leader. Reprinted from Nursing Leadership Forum. Covers enhancing patient and employee satisfaction and coping with changing institutions. Sister volume listed in week 2001-23. DNLM: Leadership--Collected Works.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Foreword	xiii
Barbara Stevens Barnum
Introduction	xv
Harriet R. Feldman
Part I: Getting Started
Nursing Leadership With the Pen: Two Peas in a Pod	3	(4)
Harriet Forman
The Art of Legendary Leadership: Lessons for New and Aspiring Leaders	7	(8)
Claire Manfredi
Storytelling: An Approach to Teaching Leadership Values	15	(11)
Mary Kirkpatrick
Sylvene Spickerman
Margaret K. Edwards
Jessica K. Kirkpatrick
Preparing the Nurse Executive of the Future	26	(13)
Harriet R. Feldman
Reflections on Achieving Professional Leadership	39	(8)
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
Part II: Developing Leadership Skills
Business Plans: An Effective Tool for Making Decisions	47	(15)
Norma Ness Turini
Making That Speech: What You'd Better Know Before You Go	62	(14)
Barry Jay Kaplan
Succession Planning: A Strategy for Taking Charge	76	(11)
Fay L. Bower
Ethical Leadership in Managed Care: Creating a New Vision	87	(13)
Virginia R. Cassidy
Maintaining the Balance...and Thriving as a Leader	100	(9)
Kathleen D. Sanford
Primer for Philanthropy: The ABCs of Fundraising	109	(9)
Sandra S. Deller
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
Strategies for Successful Research Project Management	118	(13)
Elizabeth R. Lenz
Twelve Principles of Successful Fundraising	131	(12)
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
Part III: Enhancing Patient and Employee Satisfaction
Reflections on Empowerment: A Developing Concept or an Outdated One?	143	(15)
Barbara A. Backer
C. Alicia Georges
Diana J. Mason
The Impact of Organizational Climate on Nurse Satisfaction: Management Implications	158	(12)
Linda D. Urden
Improving Patient Satisfaction Through Focus Group Interviews	170	(14)
Kathleen Leask Capitulo
A Self-Efficacy Approach to Nursing Leadership for Shared Governance	184	(16)
Louise S. Jenkins
Nora E. Ladewig
Nursing Empowerment Through Computers: A Personal Saga	200	(8)
Karen DuBois
Funding for Nursing Excellence: The Endowment for Nursing...A Capital Idea	208	(11)
Gertrude Rodgers
Barbara Callaghan
Susan Brusilow
Nominating a Colleague for a Recognition Award	219	(3)
Theresa Stephany
Cost Control Heroism: Strategies to Reduce Operating Expenses	222	(17)
Cynthia Caroselli
Part IV: Coping With Changing Institutions
Organizational Understanding: Understanding the Practice of Expert Nurse Executives	239	(25)
Constance E. Young
Cynthia Peden-McAlpine
Rosemarie Kovac
Be Careful What You Wish for: Caveats and Principles for Responsible Redesign	264	(14)
Mary Crabtree Tonges
The ``Three Rs'' Revisited: Reengineer, Redesign, and Restructure	278	(10)
Mary Crabtree Tonges
Nurse Administrator Vulnerability	288	(13)
Ruth Davidhizar
Where Will I Go? Displaced Nurses Relate Their Experiences	301	(25)
Martha Greenberg
Serving on a Board Overseeing a Closing Institution	326	(6)
Kathleen M. Dirschel
Mergers: Your Role as a Nurse Executive and Leader of the System	332	(11)
Carolyn Hope Smeltzer
Penny M. Vigneau
Consensus and Community: Achievable in American Health Care?	343	(14)
Claire M. Fagin
Index	357