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9780397552368

Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780397552368

  • ISBN10:

    039755236X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-11-01
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Now in its Fifth Edition, this foremost leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. More than 225 case studies and learning exercises promote critical thinking and interactive discussion. This edition includes 46 new case studies in settings such as acute care, ambulatory care, long-term care, and community health. The book addresses timely nursing leadership and management issues, such as leadership development, staffing, delegation, ethics and law, organizational, political, and personal power, management and technology, and more. Web links and learning exercises appear in each chapter. An Instructor's CD-ROM includes a testbank and PowerPoint slides.

Table of Contents

A New Approach to Leadership and Management
Integrating Leadership Roles and Management Functions
Tools for Leadership and Management Problem Solving and Decision Making
Roles and Functions in Planning
the Planning Hierarchy and Strategic Planning
Planned Change
Time Management
Fiscal Planning
Roles and Functions in Organizing
Organizational Structure
Understanding Organizational, Political and Personal power
Organizing Patient Care
Roles and Functions in Staffing
Preliminary Staffing Functions: From Recruitment Through Orientation
Meeting Staff Socialization and Educational Needs for Team Building
Staffing Needs and Scheduling Policies
Roles and Functions in Directing
Creating a Motivating Climate
Organizational, Interpersonal, and Group Communication
Delegation
Managing Conflict
Understanding Collective Bargaining, Unionization and Employment Laws
Roles and Functions in Controlling
Quality Control
Performance Appraisal
Creating a Growth-Producing Work Environment Through Discipline
Employees with Special Needs
Professional and Social Issues in Leadership and Management
Ethical Issues and Professional Advocacy
Legal and Legislative Issues
Career Development Issues
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