Nursing Issues in Leading and Managing Change

by Lancaster

• ISBN13: 9780323002509
• ISBN10: 0323002501
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

NURSING ISSUES IN LEADING AND MANAGING CHANGE provides current, cutting-edge information to guide nurses who are responsible for managing change in our health care system. The text covers the changes in the systems of health care, role theory, decision process, social and cultural settings, ethical and legal issues, credentialing, management skills, managed care and nursing informatics. The book is organized in three parts: change theory, the environment of change, and effecting change in the health care system. Each chapter provides consistent features including objectives and key points to emphasize important information the student needs to know. Key terms boxes are integrated throughout the chapters to highlight important vocabulary terms used in today's health care environment. Chapters conclude with critical thinking questions to enhance learning and toreinforce critical thinking skills. Discusses critical issues that affect nurses today and assists them in preparing for future practice. Provides substantive core content based on business practices to help the nurse more efffectively deal with issues related to their practice. Includes an introduction in every chapter to pique students' interest and set the context of material to follow. Offers objectives to provide the student a clear understanding of the outcomes expected after reading each chapter. Integrates key points at the end of the chapter to emphasize important information the student will need to know. Includes critical thinking questions at the end of each chapter to help students assess their own strengths, areas of improvement, values, attitudes, and goals. Features key term boxes throughout each chapter to highlight important vocabulary terms used in today's health care environment. Presents a three-part organization: the theoretical foundations for change; the environment in which changes occurs; and effecting change in the health care system to help organize the material in a logical fashion for student comprehension. Provides a consistent format in each chapter to make the material more user-friendly for the student.

Table of Contents

PART I THEORETIC FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE	3	(264)
1 The Evolution of Health Care Delivery Systems	3	(22)
2 Systems Theory and Analysis in Health Care and Nursing	25	(36)
3 Effects of Health Care Economics and Financing on Nursing and Health Care Delivery	61	(30)
4 Organizational Theory and the Change Process	91	(34)
5 Organizational Dynamics	125	(24)
6 Managing Change	149	(22)
7 Role Theory and Effective Role Acquisition in the Health Care System	171	(22)
8 Communicating to Manage Change	193	(26)
9 Leading in Times of Change	219	(20)
10 Decision Processes and Critical Thinking	239	(28)
PART II THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH CHANGE OCCURS	267	(148)
11 Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Health Care and Nursing Practice	267	(26)
12 Labor Relations in a Turbulent Health Care Environment	293	(24)
13 Health Policy: Strategies for Analysis and Influence	317	(20)
14 Ethical Issues in Nursing Practice	337	(28)
15 Legal Issues in Nursing Practice	365	(28)
16 Credentialing in a Changing Health Care Environment	393	(22)
PART III EFFECTING CHANGE IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	415
17 Management Skills	415	(18)
18 Managing Care Through Advanced Practice Nursing	433	(20)
19 Quality Management in Nursing Practice	453	(30)
20 Program and Project Management	483	(22)
21 Managing Resources	505	(28)
22 Nursing Informatics: A Means for Change	533	(22)
23 Marketing Management	555	(30)
24 Consultation as a Tool for Change	585	(24)
25 Energizing Yourself for Change	609