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9781401827045

Nursing Leadership and Management A Practical Guide

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  • ISBN13:

    9781401827045

  • ISBN10:

    1401827047

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-04-04
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Educational Medical Consultants, Meriden, CT. Provides content on core leadership and management principles and applications. Topics include primary skills for the nursing leader, putting primary skills to work, health care environment and its impact on nursing leadership, legal and ethical aspects of nursing leadership, and more. For nurses. Softcover. DNLM: Leadership-Handbooks.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
About the Author ix
Reviewer List x
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING LEADERSHIP 1(60)
1 What is Leadership?
2(16)
2 What is Management?
18(12)
3 Leadership Versus Management
30(10)
4 A Positive Definition of Power
40(13)
5 Accountability in Nursing Leadership
53(8)
Part II: PRIMARY SKILLS FOR THE NURSING LEADER 61(90)
6 What is Communication?
62(18)
7 Communication Skills
80(12)
8 Decision-Making and Time-Management Tools
92(17)
9 Change Management Skills
109(16)
10 Conflict Resolution Skills
125(13)
11 Team Building Skills
138(13)
Part III: PUTTING THE PRIMARY SKILLS TO WORK: STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES FOR THE NURSING LEADER 151(60)
12 Managing First-Line Patient Care
152(11)
13 Strategic Thinking to Improve Patient Care (Including Evidence-Based Care)
163(11)
14 Managing Patient Care and Outcomes Through Improving Organization Quality
174(12)
15 Managing and Supporting Excellence in Staff Performance
186(15)
16 Nurses as Professional Leaders Inside and Outside the Health Care Organization
201(10)
Part IV: THE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON NURSING LEADERSHIP 211(66)
17 Current Health Care Environment (and into the Future)
212(19)
18 Nursing Leaders Influencing Politics and Acting as Patient Advocates
231(10)
19 Nursing Leadership and Collective Bargaining
241(12)
20 Delegation
253(14)
21 Current and Future Opportunities for Nurse Leaders
267(10)
Part V: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF NURSING LEADERSHIP 277(28)
22 Legal Aspects of Nursing Leadership
278(18)
23 Ethical Issues in Nursing Leadership
296(9)
Part VI: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER AND BECOMING A NURSING LEADER 305(5)
24 Ten Ways to Become a Leader
306(4)
Answer Key 310(4)
Index 314

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