Leadership and Management for Nurses: Core Competencies for Quality Care (2nd Edition) [Paperback]
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This completely revised text offers a current perspective on leadership and management in nursing, and gives nurses a thorough understanding of what it takes to lead in delivering quality health care. LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN NURSING, 2/e reflects the Institute of Medicine’s influential framework, emphasizing five core competencies: providing patient-centered care; working in interdisciplinary teams; employing evidence-based practice; applying quality improvement; and utilizing informatics. Updated throughout, it contains a new chapter on evidence-based practice and management; expanded coverage of quality improvement; new Evidence for Effective Leadership and Management features; innovative “Application to Your Unit” features; coverage of healthcare reform; expanded activities and resources; improved and streamlined organization; an integrated and expanded glossary; and much more.
- Paperback: 552 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (February 25, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0132137712
- ISBN-13: 978-0132137713
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #18 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Nursing > Administration & Management
- #21 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Administration & Management
Ms. Finkelman has a master's degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing and post masters work in health care policy and administration. She has over three decades of nursing experience and is a prolific writer.
This book has eight sections and 17 chapters including: Section I Leadership and Planning: 1. conceptual base for leadership and management; 2. change and decision making; 3. keys to working with others: collaboration, coordination, and conflict resolution; 4. effective staff communication and working relationships; Section II Delivery systems/nursing models: 5. organizational structure for effective care delivery; 6. acute care organizations; an example of a health care organization; 7. teamwork and motivation; 8. delegation for the staff nurse; 9. tools to manage and evaluate care; Section III: 10. health care policy, legal issues, and ethics in health care delivery; 11. consumers and nurses; Section IV Recruitment/retentions: 12. recruitment and retention: meeting staffing requirements; Section V Nursing/professional culture: 13. keys to professional success; Section VI Economic value: 14 health care financial issues; Section VII Work environment: 15. technology and health care; 16. health care quality improvement and safety; and Section VIII Diversity: 17. pulling it all together: the culture of the organization.
Chapters start with a chapter outline, objectives, and a test your understanding that is a short pretest to determine the knowledge before reading the chapter. It highlights important themes and provides feedback. Your opinion counts is an opinion poll from all students using the text. Think critically provides related interactive learning activities. Benchmarks allow students to do a short quiz at the end of each section.
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