Main description:

Comprehensive and easy to read, this authoritative resource features the most up-to-date, research-based blend of practice and theory related to the issues that impact nursing management and leadership today. Key topics include the nursing professional's role in law and ethics, staffing and scheduling, delegation, cultural considerations, care management, human resources, outcomes management, safe work environments, preventing employee injury, and time and stress management.

Contents:

Part I: LEADERSHIP

1. Leadership and Management Principles

2. Change and Innovation

3. Organizational Climate and Culture

4. Critical Thinking and Decision-Making Skills

5. Managing Time and Stress

6. Legal and Ethical Issues

7. Communication and Care Coordination

8. Team Building and Working with Effective Groups

9. Delegation

10. Power and Conflict

11. Workplace Diversity

12. Case & Population Health Management

13. Organizational Structure

14. Decentralization & Shared Governance

15. Professional Practice Models

16. Evidence-Based Practice: Strategies for Nursing Leaders

17. Quality and Safety

18. Measuring and Managing Outcomes

19. Strategic Management

20. Nursing Shortage: Recruitment and Retention

21. Staffing and Scheduling

22. Budgeting, Productivity and Costing Out Nursing

23. Performance Appraisal

24. Prevention of Workplace Violence

25. All-Hazards Disaster Preparedness

26. Data Management and Informatics

27. Marketing