Main description:

Get ready to lead large health systems on the corporate level, or to serve on hospital and other health boards and commissions, with the information-packed guidance and wisdom of Nurse Management and Executive Practice . Let a team of nursing management experts guide you on the full range of vital topics, including management styles, research methodology, current fiscal best practices, and technology tips. Offering clear definitions and examples of the roles, skills, and responsibilities of the nurse manager or executive, this authoritative book solidly prepares you to pass the nurse executive certification examinations.
Use this expert, evidence-based guide to build a strong foundation as a nurse manager or executive:

Ideal preparation for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) exams -offers back-of-the-book nursing executive certification prep questions, plus research questions that support critical thinking skills
Excellent pre-study for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree
Offers definitions and insights on proven management and leadership models, skills, responsibilities, and processes to improve patient outcomes, as exemplified by the ANCC's Magnet Recognition Program
Provides case examples that demonstrate theories and concepts in the text
Offers seasoned guidance on career planning and succession planning
Offers in-depth, real-world guidance on:

Leadership responsibilities-including leadership theories, organizational theories, governance, business models, strategic partnerships, and a range of nursing care models
Human capital management
Nursing research and evidence-based practice-including nursing theory
Data analysis
Legal and ethical issues in healthcare and nursing
Strategic planning and management-including setting objectives, strategic analysis, long-range planning, and management models and techniques
Communication skills, components, and processes
Assessment of communities
Health promotion and disease prevention
Informatics and innovation
Quality improvement, patient safety, and risk management
Systems thinking
Cultural and intergenerational diversity
Budgeting and financial management
Healthcare policy

Offers end-of-chapter case study and questions that assist you in applying the principles or skills demonstrated in the case study

Contents:

CHAPTER 1 Leadership Responsibilities
Al Rundio and Kathleen Bradbury-Golas
CHAPTER 2 Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, and Risk Management
Frances H. Cornelius
CHAPTER 3 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Al Rundio
CHAPTER 4 Systems Thinking
William J. Lorman
CHAPTER 5 Strategic Management
William J. Lorman
CHAPTER 6 Human Resources
William J. Lorman
CHAPTER 7 Cultural and Intergenerational Diversity
Virginia "Ginny" Wilson
CHAPTER 8 Ethics in Health Care and Nursing
Al Rundio
CHAPTER 9 Budgeting and Financial Management
Al Rundio
CHAPTER 10 Health Policy
Al Rundio
CHAPTER 11 Career Planning
William J. Lorman
CHAPTER 12 Succession Planning
Virginia "Ginny" Wilson
CHAPTER 13 Technology Tips for the Nurse Executive
Mary Gallagher Gordon
APPENDIX A Nursing Executive: Certification Prep Questions
APPENDIX B Research Questions