Completely updated in a new edition, this book utilizes widely accepted models of leadership, and recognizes time-related changes that have occurred in health care delivery and how nursing is practiced. With a heavy emphasis on the workplace, it covers legal and ethical issues, as well as improving human relationship skills. Additional topics include:
The new health care system,
Leadership theory, the interactive processes of leadership, and ethics
An overview of organization and management
Managers' responsibilities
An introduction to the management of resources.
This is an esential resource for any staff nurse!
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"I really like the way this book is written with systematic chapters building on each other and, most of all, clear learning objectives to commence each chapter." - Dr. Julie Cullen, Centre for Innovation and Leadership in Health Sciences, University of Southampton
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Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 180 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-13-513867-0 (9780135138670)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
UNIT 1: LEADERSHIP 1
1. The Health Care System: Environment for Nursing Leadership
2. Leadership Theory
3. Interactive Processes of Leadership: Communication and the Group Process
4. Decision Making and Conflict Management
5. The Ethical Responsibility of the Nurse Leader
UNIT 2: AN OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
6. Organization and Management Theory
7. Overview of Nursing Management
8. Delegation: The Manager's Tool
UNIT 3: SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MANAGER
9. Maintaining Standards
10. Motivation in the Work Setting
11. Monitoring and Improving Performance
12. Legal Issues in the Work Place
13. Managing Change
UNIT 4: MANAGING RESOURCES
14. Managing Resources: The Staff
15. Managing Resources: Time
16. Managing Resources: The Budget
17. Informatics in Nursing
