Managing and Leading Innovation in Health Care
Six Steps to Effective Management Series
Published on 23. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-7020-2552-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book focuses specifically on the importance of leadership and innovation for effective nursing practice. In the fast changing health care environment, nurses need to develop their practice and account for their roles in changing practice. This book addresses this issue directly, and provides both a theoretical framework and extensive practical guidance in this crucial aspect of nursing practice, and in fact, the future of nursing itself.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
All practising nurses at or aspiring to middle management position (D&E grades) in all settings including hospitals, community, private and independent sectors
Students taking management certificates and diplomas
Third year students on diploma courses (management now a compulsory module)
Illustrations
20 ills.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
675 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7020-2552-5 (9780702025525)
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Content
Section 1: The Creative Challenge. Chapter 1 - Creativity in Healthcare. Chapter 2 - Creativity and Caring. Chapter 3 - The Reconstituted Professional. Section 2: Changing Relationships in Health Care. Chapter 4 - The Nature and Purpose of Leadership. Chapter 5 - Evolution or Revolution? Negotiation as a means of Effecting Change. Chapter 6 - Testing Boundaries: The Rise and Rise of Teamworks. Section 3: Developing Skills for Innovation. Chapter 7 - Sustaining Creativity and Innovation. Chapter 8 - Diversity and Change are Endemic. Chapter 9 - Overcoming Barriers to Innovation. Section 4 - Managing Knowledge in Health Care. Chapter 10 - Evidence Based Practice. Chapter 11 - The Technological Revolution. Chapter 12 - Research and Development in Health Care. Section 5 - Old Problems, New Solutions. Chapter 13 - Creative Solutions to the Issue of Quality Improvement in the NHS. Chapter 14 - Services without Boundaries: Creative Solutions to Leading and Organising Professional Practice.