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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.

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Author:   Anita Finkelman
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.980kg
ISBN:  

9780132137713

ISBN 10:   0132137712
Pages:   552
Publication Date:   24 March 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780134056982
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

SECTION I: BASIC LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS 1. Conceptual Base for Leadership and Management 2. Health Care Policy, Legal Issues, and Ethics in Health Care Delivery 3. Change and Decision Making 4. Organizational Structure for Effective Care 5. Health Care Financial Issues 6. Acute Care Organizations: An Example of a Health Care Organization SECTION II: CORE COMPETENCIES 7. Managing Patient-Centered Care 8. Diversity and Disparities in Health Care 9. Recruitment and Retention: Meeting Staffing Requirements 10. Consumers and Nurses 11. Interdisciplinary and Intradisciplinary Teamwork 12. Improving Teamwork: Collaboration, Coordination, and Conflict Resolution 13. Effective Staff Communication and Working Relationships 14. Delegation for Effective Outcomes 15. Evidence-Based Practice and Management 16. Health Care Quality: A Critical Health Policy Issue 17. Implementing Health Care Quality Improvement 18. Technology and Health Care

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