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This book should be read by every nurse manager. Nursing students and faculty will benefit from reading it as well.""--Nursing Education Perspectives Dr. Forman's book is revolutionary and courageous in that it brings to light negative issues that exist in nursing management and patient care√ñ.Her use of plain, day-to-day language and methods will ultimately bring reform to health care at the bedside. —Deborah M. Tascone, MS, RN Regional Executive Director North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System The vignettes provide great examples that could lead to rich classroom or workshop discussions. Perfect for leadership/management courses and in health care organizations... Diana Mason, PhD, C, FAAN, RN Editor Emeritus, American Journal of Nursing Professor of Nursing, Rudin Chair, Hunter-Bellevue College of Nursing Too often, both nurses and patients witness major breakdowns in the health care system-ineffective communication, unrealistic nurse-patient ratios, tension among staff, abuse of authority, and most importantly, managers drawn away from patients due to administrative duties. This inspiring guide presents engaging, real-life stories of nurses, managers, and leaders who have experienced failures of the system firsthand, and have been motivated to critically examine, address, and resolve them. This collection of narratives includes practical methods, models, and strategies that nurses can apply to enhance and expand their own practices. Readers will gain a wealth of insight on how to overcome narrow-mindedness and egocentrism, to improve their management, leadership, communication, and organizational skills, and ultimately to bring real reform to health care practices and patient care. Key features: Presents stories of actual management issues and how nurse leaders/managers, nursing staff, and patients have handled them Identifies harmful trends in the health care system that can be analyzed and remedied Encourages nurse managers to shift the prevailing ""system-centered"" orientation to one that is ""patient-centered"" Provides a phenomenologically based leadership/management model for resolving nursing issues institutionally and individually Includes methods for addressing cultural and religious barriers among staff An engaging, enjoyable read, this book will empower readers to learn from these narratives and to dramatically transform the health care system at large.

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Author:   Harriet Forman
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.326kg
ISBN:  

9780826105585

ISBN 10:   0826105580
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   08 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Foreword: Reforming Patient Care From the Bedside Deborah M. Tascone, MS, RN Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue: Listening With the Third Ear: Or- The Philosophical Underpinnings of This Book Patricia Munhall, EdD, ARNP, PsyA, FAAN 1. The Three Cs: Collaboration, Communication, and Cooperation 2. The Organization: Shifting Authority and Communication From Top Down to Patient Centered 3. Leadership/Management-Can You Tell Them Apart? 4. Labor and Management: Need Not Be Adversarial 5. Personality Traits-The Keys to the Kingdom 6. Bridging the Cultural Divide 7. Spirituality and Nursing: Challenges, Dilemmas, and Occasional Successes Barbara Stevens Barnum, RN, PhD, FAAN 8. Grief: Part of the Human Condition 9. Ethics, Morality, Critical Thinking, and Use and Abuse of Power: Are There Missing Links? 10. The Epilogue-Nursing: What It Is and What It Should Be Bibliography Index

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Harriet Forman, EdD, RN, is a well-known nurse leader, educator, published author, and editor of the Cherry Ames series of books.

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