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Effective Leadership
and Management in Nursing
Edition 6
Eleanor J. Sullivan
0-13-178094-8
Paperback
416 pages
2005
Brief Description
For courses in undergraduate Nursing Management and Leadership.
Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing provides students with the necessary skills to make sound management decisions in a dynamic health care environment. Used worldwide, this award-winning book is now offered in an updated, revised edition to reflect the many changes in health care and nursing. Targeted to both practicing nurses and those in management, this book provides the tools for using the skills presented in each chapter, case studies with a managers checklist, critical thinking questions, key terms, an easy-to-read format, and a link to online instruction for students and faculty. In the ever-changing health care environment, nurses have never needed this information more.
Features
- Focus on managed care—Emphasizes managed care's role in the health care system.
Gives students an understanding of managed care so that they are aware of its implications in patient care.
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Companion Webpage www.prenhall.com/sullivan-decker—Includes additional student activities with links to the student workbook, career tips, practical skills application exercises and internet links. Offers extra activities like NCLEX reviews, videos, media links, essays, and more.
Provides students with additional critical thinking opportunities and practical application of course content.
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A three-part organization, from general to specific—Part I, Understanding Nursing Management and Organizations; Part II, Key Skills in Nursing Management; Part III, Human Resource Management.
Gives students an understanding of the basic principles of leadership and management, and then outlines the skills that are needed to make effective decisions.
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Leadership and Management in Action exercises—Includes end-of-chapter exercises that relate to the workbook modules and the web site.
Challenges students to explore and apply the concepts of nursing leadership and management.
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Diverse expertise—Presents expertise drawn from management professors in business schools and in private business practice, as well as that of nurse educators and nursing service administrators.
Offers students a well-rounded, multidisciplinary view of leadership and management in nursing.
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Outlines, Objectives, and Overviews—Begins each chapter with a bulleted summary and review questions.
Allows students to focus study and access and understand important points quickly.
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Complete Teaching/Learning Package—Includes a Student Workbook, Instructor's Resource Manual, and Companion Website.
Additional resources for both instructors and students to enhance course content.
New to this Edition
New topics—Includes coverage of retention of nurses, workplace violence prevention, and more.
Keeps students abreast of the latest trends and issues in nursing.
Added coverage of technology—Includes networking among information systems and linking clinical data with information systems.
Enables students to understand the latest technological advances in the field of nursing.
More bulleted lists throughout the chapters.
Aids students by providing easier study tools.
Revamped chapter titles—Reflect real-life activity; do not use pedantic statements to describe the chapter's contents.
Provides students with easy access to quick information, alleviating frustration.
Contents
I. UNDERSTANDING NURSING MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION.
1. Introduction to Nursing Management.
2. How Organizations Are Designed.
3. How Nursing Care Is Delivered.
4. Leading and Managing.
5. Understanding Legal and Ethical Issues.
6. Handling Power and Politics.
II. KEY SKILLS IN NURSING MANAGEMENT.
7. Thinking Critically, Making Decisions, Solving Problems.
8. Communicating Effectively.
9. Handling Conflict.
10. Delegating Successfully.
11. Building and Managing Teams.
12. Budgeting and Managing Resources.
13. Managing and Improving Quality.
14. Using Healthcare Technology Systems.
15. Managing Stress and Time.
16. Initiating and Managing Change.
III. MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES.
17. Handling Staffing and Scheduling.
18. Recruiting and Selecting Staff.
19. Motivating and Developing Staff.
20. Evaluating Staff Performance.
21. Coaching, Disciplining, and Terminating Staff.
22. Reducing Turnover, Retaining Staff.
23. Managing Absenteeism and Other Staff Problems.
24. Collective Bargaining.
Index
Companion Website:
http://www.prenhall.com/sullivan
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