Library Catalog
Summary
This book is intended for all courses in leadership or management in nursing. It teaches core competencies that help each student think like a nurse. Leadership and Management for Nurses: Core Competencies for Quality Care 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. Reflecting the Institute of Medicine's influential framework, the book emphasizes five core competencies: providing patient-centered care; working in interdisciplinary teams; employing evidence-based practice; applying quality improvement; and utilizing informatics. Two entirely new chapters examine critical issues in healthcare delivery today. Expanded end-of-chapter Applying Leadership and Management features encourage students to think like nurses as they hone their clinical-reasoning skills, apply competencies, and engage with the content
Call Number
RT 89 .F527 2016
Edition
3rd ed.
Publication
BOSTON MASS : PEARSON, 2016
Description
p.511 ; cm.
Subjects
Leadership, Nurse Administrators, Interprofessional Relations, Nursing, Supervisory
Contents and Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. Conceptual base for leadership and management -- Health care policy, legal issues, and ethics in health care delivery -- Operational and strategic planning : change, innovation, and decision-making -- Organizational structure for effective care delivery -- Health care economics -- Acute care organizations : an example of a health care organization -- Publiccommunity health : expansion and need for leadership -- Recruitment and retention: meeting staffing requirements -- Managing patient-centered care -- Diversity and disparities in health care -- Consumers and nurses -- Developing interprofessional and intraprofessional teams -- Improving teamwork : collaboraration, coordination, and conflict resolution -- Effective staff communication and working relationships -- Delegation for effective outcomes -- Evidence-based practice and management -- Health care quality : a critical health policy issue -- Implementation of health care quality improvement -- Healthcare informatics and technology -- Staff education to meet health professions core competencies and improve care.
Authors and Contributors
Finkelman, Anita
System ID
2cc6502c7f
ISBN
9780134056982
Authors and Contributors
Finkelman, Anita
Forms and Genres
Book
Non-Fiction
Subjects
Leadership
Nurse Administrators
Interprofessional Relations
Nursing
Supervisory