- Serves as a compass to guide the nurses towards the development of essential leadership skills that align with the ever-changing demands of healthcare institutions and organizations.
- Illuminates the unique roles played by national regulatory bodies and national-level nursing associations.
- Covers all the important aspects of Nursing management with the latest updates.
- Flowsheets and diagrams make it simpler and easier to comprehend.
- The Challenge opens each chapter with a real-world scenario in which practising nurse leaders/managers offer personal stories, encouraging you to think about how you would handle the situation.
- The Solution closes each chapter with an effective method to handle the real-life situation presented in The Challenge, demonstrating the ins and outs of problem-solving in practice.
- Tips for Leading, Managing, and Following offer practical guidelines for applying the information in each chapter.
- Next-Generation NCLEX� case studies familiarize you with these new testing items for the NGN exam.
- AACN Essentials Core Competencies for Nursing Education outlines the necessary curriculum content and expected competencies of nursing graduates.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Overview1. Leading, managing, and following
2. Quality and safety
3. Ethical and legal issues in nursing
4. Toward justice
5. Healthy workplaces, healthy workforce
6. Translating research into practice
Part 2: Know yourself
7. Gaining personal insight: being an effective follower and leader
8. Communication and conflict
Part 3: Know the organization
9. Healthcare organizations and structures
10. Person-centered care
11. Staffing and scheduling
12. Workforce engagement through collective action and governance
13. Solving problems and influencing positive outcomes
14. Delegating: authority, accountability, and responsibility in delegation decisions
15. Effecting change, large and small
16. Building effective teams
Part 4: Use your skills
17. The impact of technology
18. Artificial intelligence
19. Managing Costs and Budgets
20. Selecting, developing, and evaluating staff
21. Managing personal and personnel problems
Part 5: Prepare for the future
22. Role transition
23. Managing your career
24. Developing leaders, managers, and followers
25. Thriving for the future