Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing
ISBN: 9780135142639 | 0135142636
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 7/25/2008
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Completely updated in a new edition,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 a revised seventh 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 ... MORE
| Understanding Nursing Management And Organizations | |
| Introducing Nursing Management | |
| Designing Organizations | |
| Delivering Nursing Care | |
| Leading, Managing, Following | |
| Initiating and Implementing Change | |
| Managing and Improving Quality | |
| Understanding Power And Politics | |
| Learning Key Skills In Nursing Management | |
| T... MORE | |
| Communicating Effectively | |
| Delegating Successfully | |
| Building And Managing Teams | |
| Handling Conflict | |
| Managing Time | |
| Managing Resources | |
| Budgeting And Managing Fiscal Resources | |
| Recruiting And Selecting Staff | |
| Staffing and Scheduling | |
| Motivating And Developing Staff | |
| Evaluating Staff Performance | |
| Coaching, Disciplining, and Terminating Staff | |
| Reducing Turnover, Retaining Staff | |
| Managing Absenteeism and Other Staff Problems | |
| Preventing Workplace Violence | |
| Handling Collective-Bargaining Issues | |
| Taking Care Of Yourself | |
| Managing Stress | |
| Advancing Your Career | |
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Eleanor J. Sullivan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the former dean of the University of Kansas School of Nursing, past president of Sigma Theta Tau International, and editor of the Journal of Professional Nursing. She has served on the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, testified before the U. S. Senate, served on a National Institutes of Health council, presented papers to international audiences, been quoted in Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Rolling Stone Magazine, and named “Who’s Who in Health Care” by Kansas City Business Journal. She earned nursing degrees from St. Louis Community College, St. Louis University, and Southern Illinois University and holds a PhD from St. Louis University.
Dr. Sullivan is known for her publications in nursing, including this award-winning textbook, Effective Leadership & Management in Nursing, and Becoming Influential: A Guide for Nurses from Prentice Hall. Other publications include Creating Nursing’s Future: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges and Nursing Care for Clients with Substance Abuse.
Today Dr. Sullivan is a professional speaker and mystery author. Her mystery series (Twice Dead, Deadly Diversion, Assumed Dead) features nurse sleuth Monika Everhardt. By showing nursing realistically, she hopes that readers will understand the complexity of nursing care and the skills and knowledge involved in being a nurse.
Learn more at www.EleanorSullivan.com
