Leadership and management in nursing / Anita W. Finkelman.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Finkelman, Anita Ward
Language:	English
Published:	Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:	Nursing services > Administration. Leadership. Nurse Administrators. Nursing, Supervisory.
Online Access:	Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:	xvii, 556 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

SECTION I: LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING: Conceptual base for leadership and management
Change and decision making
Keys to working with others: collaboration, coordination, and conflict resolution
Effective staff communication and working relationships
SECTION II: DELIVERY SYSTEMS/NURSING MODELS: Organizational structure for effective care delivery
Acute care organizations: an example of a health care organization
Teamwork and motivation
Delegation for the staff nurse
Tools to manage and evaluate
SECTION III: LEGISLATION/REGULATION/POLICY: Health care policy, legal issues, and ethics in health care delivery
Consumers and nurses
SECTION IV: RECRUITMENT/RETENTION: Recruitment and retention: meeting staffing requirements
SECTION V: NURSING/PROFESSIONAL CULTURE: Keys to professional success
SECTION VI: ECONOMIC VALUE: Health care financial issues
SECTION VII: WORK ENVIRONMENT: Technology and health care
Health care quality improvement and safety
SECTION VIII: DIVERSITY: Putting it all together: the culture of the organization.