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 -- Public/community 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.
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. - Publisher.
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