Leadership roles and management functions in nursing
Subtitle: theory and application
By: Bessie L. Marquis, Carol J. Huston.
Contributors: Huston, Carol Jorgensen.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 654
ISBN-13: 9780781772464
Subjects: Nursing services -- Administration; Leadership; Leadership; Nursing, Supervisory; Nurse Administrators; Nursing -- organization & administration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Decision making, problem solving, and critical thinking : requisites for successful leadership and management; title: Classical views of leadership and management; title: Twenty-first century thinking about leadership and management; title: Ethical issues; title: Legal and legislative issues; title: Patient, subordinate, and professional advocacy; title: Operational and strategic planning; title: Planned change; title: Time management; title: Fiscal planning; title: Career development : from new graduate to retirement; title: Organizational structure; title: Understanding organizational, political, and personal power; title: Organizing patient care; title: Employee recruitment, selection, placement, and indoctrination; title: Socializing and educating staff for team building; title: Staffing needs and scheduling policies; title: Creating a motivating climate; title: Organizational, interpersonal, and group communication; title: Delegation; title: Managing conflict; title: Understanding collective bargaining, unionization, and employment laws; title: Quality control; title: Performance appraisal; title: Problem employees : rule breakers, marginal employees, and the chemically or psychologically impaired.