Nursing leadership and management
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: Patricia L. Carroll.
Publisher: Thomson/Delmar Learning
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Nursing services -- Administration.; Leadership.; Leadership -- Handbooks.; Nursing, Supervisory -- Handbooks.; Nurse's Role -- Handbooks.; Nursing Care -- organization & administration -- Handbooks.; Personnel Management -- Handbooks.
Genres: Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What is leadership?; title: What is management?; title: Leadership vs. management; title: A positive definition of power; title: Accountability in nursing leadership; title: What is communication?; title: Communication skills; title: Decision-making and time management skills; title: Change management skills; title: Conflict resolution skills; title: Team building skills; title: Managing first-line patient care; title: Strategic thinking to improve patient care outcomes; title: Managing patient care and outcomes through improving; title: Organization quality; title: Managing and supporting excellence in staff performance; title: Nurses as professional leaders inside and outside the health care organization; title: The current healthcare climate and into the future; title: Nursing leaders influencing politics and acting as patient advocates; title: Nursing leadership and collective bargaining; title: Delegation; title: Current and future opportunities for nurse leaders; title: Legal aspects of nursing leadership; title: Ethical issues in nursing leadership; title: Top ten ways to become a nursing leader.