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Leadership roles and management functions in nursing : theory and application / Bessie L. Marquis, Carol J. Huston.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009.Edition: 6th edDescription: xviii, 654 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780781772464 (pbk.) :
  • 078177246X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.173068 MAR
LOC classification:
  • RT89 .M387 2009
Contents:
Unit 1: The critical triad: Decision making, management and leadership:- 1. Decision making, problem solving and critical thinking: Requisites for successful leadership and management--2. Classical views of leadership and management--3. Twenty-first century thinking about leadership and management--Unit11: Foundation for effective ladership and management: ethics, law and advocacy:- 4. ~Ethical issues--5. Legal and legislative issues--6. Patient,subordinate and professional advocacy--Unit 111: Roles and functions in planning:- 7. Operational and strategic planning--8. Planned change--9. Time management--10. Fiscal planning--11. Career Development: From new graduate to retirement--Unit IV: Roles and functions in organising:- 12. Organizational structures--13. Understanding organizational, political and personal power--14. Organizing patient care--Unit V: Roles and functions in staffing:-15. Employee recruitment, selection, Placement and indoctrination--16. Socializing and educating staff for team building--17. Staffing needs and scheduling policies--Unit VI: Roles and functions in directing:-18. Creating a motivating climate--19. Organizational, interpersonal and group communication--20. Delegation--21. Managing conflict--22. Understanding collective bargaining, unionization and employment laws--Unit VII: Roles and functions in controlling:- 23. Quality control--24. Performance appraisal--25. Problem employees: Rule breakers, marginal employees and the chemically or Psychologically impaired.
Summary: Now in its sixth edition, this nursing leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. Included are nearly 250 exercises.
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Includes Internet access.

Previous ed.: Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1: The critical triad: Decision making, management and leadership:- 1. Decision making, problem solving and critical thinking: Requisites for successful leadership and management--2. Classical views of leadership and management--3. Twenty-first century thinking about leadership and management--Unit11: Foundation for effective ladership and management: ethics, law and advocacy:- 4. ~Ethical issues--5. Legal and legislative issues--6. Patient,subordinate and professional advocacy--Unit 111: Roles and functions in planning:- 7. Operational and strategic planning--8. Planned change--9. Time management--10. Fiscal planning--11. Career Development: From new graduate to retirement--Unit IV: Roles and functions in organising:- 12. Organizational structures--13. Understanding organizational, political and personal power--14. Organizing patient care--Unit V: Roles and functions in staffing:-15. Employee recruitment, selection, Placement and indoctrination--16. Socializing and educating staff for team building--17. Staffing needs and scheduling policies--Unit VI: Roles and functions in directing:-18. Creating a motivating climate--19. Organizational, interpersonal and group communication--20. Delegation--21. Managing conflict--22. Understanding collective bargaining, unionization and employment laws--Unit VII: Roles and functions in controlling:- 23. Quality control--24. Performance appraisal--25. Problem employees: Rule breakers, marginal employees and the chemically or Psychologically impaired.

Now in its sixth edition, this nursing leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. Included are nearly 250 exercises.

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