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

Previous ed.: 2009.

Includes Internet access.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1.The critical Triad: decisionmaking, management, and leadership -- 1.Decision making, problem solving, and critical thinking: requisites for successful leadership and management -- 3.Classical view of leadership and management -- 3.Twenty-first century thinking about leadership and management -- Unit II.Foundation for effective leadership and management: ethics, law and advocacy -- 4.Ethical issues -- 5.Legal and legislative issues -- 6.Patient, subordiante, and professional advocacy -- Unit III.Roles and functions in planning -- 7.Strategic and operational planning -- 8.Planned change -- 9.Time management -- 10.Fiscal planning -- 11.Career development: from new graduate to retirement -- Unit IV.Roles and functions in organizing -- 12.Organizational structure -- 13.Organizational, political, and personal power -- 14.Organizing patient care -- Unit V.Roles and funcitons in staffing -- 15.Employee recrutiment, selection, placement, and indoctrinatio -- 16.Socializing and educating staff for team builindg in a learning organization -- 17.Staffing needs and scheduling policies -- Unit V.Roles and functions in directing -- 18.Creating a motivating climate -- 19.Organizational, interpersonal, and group communication -- 20.Delegation -- 21.Managing conflict -- 22.Collective bargaining, unionization, and employment laws -- Unit VII.Roles and functions in controlling -- 24.Performance appraisal -- 25.Problem employees: rule breakers, marginal employees, and the chemically or psychologically impaired.

Now in its seventh edition, this nursing leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving and decision making. The book includes nearly 250 exercises.