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Leadership in nursing / Colleen Wedderburn Tate ; foreword by Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe illustrations by Martin Davies.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1999.Description: xi, 229p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780443060069 (pbk.) :
  • 9780443060069
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1730684 TAT
LOC classification:
  • RT89
Contents:
1. Leaders R us-- Do you know the way to San Jose?; Choices and dilemmas; Focused action; Nothing succeeds like failure; what\'s in it for me? - or the WIIFM factor in leadership; Take me away from it all; Ethics and emotion in leadership - transformational leadership or \'eating elephants\'; advantages of leadership.--2. Born to lead-- Willing to servee - Mary jane Seacole; a room is not a home - Anne Smith; A cruel pratice - Lisbeth Morganau; Baby love - Dr. Lynda Randolph; One man and his mill - Aaron Feuerstein; Only a pleb - Alison Mennie; Could it be you? 3. Theorizing about leaders and leadership-- Support your local leader; the downside - I want to go home; Humanness and emotion- -fit for purpose?; Watching and learning; Star Trek captains do it in deep space; Time out; Reading about leadership versus doing it; Nurses as leaders; Leading and language--4. Theory and practice--5. So you want to be a leader?--Made to measure; Characteristics of effective lkeaders;Over to you; Finally, some tips on getting support--6. 11 things you might not know about effective leaders--1. Leaders do not walk on water;2. Leaders take lots of holidays;7. The trouble with leaders--8. Why leaders fail--9. Leaders as transformers--10. The 10 steps of leadership--11. Nurse leaders for the 21st century--12. Diverse leaders; non-corporate models of leadership--13. So what?
Summary: This work examines leadership in nursing. It looks at why people choose to lead, the theory and practice of leadership, and how it is possible to create better leaders. The book also speculates about nurses and leadership in the 21st century.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.1730684 TAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 115219
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.1730684 TAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127505
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.1730684 TAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127500
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.1730684 TAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127495
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 362.1730684 TAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127504
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.1730684 TAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 121594

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Leaders R us-- Do you know the way to San Jose?; Choices and dilemmas; Focused action; Nothing succeeds like failure; what\'s in it for me? - or the WIIFM factor in leadership; Take me away from it all; Ethics and emotion in leadership - transformational leadership or \'eating elephants\'; advantages of leadership.--2. Born to lead-- Willing to servee - Mary jane Seacole; a room is not a home - Anne Smith; A cruel pratice - Lisbeth Morganau; Baby love - Dr. Lynda Randolph; One man and his mill - Aaron Feuerstein; Only a pleb - Alison Mennie; Could it be you? 3. Theorizing about leaders and leadership-- Support your local leader; the downside - I want to go home; Humanness and emotion- -fit for purpose?; Watching and learning; Star Trek captains do it in deep space; Time out; Reading about leadership versus doing it; Nurses as leaders; Leading and language--4. Theory and practice--5. So you want to be a leader?--Made to measure; Characteristics of effective lkeaders;Over to you; Finally, some tips on getting support--6. 11 things you might not know about effective leaders--1. Leaders do not walk on water;2. Leaders take lots of holidays;7. The trouble with leaders--8. Why leaders fail--9. Leaders as transformers--10. The 10 steps of leadership--11. Nurse leaders for the 21st century--12. Diverse leaders; non-corporate models of leadership--13. So what?

This work examines leadership in nursing. It looks at why people choose to lead, the theory and practice of leadership, and how it is possible to create better leaders. The book also speculates about nurses and leadership in the 21st century.

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