Effective leadership and management in nursing / Eleanor J. Sullivan, PhD, RN, FAAN.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 : Understanding nursing management and organizations. Introducing nursing management -- Designing organizations -- Delivering nursing care -- Leading, managing, following -- Initiating and managing change -- Managing and improving quality -- Understanding legal and ethical issues -- Understanding power and politics -- Part 2 : Learning key skills in nursing management. Thinking critically, making decisions, solving problems -- Communicating effectively -- Delegating successfully -- Building and managing teams -- Handling conflict -- Managing time -- Part 3 : Managing resources. Budgeting and managing fiscal resources -- Recruiting and selecting staff -- Staffing and scheduling -- Motivating and developing staff -- Evaluating staff performance -- Feedback and coaching, disciplining, and terminating staff -- Managing absenteeism, reducing turnover, retaining staff -- Dealing with disruptive staff problems -- Preparing for emergencies -- Preventing workplace violence -- Handling collective bargaining issues -- Part 4 : Taking care of yourself. Managing stress -- Advancing your career -- Part 5 : Looking to the future. Imagining the future.

The essential information and key skills nurses need to become effective managers and leaders more than ever before, today's rapidly changing, volatile healthcare environment demands highly developed management skills and superb leadership. Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing will help both practicing and student nurses manage successfully today, as well as into the future. This book combines practicality with conceptual understanding, tapping expertise of contributors from many relevant disciplines, especially healthcare management professionals. Updated to reflect the current state of healthcare, the 9th edition offers new or expanded coverage of the Affordable Care Act; evolving models of healthcare; cultural and gender diversity; quality management; emotional leadership; social media; harassing, bullying, and lack of civility in healthcare; emergency preparedness for terrorism, disasters, and mass shootings; and prevention of workplace violence. Two new chapters round out this award-winning text: "Understanding Legal and Ethical Issues" and "Imagining the Future."