Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application (10th Edition)

Description

Awarded Second place in the 2020 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Nursing Management and Leadership Category and selected by Doody’s as a Core Title in Administration/Management

The best-selling leadership and management text available for nursing education programs, Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application, 10th Edition, combines the latest evidence-based content and a proven experiential approach to prepare students for success as they advance to join the professional nursing workforce.

Robust coverage and hundreds of active learning exercises help students overcome the temporary disadvantage of a lack of real-world leadership experience and meet the demands of today’s challenging, ever-changing healthcare system. From managing conflict and working collaboratively to organizing patient care and staffing, students vicariously experience the responsibilities of mid- and top-level nursing managers and hone their critical-thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills before entering high-stakes clinical settings.

This landmark 10th Edition reflects the most current practices and clinical priorities in nursing leadership and management, including updated coverage of quality and safety, the influence and use of technology, workplace violence, change management and more. An array of accompanying student and instructor resources helps you make the most of your course and ensure students’ success throughout their nursing education.

• Updated content equips students with the latest clinical practices and perspectives in quality and safety, the influence and use of technology, healthy workplaces, workplace violence/incivility, quality measurement/benchmarking, healthcare reform/reimbursement, change management, interprofessional teams and more.
• New evidence-based case studies prepare students to confidently address the growing opioid crisis.
• More than 280 learning exercises challenge students to apply concepts to a range of practice situations and healthcare settings.
• Examining the Evidence features in each chapter familiarize students with new research findings, evidence-based practice and best practices in leadership and management.
• Break-Out Comments reinforce key ideas at a glance.
• Content Crosswalks tie chapter content to the latest AACN, AONL, QSEN and ANA standards and competencies to clarify and emphasize clinical relevance.
• A detailed instructor’s manual on thePoint helps you make the most of the active learning exercises in your classroom.

Key Features

• Examining the Evidence, appearing in each chapter, depicts new research findings, evidence-based practice, and best practices in leadership and management.
•  Learning Exercises interspersed throughout each chapter foster readers’ critical-thinking skills and promote interactive discussions. Additional learning exercises are also presented at the end of each chapter for further study and discussion.
• Breakout Comments are highlighted throughout each chapter, visually reinforcing key ideas.
• Tables, displays, figures, and illustrations are liberally supplied throughout the text to reinforce learning as well as to help clarify complex information.
• Key Concepts summarize important information within every chapter.

Table of contents

1. Unit I : The Critical Triad: Decision Making, Management, and Leadership
   1. Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for Successful Leadership and Management
   2. Chapter 2: Classical Views of Leadership and Management
   3. Chapter 3: Twenty-First-Century Thinking About Leadership and Management
2. Unit II: Foundation for Effective Leadership and Management: Ethics, Law, and Advocacy
   1. Chapter 4: Ethical Issues
   2. Chapter 5: Legal and Legislative Issues
   3. Chapter 6: Patient, Subordinate, Workplace, and Professional Advocacy
3. Unit III: Roles and Functions in Planning
   1. Chapter 7: Organization Planning
   2. Chapter 8: Planned Change
   3. Chapter 9: Time Management
   4. Chapter 10: Fiscal Planning and Health-Care Reimbursement
   5. Chapter 11: Career Planning and Development in Nursing
4. Unit IV: Roles and Functions in Organizing
   1. Chapter 12: Organization Structure
   2. Chapter 13: Organization, Political, and Personal Power
   3. Chapter 14: Organizing Patient Care
5. Unit V: Roles and Functions in Staffing
   1. Chapter 15: Employee Recruitment, Selection, Placement, and Indoctrination
   2. Chapter 16: Educating and Socializing Staff in a Learning Organization
   3. Chapter 17: Staffing Needs and Scheduling Policies
6. Unit VI: Roles and Functions in Directing
   1. Chapter 18: Creating a Motivating Climate
   2. Chapter 19: Organization, Interpersonal, and Group Communication in Team Building
   3. Chapter 20: Delegation
   4. Chapter 21: Conflict, Workplace Violence, and Negotiations
   5. Chapter 22: Collective Bargaining, Unionization, and Employment Laws
7. Unit VII: Roles and Functions in Controlling
   1. Chapter 23: Quality Control in Creating a Culture of Patient Safety
   2. Chapter 24: Performance Appraisal
   3. Chapter 25: Problem Employees: Rule Breakers, Marginal Employees, and the Chemically or Psychologically Impaired
8. Appendix Solutions to Selected Learning Exercises
9. Index

Authors Biography

Bessie L. Marquis

Carol Huston