Creative Nursing Leadership and Management

Softbook: 477 pages
ISBN 0763749761
978-0763749767
Jones and Bartlett
February 2008
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Creative Nursing Leadership and Management provides relevant theory and ties it to practice by allowing learners to use critical thinking activities in a safe classroom environment. The book focuses on:

creating leadership opportunities and creative solutions;
using information technology;
managing resources and change;
delegation and succession: developing staff; and
creative political, legal, ethical, effective, and safe interventions to keep staff engaged.

You may view a sample of this book here: Part 1 – Theories of Leadership and Management. Key Features include:

Chapter behavioral objectives for both beginning and more advanced learners
Research Boxes summarizing relevant studies
Leadership in Action case studies making theory come to life
Leadership Challenge questions encouraging in-class discussion
Leadership Tips that show readers how to apply theory in actual leadership situations
Leadership Exercises featuring small group, simulated and role playing situations
Web links, key terms and definitions, and key summary points
Test and discussion questions
Leaders Speak, a special section featuring real-life nurses sharing their secrets about becoming creative nursing leaders

Carolyn Chambers Clark, EdD, ARNP has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing since 1980. Her dissertation dealt with the use of simulation gaming as a teaching and leadership tool. She Founded and Served as Director of The Wellness Institute from 1980 to 1995 and Editor of The Wellness Newsletter, which is still available as a monthly ezine. She was founding editor of a health care journal and editor-in-chief of an encyclopedia of health practice. She is author of 23 nursing and or health-related books and hundreds of articles. She has taught nursing leadership at four universities and been a consultant and conducted workshops for thousands of nursing educators and leaders.

The book fully covers these topics:

Theories of Leadership and Management
- Theories and Styles of Leadership
- Theories and Styles of Management
Basic Skills to Creatively Lead and Manage
- Role Transitioning
- Managing Stress
- Managing Time
- Critical Thinking
- Communicating Effectively
- Managing Conflict
- Delegating
- Acting Legally, Ethically and Politically
Advanced Skills Needed to Creatively Lead and Manage
- Motivating and Team Building
- Budgeting and Managing Resources
- Demonstrating Effectiveness and Quality Care
- Managing Change and Innovating
- Using Information Technology
Creatively Managing Human Resources
- Staffing and Retaining Staff
- Recruiting and Interviewing
- Establishing a Healthy Environment
- Developing Staff
- Evaluating Staff Performance and Insuring Quality
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Reducing Workplace Violence
- Planning Succession
Nursing Leaders Speak

(information from the publisher)

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