Leadership and management for nurses - core competencies for quality care

Conceptual based for leadership management; healthcare policy, legal issues, and ethics in healthcare delivery; Operational and strategic planning: change, innovation, and decision making; organizational structure and effective delivery; healthcare economics; acute care organization: an example of a healthcare organization; public/community health: expansion and the need for leadership; recruitment and retention: meeting stafing requirements; managing patient-centerd care; diversity and disparities in health care; consumers and nurses; developing interprofessional and intraprofessional teams; improving teamwork: collaboration, coordination, and conflict resolution; effective staff communication and working relationships; delegation for effective outcomes; evidence-based practice and management; healthcare quality: a critical health policy issue; implementing healthcare quality improvement; healthcare informatics and technology; staff education to meet health professions core competencies and improve care; appendix A; appendix B

Leadership and Management for Nurses: Core Competencies for Quality Care is designed for all courses in leadership or management in nursing. It also serves as a refresher for topics and issues previously covered in nursing school, while also addressing issues that nurses will face in their new professional practice. This book is an excellent resource for professionals in the nursing field and is also a perfect fit for an RN-to-BSN Leadership and Management course.