Servant Leadership in Nursing: Spirituality and Practice in Contemporary Health Care

Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, O'Brien

Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Jan 29, 2010 - Medical - 356 pages

Servant Leadership in Nursing: Spirituality and Practice in Contemporary Health Care embraces the philosophy that a true leader, in any venue, must be a servant of those he or she leads. This text includes current information on the relevance of servant leadership for nurses practicing in a health care setting with extensive literature review on leadership in nursing and healthcare as well as on servant leadership. This unique text also includes many powerful and poignant perceptions and experiences of servant leadership elicited in tape-recorded interviews with 75 nursing leaders currently practicing in the contemporary healthcare system.

Contents

• THE NURSES VOCATION OF CARING: 1
• A TRADITION OF SERVICE: 29
• 3 THE BIBLICAL ROOTS OF THE NURSES CALL TO SERVE: 59
• 4 NURSINGS CALL TO SERVANT LEADERSHIP: 87
• 5 A MODEL OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP FOR NURSING: 125
• 6 SERVANT LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY NURSING: 219
• 7 SERVANT LEADERSHIP IN THE HEALTHCARE SETTING: 291
• 8 THE SPIRITUALITY OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP IN NURSING: 327
• INDEX: 343

Bibliographic information

• Title: Servant Leadership in Nursing: Spirituality and Practice in Contemporary Health Care
• Authors: Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, O'Brien
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2010
• ISBN: 1449611001, 9781449611002
• Length: 356 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine; Medical / Health Care Delivery; Medical / Holistic Medicine; Medical / Nursing / Management & Leadership; Medical / Physician & Patient