Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing

Eleanor J. Sullivan, Phillip J. Decker

Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005 - Business & Economics - 344 pages

Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing provides users with the necessary skills to make sound management decisions in a dynamic health care environment. Used worldwide, this award-winning book is now offered in an updated, revised edition to reflect the many changes in health care and nursing. KEY TOPICS: Using case studies with a manager¿s checklist, critical thinking questions, key terms, an easy-to-read format, and a link to online instruction for professionals in the field, complete coverage is provided for nurses in the ever-changing health care field--and they have never needed this information more. MARKET: Targeted to both practicing nurses and those in management, this book provides the tools for using the skills presented in each chapter.

Contents

• PART: 1
• Types of Nursing Care Delivery Systems: 32
• Leading and Managing: 43

About the author

Eleanor J. Sullivan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the former dean of the University Kansas School of Nursing and past president of Sigma Theta Tau International. She has served on the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and on the advisory council of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health, among other professional positions. Dr. Sullivan is known for her publications in nursing, including this award-winning textbook, Effective Leadership & Management in Nursing, and most recently, Becoming Influential: A Guide for Nurses from Prentice Hall. Other publications include Creating Nursing's Future: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges and Nursing Care for Clients with Substance Abuse. From 1997 to 2002, she served as editor of the Journal of Professional Nursing, the official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Today Dr. Sullivan is a professional speaker and mystery author. Her first mystery, Twice Dead, features nurse sleuth Monika Everhardt. By showing nursing realistically, she hopes that readers will understand the complexity of nursing care and the skills and knowledge involved in being a nurse. Deadly Diversion, the second book in the series, was recently released by Hilliard & Harris.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing
• Authors: Eleanor J. Sullivan, Phillip J. Decker
• Edition: 6, illustrated
• Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 20, 2008
• ISBN: 0131780948, 9780131780941
• Length: 344 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Leadership; Medical / Administration; Medical / Health Care Delivery; Medical / Nursing / Care Plans; Medical / Nursing / General; Medical / Nursing / Management & Leadership