Effective leadership and management in nursing / Eleanor J. Sullivan

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Understanding nursing management and organizations -- Introducing nursing management -- Designing organizations -- Delivering nursing care -- Leading, managing, following -- Initiating and managing change -- Managing and improving quality -- Understanding power and politics -- Part 2 Learning key skills in nursing management -- Thinking critically, making decisions, solving problems -- Communicating effectively -- Delegating successfully -- Building and managing teams -- Handling conflict -- Managing time -- Part 3 Managing resources -- Budgeting and managing fiscal resources -- Recruiting and selecting staff -- Staffing and scheduling -- Motivating and developing staff -- Evaluating staff performance -- Coaching, disciplining, and terminating staff -- Managing absennteeism, reducing turnover, retaining staff -- Dealing with disruptive staff problems -- Preparing for emergencies -- Preventing workplace violence -- Handling collective bargaining issues -- Part 4 Taking care of yourself -- Managing stress --

This book will help both practicing and student nurses manage successfully in today's challenging, resource-limited healthcare environments. The most up-to-date learning package for nurses who intend to manage, this book combines practicality with conceptual understanding, tapping expertise of contributors from many relevant disciplines.