Beyond leading and managing : nursing administration for the future / Patricia S. Yoder-Wise and Karren Kowalski

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Leading for the future -- Transforming professional practice environments: the magnet recognition program -- Journey to excellence: the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award -- Theories that guide administrators -- Fostering legal and ethical practices -- Forecasting: providing direction to success -- Leaders and development of the self -- Developing a culture of caring, learning, and service -- Communication and the leader -- Leadership and creating teams -- Leadership and coaching -- Advancing with technology -- Building the business of nursing services: marketing to and for the community and the profession -- Financial leadership and the chief nursing officer -- Creating a culture for promoting nursing research and clinical scholarship -- Working with human resources to develop a strategic partnership -- Governing and being governed -- Creating relationships and working with physicians and service leaders -- Working with regulatory and accrediting bodies -- The chief nursing officer as the chief operating officer -- Creating leadership succession -- Emerging and high-stake issues of the workforce -- The chief nursing officer and the external world -- Appendix A: Leadership and management concepts: a brief overview -- Appendix B: Additional references.

Focuses on real life stories and anecdotes about the practice of nursing administration. This title highlights key information such as advanced administrative theory, financial decisions, quality control, working with external groups and individuals, planning strategically, and creating new opportunities within the profession.