Finkler, Steven A. <br/><br/>
Financial management for nurse managers and executives / 
Steven A. Finkler, Cheryl Bland Jones and  Christine Tassone Kovner 
 - Fourth edition. 
 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :  Elsevier Science,  c2013 
 - xx, 409 pages :  illustrations ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The health care environment -- The role of financial management and nurse leadership in health care organizations -- Key issues in applied economics -- Quality, costs, and financing -- Accounting principles -- Analysis of financial statement information -- Cost management -- Determining health care costs and prices -- Costs and other issues related to recruiting and retaining staff -- Strategic management -- Budgeting concepts -- Operating budgets -- Revenue budgeting -- Performance budgeting -- Controlling operating results -- Variance analysis : examples, extensions, and caveats -- Benchmarking, productivity, and cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis -- Short-term financial resources -- Long-term financial resources -- Forecasting -- The nurse as entrepreneur -- Nursing and financial management : current issues and future directions. 
<br/><br/>    Designed for financial management courses in graduate level nursing programs and for practicing nurses or nurse entrepreneurs who are seeking a better understanding of financial management, this title covers financial topics all nurse managers need to know and use in their roles as managers 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781455700882 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>NURSING SERVICES -- UNITED STATES -- BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT 86.7 .F56 2013