Effective Nurse: Leader and Manager

By Laura Mai Douglass

This practical text presents both the essentials of nursing management and leadership, and concrete applications of the principles introduced. Topics covered include: managed care and managed competition, case management and outcomes management; change, stress and burnout; team building; legal issues, such as delegating, staffing and nursing error; cultural diversity; the expanding role of nursing; and computers in nursing. Study aids are included, such as behavioural objectives, itemised chapter summaries, questions for study and discussion, and Test Your Knowledge questions. This edition has a peforated workbook section at the end of the text, entitled Critical Thinking Activities, and there is also expanded treatment of public health/community health and home health/visiting nurse services.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815127790
• ISBN13: 9780815127796
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Mosby Inc
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary

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Core Collection for Nursing Libraries

Selected by Brandon & Hill (Nursing Outlook, March-April, 1996) as one of best books for small nursing and medical libraries.