Includes index.

1.What is leadership? -- 2.What is management? -- 3.Leadership versus management -- 4.A positive definition of power -- 5.Accountability in nursing leadership -- 6.What is communication? -- 7.Communication skills -- 8.Decision-making and time management tools -- 9.Change management skills -- 10.Conflict resolution skills -- 11.Team building skills -- 12.Managing first-line patient care -- 13.Strategic thinking to improve patient care (including evidence-based care) -- 14.Managing patient care and outcomes through improving organization quality -- 15.Managing and supporting excellence in staff performance -- 16.Nurses as professional leaders inside and outside the health care organization -- 17.Current healthcare environment (and into the future) -- 18.Nursing leaders influencing politics and acting as patient advocates -- 19.Nursing leadership and collective bargaining -- 20.Delegation -- 21.Current and future opportunities for nurse leaders --22.Legal aspects of nursing leadership --23.Ethical issues in nursing leadership -- 24.Ten ways to become a leader.

Nursing Leadership and Management: A Practical Guide provides brief yet wide-ranging content on core leadership and management principles and applications. Written by an experienced leader in the nursing profession, the book addresses the challenges you face today in your interpersonal and therapeutic relationships. Current trends, such as the rise of the nurse entrepreneur and the use of magnet hospitals, are presented in a concise, inexpensive, and easy-to-understand format. Key terms, summary points, review questions, and critical thinking questions help you review and retain information. This compact, self-paced resource covers the same broad content areas as larger texts, but in a more succinct, economical, and logical format