Whitehead, Diane K.

Essentials of nursing leadership and management / Diane K. Whitehead, Sally A. Weiss and Ruth M. Tappen - Fourth Edition - Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, c2007. - xiii, 328 pages : figures and tables ; 26 cm.

Includes index.

pt. 1. Leading and managing --Leadership and followership --Manager --Nursing practice and the law --Questions of value and ethics --Organizations, power, and empowerment --pt. 2. Working within the organization --Getting people to work together --Dealing with problems and conflicts --People and the process of change --Delegation of client care --Managing client care -- Time management --pt. 3. Professional issues --The workplace --Work-related stress and burnout --Your nursing career --Nursing yesterday and today --Epilogue: Nursing today --Appendix 1: Code of ethics for nurses --Appendix 2: Standards published by the American Nurses Association --Appendix 3: National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing Resolution: Differentiated Nursing Practice (N-OADN) --Appendix 4: Guidelines for the registered nurse in giving, accepting, or rejecting a work assignment.

Includes coverage of contemporary workplace issues, including agency nurses and staff shortages. This work is aimed at novice faculty looking for teaching strategies applicable to students.

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Leadership
Nursing services--Administration

RT89 / W59 2007