Includes glossary and index.

1. Change and innovation -- 2. Becoming a professional nurse -- 3. The person of the leader : the capacity to lead -- 4. Conflict skills for clinical leaders -- 5. Staffing, scheduling and patient care assignments : models, components and measures of effectiveness -- 6. Principles of ethical decision making -- 7.Team leadership : the foundation of practice partnership -- 8. Resources for healthcare excellence -- 9. Navigating the care network : creating the context for professional practice -- 10. Managing your career : a lifetime of opportunities and obligations -- 11. Policy, legislation, licensing, and professional nurse roles -- 13. Overcoming the uneven table : negotiating the white waters of the profession -- 14. Accountability and ownership : the centerpiece of professional practice --15. Integrating learning : applying the practices of leadership.

In this time a significant health transformation and reform, it is exciting to write a text on leadership. Because of the dynamic nature of leadership and the shifting sands of transformation it is difficult to maintain currency provided to the learner.