Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trends shaping nursing leadership : implications for education and practice -- Concepts and theories guiding professional practice -- Emotionally intelligent leadership in nursing and healthcare organizations -- Ethical nurse leadership -- Change, complexity, and creativity -- Collaborative decision making and communication : skills and practices -- Organizational structure and analysis -- Human resource development : recruitment, retention, and managing conflict -- Strategic planning and management -- Staffing and scheduling -- Budgeting principles for nurse managers -- Managing the process of care delivery -- Information management and technology -- Health policy, laws, and regulatory issues -- Risk management and legal issues -- Tools for evaluating operations and care delivery systems -- Quality management -- Performance appraisal -- The professional nursing staff educator -- Building a portfolio for academic and clinical partnership -- Transformational leadership and evidence-based management in a changing world -- Creating a culture of magnetism -- Managing a culturally diverse workforce.

This book organized around the scope and standards for nurse administrators, American organization of nurse executive competencies, the American nurses credentialing Center's "Forces of Magnetesim", and current trends in Healthcare Management and leadership.