Chapter 20 Confronting the Nursing Shortage Linda L. Workman http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ DEFINITIONS A nursing shortage is a condition in which the delicate balance of nurse supply and nurse demand is not…
Chapter 22 Budgeting, Productivity, and Costing Out Nursing Mary Ellen Murray http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ National Health Expenditures (NHEs) are a measure of spending for health care in the United States. In 1998,…
Chapter 13 Organizational Structure Raquel M. Meyer http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ Structure refers to the arrangement of the parts within a larger whole. Organizations are entities that contain groupings which consolidate smaller elements…
Chapter 10 Power and Conflict Kathleen B. Cox http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ POWER For many nurses, power has had a negative connotation. With major issues and challenges facing the health care delivery system…
Chapter 4 Critical Thinking and Decision-Making Skills Betsy Frank http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ In an era of changing reimbursements, value based purchasing, and expanded roles for nursing in the health care delivery system,…
Chapter 21 Staffing and Scheduling Sharon Eck Birmingham, Beth Pickard and Lori Carson http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ Nurse staffing methodology should be an orderly, systematic process, based upon sound rationale, applied to determine…
Chapter 7 Communication Leadership Diane L. Huber http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ Communication is a process in which information, perception, and understanding are transmitted from person to person. As an integral part of any…
Chapter 12 Case and Population Health Management Diane L. Huber http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ It appears that we are in the midst of a care delivery revolution: the radical shift from an acute…
Chapter 23 Performance Appraisal Lynne S. Nemeth http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ Managing the performance of people is an important organizational strategy designed to exceed expectations of consumers in today’s competitive health care environment….
