Developing the Role of Leader
CHAPTER 3 Developing the Role of Leader Michael L. Evans This chapter focuses on leadership and its value in advancing the profession of nursing. Leadership development is explained with examples…
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Patient Safety
CHAPTER 2 Patient Safety Patricia S. Yoder-Wise In any discipline, most practitioners think of a leader as someone with positional authority. Terms such as manager, director, chief, and leader convey…
Staffing and Scheduling
CHAPTER 14 Staffing and Scheduling Susan Sportsman This chapter explores research regarding the relationship between nurse staffing and various nurse and patient outcomes. It discusses the interrelationship between the personnel…
Legal and Ethical Issues
CHAPTER 5 Legal and Ethical Issues Ginny Wacker Guido This chapter highlights and explains key legal and ethical issues as they pertain to managing and leading. Nurse practice acts, negligence…
Cultural Diversity in Health Care
CHAPTER 9 Cultural Diversity in Health Care Karen A. Esquibel and Dorothy A. Otto This chapter focuses on the importance of cultural considerations for patients and staff. Although it does…
Quality and Safety
Chapter 17 Quality and Safety Luc R. Pelletier http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ In this era of health care reform, accountability is taking center stage. Health care quality and safety principles and practices form…
Leadership and Management Principles
Chapter 1 Leadership and Management Principles Diane L. Huber Photo used with permission from Photos.com. http://evolve.elsevier.com/Huber/leadership/ LEADERSHIP AND CARE MANAGEMENT DIFFERENTIATED In nursing, leadership is studied as a way of…
Confronting the Nursing Shortage
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…
Budgeting, Productivity, and Costing Out Nursing
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,…
