This book is for all courses in leadership or management in nursing. This completely revised text offers a current perspective on leadership and management in nursing, and gives nurses a thorough understanding of what it takes to lead in delivering quality health care. The Second Edition reflects the Institute of Medicine's influential framework, emphasizing five core competencies: providing patient-centered care; working in interdisciplinary teams; employing evidence-based practice; applying quality improvement; and utilizing informatics. Updated throughout, it contains a new chapter on evidence-based practice and management; expanded coverage of quality improvement; new Evidence for Effective Leadership and Management features; innovative "Application to Your Unit" features; coverage of healthcare reform; expanded activities and resources; improved and streamlined organization; an integrated and expanded glossary; and much more. - Publisher.

Revised edition of: Leadership and management in nursing / Anita W. Finkelman. c2006.

Conceptual base for leadership and management -- Health care policy, legal issues, and ethics in health care delivery -- Change and decision making -- Organizational structure for effective care delivery -- Health care financial issues -- Acute care organizations : an example of a health care organization -- Managing patient-centered care -- Diversity and disparities in health care -- Recruitment and retention: meeting staffing requirements -- Consumers and nurses -- Developing interprofessional and intraprofessional teams -- Improving teamwork : collaboraration, coordination, and conflict resolution -- Effective staff communication and working relationships -- Delegation for effective outcomes -- Evidence-based practice and management -- Health care quality: a critical health policy issue -- Implementating health care quality improvement -- Health care informatics and technology.