New to this edition
- NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) examination-style case studies at the end of each section familiarize you to the way that content will be tested in the new NGN exam.
- NEW! Leadership roles/competencies and evidence-based practice examples are included from across the care continuum: ambulatory care, long-term care, and community-based care.
- NEW! Content on management in a culturally diverse healthcare environment relates to both hospital staff and patients.
- NEW! Additional Evidence-Based Practice boxes relate to "innovation" topics in leadership and management.
- NEW! Updated organization reflects the Magnet Recognition (2019) and Pathways to Excellence (2016) standards, allowing you to learn the skills and competencies that magnet status hospitals require when hiring nurses.
Author Information
By Kathleen Motacki, RN, MSN, Nursing Faculty, Farleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, USA and Kathleen Burke, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean of Nursing, School of Nursing, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, USA
SECTION 1 Transformational Leadership
1 Leadership and Management
2 Organizational Structure of Health Care
3 Strategic Management and Planning
4 Financial Management in Health Care
5 Health Care Regulatory and Certifying Agencies
NGN-NCLEX® Section 1 Review
SECTION 2 Structural Empowerment
6 Organizational Decision Making and Shared Governance
7 Professional Decision Making and Advocacy
8 Communication in the Work Environment
9 Personnel Policies and Programs in the Workplace
NGN-NCLEX® Review
SECTION 3 Exemplary Professional Practice
10 Professional Development
11 Professional Practice and Care Delivery Models and Emerging Practice Models
12 Staffing and Scheduling
13 Delegation of Nursing Tasks
14 Providing Competent Staff
15 Group Management for Effective Outcomes
16 Ethical and Legal Issues in Patient Care
NGN-NCLEX® Review
SECTION 4 New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements
17 Improving Organizational Performance
18 Evidence-Based Practice
19 Monitoring Outcomes and the Use of Data for Improvement
NGN-NCLEX® Section 4 Review
SECTION 5 Congratulations
20 New Graduates: The Immediate Future:Job Interviewing, NCLEX®, and Continuing Education
NGN-NCLEX® Section 5 Review
Index
“…an excellent primer of how nursing services and patient care are organized in the healthcare system. It covers everything from leadership foundations to organization of care delivery to legal and regulatory considerations in patient care…. This book aims to provide the required foundational knowledge of nursing management and leadership for new graduate nurses.... [and] provides just the right level of detail for a novice nurse to be successful in their transition to practice…. The book is structured to follow the Magnet model…. [A]n excellent book….[that] flows really well and is easy to follow.” — ©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Carl Balcom, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE (HCA Healthcare)
