Nursing Leadership: A Concise Encyclopedia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826102581 ISBN 13: 9780826102584

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2008

Synopsis

Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2008 by Choice!

This much-needed, long-awaited collection of essays is critical for every nurse--from novice to expert--in every field of nursing. It highlights the fact that nurses are central and critical in the health care delivery system, and are indeed leaders not only in nursing but in the health system as well. As such, it will be especially valuable for nurses and other health care professionals. Summing Up: Essential.

CHOICE

This excellent resource contains clear, concise definitions and entries related to the nursing professionÖ.This is an at your fingertips quick reference book for busy healthcare nurse managers and leaders."

--Doody's

We are delighted to introduce this book to a new generation of readers. The challenges in nursing, as well as in health care, have never been greater. The need for resources such as this text is profound.

--from the foreword by Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership and Director, Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, and Kathleen Dracup, DNSc, FNP, RN, FAAN, Dean and Chair of Nursing Education, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco

Nursing Leadership: A Concise Encyclopedia is an important reference for all leaders, both current and future, in health care. Its 180 entries, written by nursing luminaries, not only enhance our understanding of leadership--what it is and how it functions--but will help to promote effective leadership among nurses.

The encyclopedia is organized around nine themes, with five themes embracing the most salient management and leadership theories, including characteristics and skills required of leaders in today's complex health care system:

• Characteristics of Leaders
• Management and Executive Skills
• Theories and Models of Management and Leadership
• Major Leaders in Nursing
• Professional Standards
• Health Care Delivery Standards and Health Policy
• Leadership in Practice, Education, and Research
• Quality Outcomes
• Informatics and Technology

The entries for each theme are varied and based on the assumption that while nurse clinicians, academics, and researchers share many of the same challenges, they must also adapt their leadership styles and visions to the unique challenges demanded by different roles and institutional missions. The book also includes rich materials on organizations and historical figures that have shaped the leadership role.

Nursing Leadership: A Concise Encyclopedia is an essential reference and learning tool for aspiring, novice, and accomplished leaders in nursing and allied health professions.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"We are delighted to introduce this book to a new generation of readers. The challenges in nursing, as well as in health care, have never been greater. The need for resources such as this text is profound."
--from the foreword by Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership and Director, Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, and Kathleen Dracup, DNSc, FNP, RN, FAAN, Dean and Chair of Nursing Education, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco

About the Author:

is Associate Professor at the Lienhard School of Nursing at Pace University in Pleasantville, NY. She has served in leadership roles as chairperson of the 4-year Baccalaureate Nursing Program. She maintains a clinical practice in medical-surgical nusring.

is Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services at Cambridge Health Alliances, which is a public, academic integrated delivery system serving Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, as well as seven adjacent communities. He has served as Senior Vice President for Nursing at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and currently serves as Senior Advisor at the New York University College of Nursing. He has received the Grace E. Davidson Award for contribution to the education of nursing students at NYU College of Nursing and the Anne Kilbrick Award for excellence in nursing leadership at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

is professor and dean emerita of the College of Nursing, Upstate Medical University of the State University of New York at Syracuse. She currently serves as a trustee on the Board of Director of the Foundation of the New York State Nurses, Inc. Dr. Nelson has been inducted into the Columbia Teachers College Hall of Fame and was recognized for Distinguished Achievement in Nursing Education from the Nursing Education Alumni Association of Teachers College.

is Distinguished Professor-University Dean Emerita at Indiana University School of Nursing. Elected in 1995 to the Institute of Medicine, Dr. McBride was named a "Living Legend" by the American Academy of Nursing in 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0826102581
• ISBN 13: 9780826102584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Harriet R. Feldman, Marilyn Jaffe-Ruiz, Margaret L. McClure, Martha J. Greenberg, Thomas D. Smith, M. Janice Nelson, Angela Barron McBride, G. Rumay Alexander