A Nurse's Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward - Softcover

Dolan OBE FFNMRCSI FRSA MSc (Oxon) MSc (Nurs) RMN RGN, Brian; Lochtie FRSA RGN FSBP, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0702076627 ISBN 13: 9780702076626

Publisher: Elsevier, 2018

Synopsis

When you become a ward or unit manager, sister or charge nurse, your responsibilities change and you need a very different set of skills compared to your previous roles. You are now required to manage a team of staff with a set budget and are responsible for maintaining an environment in which people can work well.

A Nurse's Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward, Third Edition will help you to:

• Identify your responsibilities and best approaches as a manager to provide patients with a high standard of care through your staff;
• Read through examples, suggestions and tips following a highly practical approach;
• Manage your staff, time and budget;
• Create a positive work environment;

Part of the A Nurse’s Survival Guide series.

• Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field
• New sections on responsible use of social media, working with different generations in the workplace; how to make an impact, taking care of yourself etc
• Leading teams in the context of enduring financial and staffing constraints

About this title

About the Author

Director of award-winning health services consultancy since 2001 (Health Service 360) Author/editor of eight books on emergency nursing/leadership/education Work in UK, NZ, Australia and Ireland undertaking whole systems and leadership/culture change Visiting Prof of Nursing, Oxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR) Honorary Prof of Leadership in Healthcare, Salford University Originator of both #EndPJparalysis and #Last1000days social movements to value patients' time and safety

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0702076627
• ISBN 13: 9780702076626
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 336