The Professional Practice of Nursing Administration - Hardcover

Simms, Lillian M.; Price, Sylvia Anderson; Ervin, Naomi E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0827349653 ISBN 13: 9780827349650

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, 1993

Synopsis

This breakthrough text takes a unique, integrateed approach to nursing administration. It focuses on the nurse executive as a manager, motivator, teacher and learner who creates the organizational environment in which effective, reasearch-based clinical practice can occur.

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Review

Foreword. Preface. Introduction. A FRAMEWORK FOR THE PRACTICE OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION: Integrated Professional Nursing Administration in Diverse Settings. Nursing Theories and Conceptual Models. Evolving Theories of Management. Professional Practice Models. The Person in a Leadership Role. THE CONTEXT OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION PRACTICE: Through the Looking Glass: Making Sense of Organizations. Blending Clinical Practice with Organizational Design. Beyond the Hospital: Community and Rural Practice Setting. Organizational Culture. Nursing as a Business. ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES IN PRACTICE SETTINGS: Strategic Planning. Receptivity to Change and Innovation. Effective Communication. Conflict Management. Humor in Administration/the Comedy of Management. FACILITATING PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE: Ethical Decision Making the Moral Judgements. Integrated Quality Management. Advancing Nursing Research in a Professional Practice Climate. Mobilizing Nursing Resources. Mentoring and Networking. BUILDING AND DISCOVERING RESOURCES: Building Effective Work Groups. Personal and Group Empowerment. Creating and Managing Fiscal Resources. Computer Information Systems and Productivity Management. Nurse Staffing and Scheduling. CURRENT AND EMERGING CHALLENGES: Impact of Aging on Nursing Practice Patterns. Beyond Managed Care: People Centered Care. Collective Action -- Labor Relations. Facilities Planning for Diverse Health Care Delivery Settings. Marketing Nursing and Nursing Services. WORKING IN THE YEAR 2000: Building Cultural Diversity in Work Groups. Assistive Technology. Nursing Economics and Politics in a Global Economy. Beyond Integrating Practice, Education, and Research: The Next Steps. APPENDIX: Conversations with new nurse executives.

About the Author

Lillian M. Simms, PhD. R.N. F.A.A.N. is an Associate Professor Emeritus at the School of Nursing in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Edition details

• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0827349653
• ISBN 13: 9780827349650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448