Full Description
Written specifically for the experienced nurse enrolled in an RN-to-BSN program, this text guides nurses through an interactive critical thinking process to become effective and confident nurse leaders. All nurses involved with direct patient care already rely on similar strategies to oversee patient safety, make care decisions, and integrate plan of care in collaboration with patients and families. This text expands upon that knowledge and provides a firm base to reach the next steps in academia and practice, enabling the BSN-prepared nurse to tackle serious issues in care delivery with a high level of self-awareness and skill.
Leadership and Management Competence in Nursing Practice relies on a keen understanding of what experienced nurses already bring to the classroom. This text provides a core framework and useful skills and strategies to successfully lead nursing and healthcare forward. Clear, concise chapters cover leadership skills and personal attributes of leaders with minimal repetition of material covered in associate's degree programs. Content builds on the framework of AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education, IOM Competencies, and QSEN KSAs. Each chapter presents case scenarios to promote critical thinking and decision-making. Self-assessment tools featured throughout the text enable nurses to evaluate their current strengths, areas for growth, and learning needs.
Key Features:
Provides information needed for the associate's degree nurse to advance to the level of professionally prepared baccalaureate degree nurse
Chapters contain critical thinking exercises, vignettes, and case scenarios targeted to the RN-to-BSN audience
Self-assessment tools included in most chapters to help the reader determine where they are now on the topic and to what point they need to advance to obtain competence and confidence in the professional nursing role
Provides information and skills needed by nurses in a variety of healthcare settings
Includes an instructor's manual
Contents
Contributors
Foreword Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. INTRODUCTION
1. Transition to the Professional Nurse Role
Audrey Marie Beauvais
2. Leadership Attributes
Audrey Marie Beauvais
3. Leadership and Management Roles in Professional Nursing
James Cyrus
4. Foundational Aspects of Effective Leadership
Mary E. Quinn and Mary T. Quinn Griffin
II. LEADERSHIP SKILLS ESSENTIAL TO THE PRACTICE OF NURSING
5. Handling Stress in the Workplace
Susan DeNisco
6. Setting Priorities and Managing Time
Bonnie Haupt and Audrey Marie Beauvais
7. Effective Communication in Leadership and Management Roles
Sherylyn M. Watson
8. Accountability and Delegation
Susan A. Goncalves
9. Building and Leading Teams
David M. Depukat and Karri Davis
10. Facilitating Problem-Solving and Decision-Making in Teams
Audrey Marie Beauvais
11. Conflict Resolution Skills in Professional Nursing Practice
Robin S. Krinsky
III. LEADING CHANGE
12. Factors That Influence Organizational Culture
Kelly Hancock
13. Innovation and Change
Audrey Marie Beauvais and Kimberly Spahn
14. Power and Politics in Professional Nursing Practice
Audrey Marie Beauvais
15. Managing Quality and Safety
David M. Depukat
IV. MANAGING HUMAN AND FISCAL RESOURCES
16. Management and Leadership Roles in Professional Nursing
Kristy Dixon Stinger
17. Care Delivery Models, Staffing, and Scheduling
Karen Burrows
18. Budgeting and Managing Fiscal Resources
Deirdre O'Flaherty and Jean Marie DiNapoli
19. Selection and Promotion in Staff Development
Lisa M. Rebeschi
V. INTEGRATING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES INTO NURSING PRACTICE—YOUR EVOLUTION AS A PROFESSIONAL
20. Envisioning and Developing Your Career: Where Am I Going?
Linda Roney
21. Preparing for Professional Opportunities
Karri Davis and David M. Depukat
22. Contributing to the Profession—Our Responsibility as a Professional Nurse
Susan A. Goncalves
Index
