Full Description
Learn leadership skills from experienced deans!
The first resource written specifically for novice and aspiring deans and directors of nursing education, this engaging guide shares practical advice, wisdom, and insight from experienced academic leaders. These insights will help nurses who are new to academic leadership positions. Within its pages, experienced deans share their wisdom on how a new dean or director can succeed in a leadership position.
With an emphasis on acquiring critical knowledge and essential skills, this book describes the parameters of the nursing dean or director role, practical strategies for resolving day-to-day issues, everything from student success to budget and fiscal health, and how to practice self-care while constantly tackling the challenges of these roles. Seventeen academic nursing leaders from across the United States deliver fundamental guidance to help readers determine how to navigate the multifaceted opportunities and challenges of deaning and directing.
Key Features:Written in an accessible, engaging style for novice and aspiring academic nursing leaders
Everyday strategies for dealing with routine issues
Addresses the need for self-care and how to manage the stress and complexities of the leadership role
Abundant real-world case studies and best practices
Online resources for further study
Contents
Contributors
Foreword Terri E. Weaver, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, ATSF
Preface
Section I Dimensions of the Nursing Dean/Director Role
1. Searching for a Dean/Director Position
Carole Kenner and Jana L. Pressler
2. Stepping Into a Dean/Director Position
Carole Kenner and Jana L. Pressler
3. Day-to-Day Deaning
Jana L. Pressler and Carole Kenner
4. Deaning in a For-Profit Environment
F. Patrick Robinson and Adele A. Webb
5. Interim Deaning
Marie O'Toole
6. Stepping Up From Deaning/Directing
Joanne P. Robinson
Section II General Responsibilities of Nursing Deans and Directors
7. Enrollment Management
Linda D. Scott and Julie J. Zerwic
8. Student Success
Jana L. Pressler and Carole Kenner
9. Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Faculty and Staff
Carole Kenner and Jana L. Pressler
10. Academic Policies and Programs
Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler
11. Fundraising: Mission Critical
Joanne P. Robinson
12. Internal and External Stakeholder Engagement
Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx and Heather M. Young
13. Perspectives on Financial Management for Deans of Nursing Programs: Culture, Policy, and Leadership
Gloria Ferraro Donnelly
14. Strategic Thinking, Planning, and Doing
Karen J. Kelly Thomas
15. Developing a Sustainable Nurse-Led Clinical Enterprise and Faculty Practice
Julie Cowan Novak
16. Executive Leadership
Carole Kenner and Jana L. Pressler
Section III Self-Care and Work-Life Integration for Nursing Deans and Directors
17. Challenges of Deaning and Directing in Nursing
Carole Kenner and Jana L. Pressler
18. Finding Joy and Satisfaction in Deaning and Directing
Theodora Sirota and Brenda Petersen
19. Work-Life Integration and Self-Care Management
Janice Brewington
Index
