Leading and Managing in Nursing [Paperback]

Leading and Managing in Nursing, 6th Edition offers an innovative approach to leading and managing by merging theory, research, and practical application to better prepare you for the NCLEX^? exam and the transition to the practice environment. This cutting-edge text is organized around the issues that are central to the success of professional nurses in today's constantly changing healthcare environment, including consumer relationships, cultural diversity, resource management, delegation, and communication.

• UNIQUE! Each chapter opens with The Challenge, where practicing nurse leaders/managers offer their real-world views of a concern related in the chapter, encouraging you to think about how you would handle the situation.
• UNIQUE! The Solution closes each chapter with an effective method to handle the real-life situation presented in The Challenge, and demonstrates the ins and outs of problem solving in practice.
• The Evidence boxes in each chapter summarize relevant concepts and research from nursing/business/medicine literature.
• Theory boxes highlight and summarize pertinent theoretical concepts related to chapter content.
• Research and Literature Perspective boxes summarize timely articles of interest and point out their relevance and applicability to practice.
• Separate chapters on key topic areas such as cultural diversity, consumer relationships, delegation, managing information and technology, legal and ethical issues, and many more.
• End-of-chapter Tips offer guidelines for applying information presentelÓ'