Elsevier's #1 leading and managing nursing text, Leading and Managing in Nursing is innovative in both content and presentation. This text merges theory, research, and practical application in key leadership and management areas. It is organized around issues that are pertinent to the success of professional nurses in today's constantly changing healthcare environment such as consumer relationships, communication, and cultural diversity. This fourth edition is updated and revised to better prepare students for the nursing leadership and management issues of today and tomorrow.

• Each chapter opens with The Challenge, a contemporary nurse's real-world concern related to the chapter's focus that encourages readers to think about what they would do in a similar situation. Possible answers are discussed in The Solution at the end of each chapter.
• Every chapter contains numbered exercises that provide experiential reinforcement of key leading and managing skills and challenge students to think critically about concepts in the text to apply them to real-life situations.
• Research and Literature Perspective boxes summarize articles of interest and point out their relevance and applicability to practice.
• Theory Boxes highlight and summarize pertinent theoretical concepts reinforcing key points of chapter content as a quick reference for students.
• Objectives articulate the chapter's learning goals, which are typically at the application level or higher.
• Questions to Consider stimulate learners to think about their personal viewpoint or experience with the topics and issues discussed in the chapter.
• The Application Activity section is a built-in, perforated tool to help students self-assess and evaluate their learning and understanding of the content in the text.
• The vivid full-color chapter opener photographs and other photographs throughout the text help convey each chapter's key message while providing a glimpse into the real world of nursing.

Part 1: Core Concepts

Overview

1. Managing, Leading and Following

2. Developing the Role of Leader

3. Developing the Role of Manager

Context

4. Legal and Ethical Issues

5. Making Decisions and Solving Problems

6. Healthcare Organizations

7. Understanding and Designing Organizational Structures

8. Cultural Diversity in Healthcare

9. Power, Politics and Influence

Part 2: Managing Resources

10. Managing Information and Technology: Caring and Communicating with Computers

11. Managing Costs and Budgets

12. Care Delivery Strategies

13. Staffing and Scheduling

14. Selecting, Developing and Evaluating Staff

Part 3: Changing the Status Quo

15. Strategic Planning, Goal Setting and Marketing

16. Leading Change

17. Building Teams through Communication and Partnerships

18. Collective Action

19. Managing Quality and Risk

20. Translating Research into Practice-NEW!

Part 4: Interpersonal and Personal Skills Interpersonal

21. Consumer Relationships

22. Conflict: The Cutting Edge

23. Delegation: An Art of Professional Practice

24. Managing Personal and Personnel Problems

Personal

25. Role Transition

26. Self Management: Managing Stress and Time

27. Career Management: Putting Yourself in Charge

28. Leading through Professional Associations

Future

29. Thriving for the Future-NEW!

By Patricia S. Yoder-Wise, RN, BC, EdD, CNAA, FAAN, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX