The 8th edition of this popular text has been completely revised and updated to include the latest strategies for improving your nursing leadership and management skills. It offers in-depth coverage and practical management strategies for a wide range of workplace issues such as delegation, diversity, evidence-based practice, stress management, quality improvement, legal issues, and recruitment and retention. A detailed analysis of today’s nursing environment prepares you to successfully manage in the midst of a nursing shortage and an emerging multigenerational workforce.

Key Features

• UNIQUE! A logical organization of 15 chapters separated into leadership and management sections corresponds to the number of weeks in a typical semester.
• Complete coverage of management issues gives you a solid understanding of financial management, technology, nursing informatics, legal and ethical issues, error reduction, quality improvement, recruitment and retention, and personnel evaluation and development.
• In-depth discussions of key leadership concepts help you develop effective communication, stress management, and decision-making skills.
• Information on hot topics such as disaster management and bioterrorism keep you at the forefront of today’s complex health care environment.
• A global approach to nursing management reflects an increasing emphasis on diversity and the evolving clinical environment.
• Thought-provoking quotations throughout each chapter help relate complex theories and issues to everyday practice.
• Major Concepts & Definitions boxes outline and summarize the most significant ideas presented in each chapter and help clarify new terminology.
• Research Perspective boxes in each chapter summarize key nursing management studies, with a consistent format that outlines the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions of each study.
• Evolve® companion website offers practice worksheets, critical thinking activities, and case studies that challenge you to apply new concepts to realistic practice scenarios.

New Features

• Updated two-color design highlights key information for easy reference.
• Information on succession planning helps you expand the process beyond simply replacing positions to identifying and nurturing a pool of potential candidates for future leadership success.
• Tables, boxes, and illustrations synthesize and streamline complex issues and theories for quick reference.
• Expanded online resources give you easy access to self-assessment questions, case studies, and critical thinking activities for further study outside of the classroom.