Leadership and Nursing Care Management - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 8th Edition

• Next-Generation NCLEX^® (NGN)–style case studies in select chapters align with clinical judgment content, preparing you for the NGN
• Chapters organized by AONL competencies address leadership and care management topics by the five competencies integral to effective leadership and practice, as identified by the American Organization for Nursing Leadership
• Critical thinking exercises at the end of each chapter challenge you to reflect on chapter content, critically analyze the information, and apply it to a situation
• Research Notes in each chapter summarize current research studies and explore how they relate to nursing leadership and management practice

• NEW! AACN Essentials competencies throughout the chapters support the theme of Nurses as Leaders, focusing on how nurses can embrace and implement the AACN competencies to develop their leadership capacity
• NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the latest evidence-based practice information on nursing leadership and management topics
• UPDATED! Case studies in each chapter now include AACN Essentials competencies and present real-world leadership and management scenarios that illustrate how concepts can be applied to specific situations
• UPDATED! Post-COVID insights are included when applicable, exploring topics such as the current state of nursing, the impact of COVID on nurse managers' stress levels, and the changing perspective of nurse managers in the post-COVID world of work

Part 1: Leadership
1. Leadership and Management Principles
2. Change and Innovation
3. Organizational Climate and Culture
4. Managerial Decision-Making

Part 2: Professionalism
5. Managing Time and Stress
6. Role Management
7. Legal and Ethical Issues — NEW!

Part 3: Communication Leadership
8. Communication Leadership
9. Team Building and Working with Effective Groups
10. Power and Conflict
11. Workplace Diversity, Belonging and Inclusion

Part 4: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
12. Organizational Structure
13. Decentralization and Professional Shared Governance
14. Strategic Management
15. Professional Practice Models
16. Case and Population Health Management
17. Nursing Leadership for Evidence-Based Practice
18. Quality and Safety
19. Measuring and Managing Outcomes

Part 5: Business Skills
20. Workplace Violence and Incivility
21. Nursing Workforce Staffing and Management
22. Budgeting, Productivity and Costing Out Nursing
23. Performance Appraisal
24. Emergency Management and Preparedness
25. Nursing Informatics for Leaders in Clinical Nursing
26. Marketing and Branding in Nursing and Healthcare