(B.O.O.K.$) Leadership and Management for Nurses

<b> <i>Leadership and Management for Nurses: Core Competencies for Quality Care </i></b>offers a current perspective on leadership and management in nursing, and gives nurses a thorough understanding of what it takes to lead in delivering quality health care. Reflecting the Institute of Medicine's influential framework, the book emphasizes five core competencies: providing patient-centered care; working in interdisciplinary teams; employing evidence-based practice; applying quality improvement; and utilizing informatics. Two entirely new chapters examine critical issues in healthcare delivery today.Expanded end-of-chapter <i>Applying Leadership and Management</i> features encourage students to think like nurses as they hone their clinical-reasoning skills, apply competencies, and engage with the content. <b>KEY TOPICS: </b> Conceptual Base for Leadership and Management; Health Care Policy, Legal Issues, and Ethics in Health Care Delivery; Operational and Strategic Planning: Change, Inn