Case Applications in Nursing Leadership and Management

UNIT I Introduction 1(20) The American Health Care Environment 3(10) Basic Health Care Economics 13(8) UNIT II A New Health Care Model 21(48) Evidence-Based Health Care 23(8) Nursing and Health Care Informatics 31(8) Population-Based Health Care Practice 39(12) Personal and Interdisciplinary Communication 51(10) Politics and Consumer Partnerships 61(8) UNIT III Planning Care 69(72) Leadership and Management 71(10) Strategic Planning and Organizing Patient Care 81(10) Effective Team Building 91(14) Budget Concepts for Patient Care 105(12) Effective Staffing 117(12) Delegation of Nursing Care 129(12) UNIT IV Managing Care 141(56) First-Line Patient Care Management 143(8) Patient Teaching 151(12) Change and Conflict Resolution 163(14) Power 177(10) Time Management 187(10) UNIT V Evaluation 197(24) Managing Outcomes 199(12) Decision Making 211(10) UNIT VI Other Professional Considerations 221(46) Legal Aspects of Patient Care 223(10) Ethical Dimensions of Patient Care 233(14) Cultural Diversity and Spirituality 247(12) Collective Bargaining 259(8) UNIT VII Preparation for Entry-Level Nursing Practice 267(14) Career Planning 269(12) Index 281