Nurse Leadership and Management: Foundations for Effective Administration

by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN (Editor), Celeste M. Alfes DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE-A, FAAN (Editor)

Overview

"The authors of this book are innovators, strategists, provocateurs, transformational leaders, and compassionate clinicians. Their advice is based on evidence and years of experience and serves as a guide for leaders to overcome constraints and lead the nation to better health. While the content is foundational for new leaders and executives, the advice from these leaders is an inspiration to all."

–Deborah Zimmermann, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Chief Executive Officer, DAISY Foundation

President-elect, American Organization for Nursing Leadership

Global Advisory Board Member, Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy

–Erik Martin, DNP, RN, CENP

VP, Patient Care Services, and Chief Nursing Officer, Norton Children's Hospital

President, American Organization for Nursing Leadership

Inaugural Coldiron Fellow, Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy

American Nurses Association, Healthcare Finance Management Association

Distinguished by its accomplished Editor and Contributor team, this innovative leadership and management text for graduate nursing students is unique in its focus on relationships, communications, and emotional intelligence at all stages of the nurse’s career. Filled with practical content demonstrating how leadership skills are a key component of management, the text examines specific nursing roles—nurse managers, leaders, and executives—while incorporating the most recent AACN, AONL, and ANA competencies. Case examples demonstrate leadership and management responsibilities in a variety of scenarios, and in-depth, comprehensive case studies at the end of the book address complex issues relating to content from the text.

The contributors include a diverse and accomplished team of Nurse Leaders with experience in clinical, administrative, executive, and academic settings. Organizations and schools represented by the author team include:

• American Nurses Association
• American Organization for Nursing Leadership
• Association for Leadership Science in Nursing
• Cleveland Clinic
• DAISY Foundation
• Eisenhower Health
• Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
• New York University
• New York-Presbyterian Weill-Cornell Medical Center
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Chapters follow a structured format and address leadership, professionalism, relational leadership in practice, social determinants of health, telehealth, innovation, strategic planning, finance and budgeting, and governance. Student activities are included throughout the text, and case examples encourage students to assess their own skills and put learning into practice. Learning objectives and study questions in each chapter reinforce content and emphasize different competencies required for executives and managers. Role-playing exercises help facilitate effective relationship and communication skills, and Instructor resources provide learning activities and teaching strategies for molding future nurse leaders.

Key Features:

•Contributor team includes top-level nurse leaders experienced in healthcare system administration
• Underscores the importance of relationships and emotional intelligence in skillful nursing leadership and management
• Demonstrates specific nursing roles and practical applications through abundant, high-quality case studies
• Clearly distinguishes between different leadership competencies
• Offers role-playing exercises to improve relationship and communication skills
• Provides abundant instructor resources including PowerPoints and an Instructor's Manual that includes learning activities and teaching strategies

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826177940
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/25/2022
Pages:	638
Sales rank:	700,060
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, is Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, where she was Dean from 1982 through 1997. She is also Professor, Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. In 1990, Dr. Fitzpatrick received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from her alma mater, Georgetown University. In 2011 she received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from the Frontier University of Nursing. She has received numerous honors and awards; she was elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 1981 and a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice in 1996. She received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award 18 times. Dr. Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and health care literature with over 300 publications. She served as co-editor of the Annual Review of Nursing Research series, vols. 1-26; she edits the journals Applied Nursing Research, Archives in Psychiatric Nursing, and Nursing Education Perspectives, the official journal of the National League for Nursing. She edited three editions of the classic Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (ENR), and a series of nursing research digests

Celeste M. Alfes, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNE, CHSE-A, FAAN, is professor and assistant dean of academic affairs at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned a BSN (University of Akron), a MSN (University of Akron), a DNP (CWRU), and an MBA from CWRU. Dr. Alfes has 33 years of experience as a nurse educator and has made significant contributions pioneering simulation training including the development of North America's first high-fidelity helicopter simulator adapted for flight nurse training. Dr. Alfes is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing; a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; an Inaugural Coldiron Fellow, Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy (MKSNLA), American Organization for Nursing Leadership, American Nurses Association, and Healthcare Financial Management Association; a member of the MKSNLA Founders Circle; a recent visiting professor at the University of L'Aquila, Italy, and Aichi Medical University, Japan; and a National League for Nursing simulation leader and consultant. Dr. Alfes is a reviewer for the National Science Foundation and a regular contributor to the journals Nurse Leader, Nursing Education Perspectives, and Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Dr. Alfes has published several books with Springer Publishing Company including Clinical Simulations for the Advanced Practice Nurse (2020), Strategies for Teaching Nursing (2020), and the Guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing (2019) series.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Forewordby Deborah Zimmermann, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN; Erik Martin DNP, RN, CENP

Preface

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Leading in Challenging Times

Chapter 2: Professionalism

Chapter 3: Nurse Manager and Leader Competencies

SECTION II: RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN PRACTICE

Chapter 4: The Importance of Relationships

Chapter 5: Emotional Intelligence

Chapter 6: Relationship Based Leadership Theories

Chapter 7: The Coaching and Mentoring Process

SECTION III: INNOVATIVE AND EXPANDING MODELS OF CARE DELIVERY

Chapter 8: Value Based Contracting

Chapter 9: Population and Community Health

Chapter 10: Telehealth

Chapter 11: Innovation

SECTION IV: ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS

Chapter 12: Structures, Processes, and Organizational Goals

Chapter 13: Strategic Development and Planning

Chapter 14: System Perspectives for Organizations

SECTION V: ESSENTIAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Chapter 15: Quality and Safety

Chapter 16: Information Management/Big Data

Chapter 17: Human Resource Management

SECTION VI: HEALTHCARE FINANCE AND BUDGETING

Chapter 18: Macro Components of Healthcare Financing

Chapter 19: Developing Financial Acumen for Nurse Leaders

SECTION VII: GOVERNANCE

Chapter 20: Board Leadership and Responsibilities

Chapter 21: Relationships Between Board and Management

SECTION VIII: SPECIAL TOPICS

Chapter 22: Expected and Unexpected Transitions

Chapter 23: The Leader's Role in Philanthropy

SECTION IX: CASE STUDIES FOR NURSE MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVES

Comprehensive Case Study 1: Human-Centered Leadership

Comprehensive Case Study 2: Effective Mentoring through Relational Leadership

Comprehensive Case Study 3: Telehealth

Comprehensive Case Study 4: Nurse-led Innovation to Reduce Occupational Heat Stress of Operating Room Personnel

Comprehensive Case Study 5: Leadership to Drive Quality through Direct Care Nurse Feedback using an Electronic Health Record Dashboard

Comprehensive Case Study 6: Resiliency

Comprehensive Case Study 7: Main Hospital: Perioperative Transition Unit

Comprehensive Case Study 8: Finance

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Heather Bowen Chung, PhD (Houston Methodist Hospital)
Description: This book covers the essential aspects that are most pertinent to nursing leadership, along with demonstrations of how nursing leadership influences clinical outcomes for both patients and staff members. The book is uniquely structured in providing practical application of case studies with specific nursing approaches and related outcomes with key points and takeaways. The book also provides online access and instructor resources as well as reference links throughout.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is to build and optimize a solid leadership foundation. Each chapter has learning objectives that address concepts, strategies, and tools to become an effective nurse executive and manager. Utilizing the material in both the print and online versions adds value to the book by allowing for its readers to make in-book notes within both formats. The online format also enables easier accessibility for better convenience. The book also doubles as a great teaching tool by providing online instructor resources such as PowerPoints, test banks, and teaching manuals. The book and website do meet the stated learning objectives. The chapter summaries and end-of-chapter resources further provide supplemental knowledge, learning exercises, and discussions.
Audience: This book is written for nursing leaders at all levels, nursing instructors for healthcare management/administration courses, and healthcare management/administration nursing students. The book meets the needs of its intended audience by providing relevant information for developing one's own leadership style, adequately describing and explaining the processes of leading change in a healthcare organization, reviewing relevant laws and regulations that impact nursing care, and teaching how to describe strategies for working with interdisciplinary teams within healthcare management. The authors are credible authorities in the book's subject/objectives. Each author has an advanced nursing degree, a professional nursing certification, and has been recognized with outstanding awards in nursing.
Features: There are no shortcomings to this book. All areas are thoroughly covered and explained for readers to understand the basics for each subject. An important, unique feature to note is the book's competencies grid that lays out each topic and its corresponding relation to AONL competency metrics. Overall, this book serves as an excellent guide for new nursing leaders building their leadership knowledge as well as experienced nursing leaders seeking literature for the most up-to-date, evidence-based practices to begin organizational change.
Assessment: The quality of this book is well referenced with recent literature that focuses on nursing leadership, advancing understanding of core aspects including nursing and healthcare research, and leadership theories, healthcare policy, bioethics, and finances. The book is very useful for its intended audience with its coverage of nursing leadership styles and theories, strategic planning, quality improvement and patient safety, change management, effective communication and conflict resolution skills, staffing challenges and constraints, financial management, and healthcare informatics. With this book, readers can apply their knowledge and develop competencies in healthcare administration.

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