Leadership roles and management functions in nursing : theory and application / Bessie L. Marquis and Carol J. Huston

Contents Include:

UNIT I The Critical Triad: Decision Making, Management, and Leadership
1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for Successful Leadership and Management
2 Classical Views of Leadership and Management
3 Twenty-First-Century Thinking About Leadership and Management

UNIT II Foundation for Effective Leadership and Management Ethics, Law, and Advocacy
4 Ethical Issues
5 Legal and Legislative Issues
6 Patient, Subordinate, Workplace, and Professional Advocacy

UNIT III Roles and Functions in Planning
7 Organizational Planning
8 Planned Change
9 Time Management
10 Fiscal Planning
11 Career Planning and Development in Nursing

UNIT IV Roles and Functions in Organizing
12 Organizational Structure
13 Organizational, Political, and Personal Power
14 Organizing Patient Care

UNIT V Roles and Functions Staffing
15 Employee Recruitment, Selection, Placement, and Indoctrination
16 Socializing and Educating Staff in a Learning Organization
17 Staffing Needs and Scheduling Policies

UNIT VI Roles and Functions in Directing
18 Creating a Motivating Climate
19 Organizational, Interpersonal, and Group Communication
20 Delegation
21 Effective Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
22 Collective Bargaining, Unionization, and Employment Laws

UNIT VII Roles and Functions in Controlling
23 Quality Control
24 Performance Appraisal
25 Problem Employees: Rule Breakers, Marginal Employee and the Chemically or Psychologically Impaired

Appendix Solution to Selected Learning Exercises

Includes index.