Research Catalog

Title

Financial management for nurse managers and executives / Steven A. Finkler, Cheryl Jones and Christine T. Kovner.

Author

Finkler, Steven A.

Publication

Philadelphia, Pa. ; Edinburgh : Elsevier Saunders, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Jones, Cheryl.
• Kovner, Christine Tassone.

Description

xxii, 518 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"A clear understanding of budgeting and finance will help you prepare to be an effective nurse manager. This book explains what you need to know. It covers essential tools and techniques, including accounting principles, cost analysis, and managing resources. In addition to coverage of the latest issues and trends, this book provides concrete examples to help you apply financial concepts to the real world."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Nurse administrators > United States
• Delivery of Health Care > economics
• Nurse Administrators
• Financial Management > methods
• Health facilities > United States > Business management
• Nursing services > United States > Business management
• United States

Note

• Previous ed.: published as by Steven A. Finkler and Christine T. Kovner. London: W.B. Saunders, 2000.

Contents

1. Introduction and overview -- 2. The health care environment -- 3. The role of financial management and nurse leadership in health care organizations -- 4. Key issues in applied economics -- 5. Quality, costs, and financing -- 6. Accounting principles -- 7. Analysis of financial statement information -- 8. Cost management -- 9. Determining health care costs and prices -- 10. Costs and other issues related to recruiting and retaining staff -- 11. Strategic management -- 12. Budgeting concepts -- 13. Operating budgets -- 14. Revenue budgeting -- 15. Performance budgeting -- 16. Controlling operating results -- 17. Variance analysis : examples, extensions, and caveats -- 18. Benchmarking, productivity, and cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis -- 19. Short-term financial resources -- 20. Long-term financial resources -- 21. The use of computers in financial management -- 22. Forecasting and other methods for decision making -- 23. Marketing -- 24. The nurse as entrepreneur -- 25. Nursing and financial management : current issues and future directions.

ISBN

• 9781416033424 (pbk.)
• 1416033424 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 154884191
• ocn154884191
• SCSB-5339838

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries