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Managing and coordinating nursing care
- Title
- Managing and coordinating nursing care / Janice Rider Ellis, Celia Love Hartley ; illustrations by Cathy Miller.
- Author
- Ellis, Janice Rider.
- Publication
- Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RT89 .E43 2009 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Hartley, Celia Love.
- Description
- xi, 570 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This text is designed to teach nursing students to apply effective decision-making, leadership, delegation, prioritization, and patient management skills to real-world practice situations. With its emphasis on critical thinking and collaborative decision making, this book has been highly successful in building students' problem-solving and management abilities." "This Fourth Edition provides expanded coverage of teambuilding, delegation, outcomes management, and assigning/prioritizing nursing care. The book is now in full color and has icons to highlight legal, ethical, and cultural considerations. Patient Care Challenges in each chapter relate content to real-world situations. Strategic Solutions, concluding every chapter, offer sound advice for nursing practice."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Unit 1. Working Within Organizations -- 1. Developing Leadership Behavior and Management Skills -- 2. Understanding and Working in Organizations -- 3. Managing Resources Responsibly -- 4. Supporting Quality Care -- Unit 2. Moving Into a Professional Role -- 5. The Nurse as Communicator, Motivator, and Teacher -- 6. The Nurse as Decision Maker and Delegator -- 7. The Nurse as Supervisor and Evaluator -- 8. The Nurse as Change Agent and Advocate -- 9. The Nurse as Conflict Manager, Negotiator, and Mediator -- Unit 3. Evolving Issues in Nursing Practice -- 10. Advancing Your Career -- 11. Attaining and Maintaining Competence -- 12. The Challenging Workplace -- 13. Nursing Informatics and Evidence-based Practice -- 14. Anticipating the Future.
- ISBN
- 9780781774109 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0781774101 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008029272
- OCLC
- ocn233261188
- 233261188
- SCSB-5466096
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries