Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (6th Edition) (EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT IN NURSING (SULL) [Paperback]

Eleanor J. Sullivan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131780948 | ISBN-13: 978-0131780941 | Publication Date: July 4, 2004 | Edition: 6

For courses in undergraduate Nursing Management and Leadership. Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing provides students with the necessary skills to make sound management decisions in a dynamic health care environment. Used worldwide, this award-winning book is now offered in an updated, revised edition to reflect the many changes in health care and nursing. Targeted to both practicing nurses and those in management, this book provides the tools for using the skills presented in each chapter, case studies with a managers checklist, critical thinking questions, key terms, an easy-to-read format, and a link to online instruction for students and faculty. In the ever-changing health care environment, nurses have never needed this information more.

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Used worldwide, this award-winning book has been revised to reflect many changes in nursing and health care. Targeted to students, practicing nurses, and those in management, this book helps all nurses acquire skills they need to be successful in today's dynamic health environment.

FEATURES:

• NEW—added chapters on retention of nurses and workplace violence prevention
• NEW—expanded technology content, especially networking among information systems and linking clinical data with information systems
• NEW—expanded community and public health content
• NEW—Questions to Challenge You at the end of each chapter
• NEW—list of tools for using the skills presented in the chapter
• NEW—Case Studies with Manager's Checklist that show concepts in action

About the Author

Eleanor J. Sullivan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the former dean of the University Kansas School of Nursing and past president of Sigma Theta Tau International. She has served on the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and on the advisory council of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health, among other professional positions.

Dr. Sullivan is known for her publications in nursing, including this award-winning textbook, Effective Leadership & Management in Nursing, and most recently, Becoming Influential: A Guide for Nurses from Prentice Hall. Other publications include Creating Nursing's Future: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges and Nursing Care for Clients with Substance Abuse. From 1997 to 2002, she served as editor of the Journal of Professional Nursing, the official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Today Dr. Sullivan is a professional speaker and mystery author. Her first mystery, Twice Dead, features nurse sleuth Monika Everhardt. By showing nursing realistically, she hopes that readers will understand the complexity of nursing care and the skills and knowledge involved in being a nurse. Deadly Diversion, the second book in the series, was recently released by Hilliard & Harris.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6 edition (July 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131780948
• ISBN-13: 978-0131780941
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Administration & Management

More About the Author

Eleanor Sullivan is an award-winning author of books for nurses as well as the Monika Everhardt medical mysteries. Holding both a nursing degree and a doctorate, she is a former dean of nursing and past president of the world's largest nursing organization. Now she's turned her attention to the past, crafting a series of historical mysteries set in the 19th century religious settlement of her ancestors. The stories feature a midwife and her cabinet-maker husband in the Northern Ohio village of Zoar. Cover Her Body is the first book in the series.

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource and Text, March 25, 2004

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Jack L. Johnson (Newark, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (5th Edition) (Paperback)

I bought this book as a required senior level text for an RN-BSN completion program. Some text books you keep and some you don't. This one is a keeper. It is well written and not too wordy. Practical examples are true to real clinical practice. Chapters are well titled, specific information is easy to locate, and topics are presented in a well organized, concise manner. No wasted words or overly detailed descriptions. Highly recommended for any RN's personal library and a must for nurse managers.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Effective Leadership and Management (6th ed), January 31, 2005

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Ann Tomey (Terre Haute, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (6th Edition) (EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT IN NURSING (SULL) (Paperback)

Effective Leadership and Management (6th ed) by Eleanor J. Sullivan and Phillip J. Decker

This book has three parts and twenty-four chapters including Part 1: Introduction to nursing management and organizations, Part 2 Key skills in nursing management, and Part 3 Managing human resources. Part 1 includes introduction to nursing management, how organizations are designed, how nursing care is delivered, leading and managing leaders and managers, understanding legal and ethical issues, and understanding power and politics. Part 2 discusses thinking critically, making decisions, solving problems, communicating effectively, handling conflict, delegating successfully, building and managing teams, managing and improving quality, using health care technology systems, managing stress and time, initiating and managing change. Part three is about handling staffing and scheduling, recruiting and selecting staff, evaluating staff and performance, coaching, disciplining, and terminating staff, reducing turnover retaining staff, managing absenteeism and other staff problems, and handling collective-bargaining issues.
Each chapter begins with an outline of the chapter content, objectives and media link. Key terms are defined in boxes throughout the book. There are figures, tables, and other boxes to highlight and clarify important content. Each chapter ends with What you know now that are key points from the chapter, Questions to challenge you, Explore media link, and References.
Media link is an asset. There are some video overviews, objectives, NCLEX review questions, critical thinking activities, current events, chapter outlines, nursing leadership and management, media link, key terms, profiles and syllabus manager. This interactive approach should help the readers remember content. This book is good for undergraduate nursing students and practicing nurses.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book, September 19, 2007

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This review is from: Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (6th Edition) (EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT IN NURSING (SULL) (Paperback)

Awesome book. Only 300 or so pages to read; it is a very easy read; not written on PhD level like so many nursing texts. Read it all in less than one week and passed the exam with an A. Great publisher website with practice questions and activities for each chapter.