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1.0 out of 5 stars
Undoubtedly one of the worst textbooks ever written, September 12, 2010
This review is from: Leadership and Nursing Care Management, 4e (Paperback)
This text is required for the Leadership course in my BSN curriculum. Do not even consider buying this book, even if you are required to for a class, because 1) you will never read it or 2) you will attempt to read it and either stop immediately or learn nothing. It is the wordiest, most confusing, most disorganized mess ever published. In fact, I can't believe anyone agreed to publish it. Let me refer you to one paragraph from the text that I found particularly ridiculous, so you can be assured of the accuracy of my review:
"The challenge of this issue of leadership and communication, persuasion, and negotiation revolves around who is change what, when, how, with whom, and with what outcome? How can the leaders (the "who") who are to implement holistic care - especially spiritual care (the "what") - throughout the nursing organization somehow (the "how) involve all nursing professionals (the "with whom") so that nurses will be able to provide spiritual care to patients (the "with what outcome")?
That is a stand-alone paragraph, not part of a paragraph, and the rest of the text is equally confusing (at least I assume it is, because I could only make myself read a small portion of it). I have never read such absurdity in my life, and I am simply appalled that the faculty of my program selected this text for use.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A bit too wordy, June 30, 2006
This was a required textbook and we had to read every chapter. I think the whole book could easily be cut down to 50% of the words and still convey the same material.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Leadership and Nursing Care Management 3rd ed. by Diane L. Huber, April 17, 2006
Diane Huber is the editor and contributing author of this well documented scholarly book. The book contains seven parts and 40 chapters written by 36 contributing authors. The table of contents does not identify who wrote the chapters, and there is no author index. The author is listed right under the chapter title in the chapter, and there is a list of contributors with their title and place of employment at the front of the book.
The parts are I. "Leadership and Care management Overview", II. "The Professional's Role", III. Health Care Organizations and Systems", IV. "Care Management", V. "Human Resources Management," VI. "Fiscal Management," VII. "Outcomes Management". Chapters start with chapter objectives. There are relevant quotes in some chapters. There is a content overview followed by definitions. Many well illustrated figures seem original with this book. There are also boxes and tables to illustrate the content. Leadership and management are differentiated. Chapters contain at least one research note describing the purpose, discussion and application to practice of a research study related to the topic. Chapters contain both the seminal work and current issues and trends. Chapters usually end with a summary, study questions, a case study, and critical thinking exercise. The references span five decades. The book has a glossary and index.
The book also has a study guide by Diane L. Huber. Each chapter starts with the study focus or major points from the textbook. There are learning tools, case studies, case study questions, learning resources including discussion questions and study questions. References and supplemental readings are listed. The answers to the text study questions are at the end of each chapter, and the answer key to the study guide questions is at the end of the book.
The book is 992 pages long making it difficult to hold and read. The greatest strength of this book (the well documented scholarship) is probably also its greatest weakness by making the book less than enjoyable reading. This book seems particularly good for identifying the scholarship related to specific leadership and management content.
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