Nursing Leadership & Management (Paperback)

~ Patricia Kelly (Author)

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Product Description

This newly revised edition of Nursing Leadership & Management is a dynamic and insightful presentation of the leadership and management issues most important to today's nursing leaders. Rooted in evidence and research, this work offers solid foundations and real-world perspectives from nurses, managers, and health care personnel. Key topics at the forefront of every successful manager's agenda, such as quality improvement, health care economics, delegation, informatics, politics, and collective bargaining, are covered in-depth.

About the Author

Patricia Kelly holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from DePaul University and a master's degree from Loyola University in Chicago. She has taught conferences for the Joint Commission on Accreditation for Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and was the director of quality improvement at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. She is a professor emerita at Purdue University—Calumet. She continues to work as a part-time staff nurse in the emergency department and is an active Red Cross disaster relief volunteer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 2 edition (July 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418050261
• ISBN-13: 978-1418050269
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #78,420 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars there is no online companion, January 23, 2009

By	Future RN - See all my reviews

I had to buy this book for a nursing management class. Here are my complaints...it is not very concise (it rambles on and on) and the Preface states that there is an online companion to accompany the book but does not give you a website. It does not exist. On the plus side, there are a few NCLEX-style questions included, on the down-side, there is no way to check your answers because they are apparently supposed to be found on the non-existent online companion. I even called the Delmar Cengage help-line to find the website. The teenager I talked to put me on hold to look it up, then told me that I had to buy the answers and gave me an ISBN number I could type into my web browser to find the page that sells the answers. Nothing turned up. She then told me that she couldn't find anything on an online companion and that I was pretty much out of luck.

4.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied, February 23, 2010

By	JALee "J Lee" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

If I'd checked my mailbox, I'd have realized the book had arrived on time. As stated in the description, there were some markings and highlighting, but only on a few pages. Closed, however, it looks brand spanking new. Overall, I am satisfied with this purchase.

3.0 out of 5 stars Nursing leadership and management, February 6, 2010

By	Nancy W. Kelley (Conyers, Ga. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This book is a hard read, font size is very small. Didn't help me at all in this class.