Book
The new leadership challenge : creating the future of nursing
Record details
- ISBN: 9780803626065
- ISBN: 0803626061
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Physical Description:
print
xxi, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Edition: 4th ed.
- Publisher: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The nature of leadership : distinguishing leadership from management -- Brief overview of selected theories of leadership -- Leadership and management -- Tasks of leadership -- Specific distinctions between leadership and management -- Elements of leadership -- The world and new leadership : changing our thinking about leadership -- Preparing nurse leaders -- Chaos theory -- Quantum theory and the new science -- Supporting perspectives and perspective transformation theory -- Followership and empowerment -- The concept of followership -- Types of followers -- Characteristics of effective or exemplary followers -- Sources of power -- Empowring self and others -- Developing effective followership skills -- Leadership as an integral component of a professional role -- Types of leadership -- Emotional competence -- Self-esteem and leadership image -- Would-be leaders become leaders -- Leadership as an integral component of each nurse's role -- Vision and creativity -- The concept of vision -- Purpose and development of a vision -- The process of creativity -- Gender perspectives in leadership -- Common gender differences -- Way of leading -- Combining the best of femaleness and maleness -- Strategies for women and men to be successful leaders in the future -- Disequilibrium and chaos : challenging, invigorating, and growth producing -- Adjusting the leader role and the practice of leadership -- Defining chaos -- Chaos in nursing -- Complexity of the registered nurse's role in the current health-care system -- Facilitating leadership in chaos -- Change -- The leader as a change agent -- Failitating the change process -- Process of change -- Barriers to change -- Dealing with conflict generated by change -- Shaping a preferred future for nursing -- Predicting the future -- General predictions about the future -- -- Predictions about the future of health care -- Predictions about the future of nursing -- Characteristics of nurse leaders needed to create a preferred future for nursing -- Developing as a leader throughout one's career -- General approaches to leadership development -- Environments that facilitate leadership development -- Empowerment -- Mentoring -- Networking -- Leadership, excellence, and creating the future of nursing -- The concept of excellence -- Leadership and excellence -- Professional involvement. |
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| Subject: | Nurse administrators Leadership Nursing, Supervisory Leadership Nurse Administrators |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Selkirk College.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Campus Library | WY 105 G8785N 2013 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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B001515139 | General | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
| Castlegar Campus Library | WY 105 G8785N 2013 (Text)
Copy: c. 2
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