Leadership in nursing practice : changing the landscape of health care.
- 3rd edition.
- 1 online resource (1144 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- New To This Edition -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers -- Chapter 1: Change and Innovation -- Dynamics of Change and Innovation -- Who, Why, What, When, and How of Change -- Strategies to Minimize Risk in Change and Innovation Scenarios -- Making Change and Innovation Happen -- Caveat: Measuring the Impact of Change and Innovation (What Problem Are You Fixing?) -- Managing Resistance to Change -- Course Correction -- Leading and Managing -- References -- Appendix A: Change Considerations: Scanning, Reflecting, and Integrating -- Chapter 2: Becoming a Professional Nurse -- The Elements of a Profession -- The Ethical Foundations of a Profession -- Shared Governance and Creation of a Professional Infrastructure -- The Use of Language Characterizing Professional Dialogue -- Personal Presentation of the Professional Self -- Interactions with Other Disciplines -- The Public and Policy Role of the Nursing Profession -- Nursing and Transdisciplinary Partnership -- I Am the Profession -- References -- Appendix A: Extinguishing Childlike Behaviors in the Professional Nursing Staff -- Appendix B: The Professional Is a Cocreator -- Appendix C: The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC): Important Information for Nurses -- Chapter 3: The Person of the Leader: The Capacity to Lead -- Self-Knowledge -- The Continuous Journey of Becoming -- The Leadership Mirror -- Leaders Versus Managers -- The Personal Attributes of Leaders -- Courage and Leadership -- Leaders Engage Stakeholders -- The Leader Stays in the Question -- Recognizing Personal Needs for Self-Development -- Personal Transparency and Openness -- References -- Appendix A: Old Versus New Leadership Skills -- Appendix B: Checking off Basic Leadership Attributes.