Nursing Leadership and Management: Theories, Processes and Practice doc

[...]... Rebecca A Patronis Nursing leadership and management : theories, processes, and practice / by Rebecca Patronis Jones p ; cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1362-1 (pbk : alk paper) 1 Nursing services—Administration 2 Nurse administrators 3 Leadership I Title [DNLM: 1 Leadership Problems and Exercises 2 Nursing, Supervisory—Problems and Exercises 3 Nursing Care—organization... entrepreneurship, and life-long learning to create a work environment that is efficient, cost-effective, and committed to quality care With that in mind, the primary goal for the textbook is to provide broad and comprehensive coverage of leadership and management theories and processes by synthesizing information from nursing, health care, general administration and management, and leadership literature and applying... within the group, and acting as potential “leaders-in-waiting” (Valiga and Grossman) Management, one of the responsibilities of leadership, is a five-step process that comprises planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling (Garrison, Morgan, and Johnson) The nurse’s approach to leadership and management reflects the dynamic state of nursing practice and health care Leadership has evolved... lead and manage care across the health-care continuum, including primary health promotion and prevention; secondary skilled, long term, and rehabilitative; and tertiary: emergent, urgent, and acute care Strategies are drawn from both leadership and management theories Leadership involves both the leader and the follower In this text, we have defined Leadership as the process of envisioning a new and. .. leaders in and for the profession Nursing s focus today is on delivering quality and cost-effective patient care rather than on accomplishing a list of nursing tasks This focus requires that nurses fulfill both leadership and follower roles effectively This chapter will explore the concepts of leadership and followership and discuss how nurses can improve their abilities to lead and follow Leadership. .. outline the differences between leadership and management Differences Between Leadership and Management Leadership and management are related phenomena but they are not the same It is important to 01Jones Leadership( F)-ch 01 1/14/07 3:30 PM Page 7 Leadership and Followership realize that (a) not all individuals in management positions are necessarily leaders, and (b) leadership is not necessarily tied... and managers simultaneously and effectively Indeed, our practice world is greatly enhanced when leaders are able to manage and managers are able to lead Bennis and Nanus (1985, p 21) have been quoted often as saying “leaders do the right thing, and managers do things right.” In nursing practice, we must both do the right thing and do that thing right For example, we apply standards of care to our practice. .. ourselves and our nurse colleagues Leadership Practices and Tasks Kouzes and Posner (1995) asserted that leaders should follow five practices of leadership to assist in transforming followers to realize their own visions and become more self-directed: challenging the status quo, inspiring a shared vision, enabling others to act rather than to react, being a role model, and encouraging the heart These practices... is consistent with that of Sashkin and Sashkin (2003) who, after 20 years of research, designed a four-dimensional model of transformational leadership that addresses communication leadership, credible leadership, caring leadership, and risk leadership (a concept they later renamed: creating opportunities) Gardner (1990) also researched the concept of leadership and identified several tasks that leaders... Patty, and Ginger, who have provided numerous stories about nursing And last to Abbie, who provided nursing care to all of the members of our family in need 00Jones Leadership( F)-FM 1/16/07 9:29 PM Page xii This page has been left intentionally blank 00Jones Leadership( F)-FM 1/16/07 9:29 PM Page xiii preface Introduction Nurses lead and manage nursing care for patients, families, aggregates, and communities . class="bi x0 y0 w2 h2" alt="" Nursing Leadership Management Nursing Leadership and Management Theories, Processes and Practice 00Jones Leadership( F)-FM 1/16/07. Patronis. Nursing leadership and management : theories, processes, and practice / by Rebecca Patronis Jones. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and