Nursing Education Catalogue 2017

MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application, Eighth Edition, International Edition Bessie L. Marquis, RN, CNAA, MSN

NURSING EDUCATION

February 2014 / Softbound / 7" x 10" / 624 pp. 978-1-4698-5571-4 (International Edition) 978-1-4511-9281-0 DESCRIPTION

Develop the skills you’ll need on the job—from organizing patient care and motivating staff to managing conflict and working collaboratively—with this new edition of the #1 selling book for the course. The authors provide a concise, user-friendly synthesis of application and theory and a unique focus on critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. Over 240 case studies are drawn from a variety of health care settings, including 15-25 NEW cases that focus on the new nurse or first-level manager. • Prepare to take on leaderships roles in nursing practice with Examining the Evidence sections in each chapter that provide new research ?ndings, evidence- based practice, and best practices in leadership and management. • Enhance your critical-thinking skills with more than 250 Learning Exercises, that put you in the role of a nurse-manager: assessing, deciding, and executing. • Reinforce your understanding of key ideas with Break Out Comments in every chapter. • Master complex information with tables, displays, and illustrations . • Prepare for exams with Key Concepts that summarize each chapter’s important information. • Take your learning beyond the book a wide range of online learning tools, including with Web links for each chapter that guide you to new information.

Wolters Kluwer

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