Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Understanding nursing management and organizations --
Introducing nursing management --
Designing organizations --
Delivering nursing care --
Leading, managing, following --
Initiating and implementing change --
Managing and improving quality --
Understanding power and politics --
Part 2: Learning key skills in nursing management --
Thinking critically, making decisions, solving problems --
Communicating effectively --
Delegating successfully --
Building and managing teams --
Handling conflict --
Managing time --
Part 3: Managing fiscal resources --
Budgeting and managing fiscal resources --
Recruiting and selecting staff --
Staffing and scheduling --
Motivating and developing staff --
Evaluating staff performance --
Coaching, disciplining, and terminating staff --
Reducing turnover, retaining staff --
Managing absenteeism and other staff problems --
Preventing workplace violence --
Handling collective-bargaining issues --
Part 4: Taking care of yourself --
Managing stress --
Advancing your career.

Targeted to students, practicing nurses, and those in management, this book helps all nurses acquire skills they need to be successful in today's dynamic health environment.