Gain a solid foundation in nursing leadership and management skills The Challenge opens each chapter with a real-world scenario in which practicing nurse leaders/managers offer personal stories, encouraging you to think about how you would handle the situation.
UNIQUE Reorganized chapters make learning easier, and many are updated with new evidence-based content translating research into practice. Exercises help you apply concepts to the workplace and learn clinical reasoning. Tips for Leading, Managing, and Following offer practical guidelines to applying the information in each chapter. Reflections sections provide the opportunity to consider situations that may be encountered in practice. The Evidence sections summarize relevant concepts and research from scientific literature. Theory boxes highlight and summarize pertinent theoretical concepts related to chapter content. Full-color photos help to convey key concepts of nursing leadership and management. - NEW Healthy Workforce chapter
includes new content on the prevalence of suicide and promoting the healthy self. - NEW Artificial Intelligence chapter covers the significant changes to nursing care as a result of the increasing use of AI in the practice setting.
- NEW AACN Essentials Core Competencies for Nursing Education are included in each chapter, outlining the necessary curriculum content and expected competencies of graduates.
Patricia Yoder-Wise - Dr. Yoder-Wise is professor and Dean Emerita at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and she also teaches for the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston. She has taught in every type of nursing education program from nursing assistant through doctoral and continuing education. She is an author (e.g., Leading and Managing in Nursing and leadership/competence articles), editor (e.g., The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing /Nursing Forum), and serves as president of the Wise Group. Dr. Yoder-Wise is a past president of the Texas Nurses Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, and CGEAN. She is currently the President of the National League for Nursing.