| Foreword |
xv |
| Preface |
xvii |
| Acknowledgements |
xix |
| Chapter 1. Managing Self to Lead Others |
1 |
| Chapter 2. Transforming Theory into Practice |
17 |
| Chapter 3. Leadership Development |
49 |
| Chapter 4. Clinical Leadership Challenge |
67 |
| Chapter 5. Organizational Design and Structure |
77 |
| Chapter 6. Healthcare Economics |
93 |
| Chapter 7. Financial Management for the Nurse Manager |
117 |
| Chapter 8. Flexible Budgets and Staffing Matrix |
149 |
| Chapter 9. Nursing Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities |
167 |
| Chapter 10. Culturally Competent Organizations |
187 |
| Chapter 11. Workforce Diversity: Valuing and Embracing Difference |
199 |
| Chapter 12. Retention and Recruitment: Reversing the Order |
217 |
| Chapter 13. Assistive Personnel |
235 |
| Chapter 14. Interviewing and Selecting the Right Candidate |
253 |
| Chapter 15. Employment Laws and Regulations |
277 |
| Chapter 16. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining |
289 |
| Chapter 17. Performance Appraisals |
301 |
| Chapter 18. Lifelong Learning and Continuing Competency |
329 |
| Chapter 19. Mentoring: Promoting the Development of Nurses |
349 |
| Chapter 20. Workplace Reengineering, Reorganization, and Redesign |
357 |
| Chapter 21. Writing a Business Plan |
371 |
| Chapter 22. Cancer Program Strategic Planning and Marketing |
379 |
| Chapter 23. Accreditation: A Method for Measuring Compliance |
395 |
| Chapter 24. Quality and Process Improvement |
409 |
| Chapter 25. Legal and Risk Management Issues |
431 |
| Chapter 26. Program Development in a Veterans Healthcare System |
449 |
| Chapter 27. Radiation Oncology Management |
461 |
| Chapter 28. Ambulatory Care Management |
489 |
| Chapter 29. Homecare Issues |
509 |
| Chapter 30. Management of Hospice Services |
523 |
| Chapter 31. In Search of Nursing Excellence |
533 |
| Chapter 32. Nursing Information Systems |
545 |
| Chapter 33. Nursing Research: Current Perspectives and Future Trends |
553 |
| Chapter 34. Securing Funding for Nursing Research |
573 |
| Chapter 35. Cancer Centers of Excellence |
591 |
| Chapter 36. Advocacy and Health Policy |
601 |
| Chapter 37. Managerial Rejuvenation |
621 |
| Appendices |
633 |
| Index |
647 |