Kelly Vana's Nursing Leadership and Management

Patricia Kelly Vana is Professor Emerita, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, Indiana, where she served as Program Coordinator for an Undergraduate Nursing Program. She has taught Quality Improvement conferences for The Joint Commission and was the Director of Quality Improvement at the University of Chicago Medicine. Pat currently travels nationally teaching three-day NCLEX-RN reviews for Evolve Testing & Remediation/Health Education Systems, Inc. (HESI), Houston, Texas.Janice Tazbir is a nurse at the University of Chicago Medicine in critical care and has been for 32 years. She consults for Anderson Continuing Education, teaches HESI Live Reviews and was a Professor of Nursing at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana, for 22 years, where she served in many roles including Undergraduate Coordinator and the founding Director of The Center for Instructional Excellence.

• Contributors xxiformer contributors to the third edition xxxiPreface xxxixForeword xlviiHow to use this book xlixAbout the editors liAcknowledgments lvAbout the Companion Website lviiUnit 1: Kelly's Nursing Leadership and Management 11 Kelly's Nursing Leadership, Management, and Motivation 12 The Health Care Environment 293 Nursing Leadership and Management in a Historical Context 664 Organization of Patient Care in High Reliability Care Organizations 865 Organization and Staffing of Patient Care at the Unit Level 1206 Health Care Economics 1577 Hospital Department and Unit Budgets 184Unit 2: Leadership and Management of Patient-Centered Care 2068 Patient-Centered Care 2069 Patient and Health Care Education 23010 Patient Outcomes and Evidence-Based Health Care 26111 Searching for the Evidence 28012 Quality Improvement of Patient Care 30313 Improving Quality at the Bedside 32814 Safety: Patient and Health Care Team 34815 Nursing Informatics 374Unit 3: Nursing and the Interprofessional Team 41116 Interprofessional Teamwork and Collaboration 41117 Members of the Interprofessional Team 44118 Delegation, Assignment, and Supervision of Patient Care 45619 Time Management and Setting Patient Care Priorities 49020 Change, Clinical Decision Making and Innovation 51121 Power and Politics 53522 Legal Aspects of Nursing 56623 Ethical Aspects of Nursing 58724 Culture, Generational Differences, and Spirituality 605Unit 4: Leadership and Management of Self and the Future 64025 NCLEX-RN Preparation 64026 Entry into the Profession: Your First Job 66827 Career Planning and Professional Development 69528 Balancing a Healthy Personal and Professional Life 72229 Nursing Career Opportunities 734Appendix 1 754Appendix 2 770Appendix 3 772Appendix 4 774Appendix 5 776Appendix 6 778Glossary 780Index 791

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