Kelly Vana's Nursing Leadership and Management

All chapters have been revised to reflect current practice.

A strong foundation for evidence‐based health care with attention to high‐quality, safe care is emphasized throughout the text.

The role of the entry level staff nurse in nursing leadership and management at the bedside is emphasized and provides a framework for understanding how the new nurse is a leader and manager and can make a difference within the health care system.

Quality and Safety in Education (QSEN) competencies have been emphasized, with chapters on each of the 6 QSEN competencies, i.e., Quality Improvement, Patient‐Centered Care, Evidence‐Based Care, Informatics, Teamwork and Collaboration, and Safety, as well as an additional chapter on Searching for the Evidence in the Literature.

Chapters on Nursing Leadership and Management in a Historical Context and Organization of Patient Care in High Reliability Health Care Organizations have been added.

All chapters have been updated to include new information from national and state health care and nursing organizations, e.g., the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and The Joint Commission (TJC) on patient quality and safety.

Content on delegation, setting patient care priorities, budgeting, and health care economics, has been significantly reworked and expanded.

The chapter on NCLEX‐RN licensure preparation helps students ensure that they are prepared for licensure by including a mini‐nutrition chart, mini‐medication chart, tips on preparing for the Next Generation NCLEX‐RN licensure examination, and information on clinical reasoning, available at http://www.ncsbn.org/14172.htm, accessed June 16, 2020.

Review questions are included in all chapters to help students test their knowledge and prepare for course exams. Review question formats include single choice and multiple option style questions.

The Appendix include a Glossary of Key Terms and Answers to Chapter Review Questions for student and Faculty use.

Several Appendix documents illustrating Preparation for new nurses and hour‐by‐hour schedules for a Labor and Delivery (L & D) patient care unit and various other patient care units are provided. There are also photos illustrating various elements of patient care.

A new website, accessed at www.wiley.com/go/kelly-Nursing-Leadership, is provided including:

Faculty resources

Additional online review questions with answers for each chapter

Student resources Online

PowerPoint for each chapter

Tables and Figures for all chapters

Chapter Review question answers

Glossary of Key Terms

Several standard chapter features are utilized throughout the text, which provide the reader with a consistent format for learning and an assortment of resources for understanding and applying the knowledge presented. Chapter features include the following:

Health care or nursing quote related to chapter content

Objectives that state the chapter's learning goals

Opening scenario, a mini entry‐level nursing case study that relates to the chapter, with critical thinking questions, which are discussed at the end of each chapter

Photos, Figures, and Tables to clarify chapter content

Key Concepts, a listing of the primary understandings the reader is to take from the chapter

Key Terms, a listing of important new terms defined in the chapter

NCLEX‐RN style Review Questions at the end of each chapter. Answers available to students at the end of each chapter

Review Activities, a reflection of chapter content applied to entry‐level real‐world nursing situations

Discussion Points, critical thinking elements for discussion in student groups and/or the classroom

Exploring the Web, websites related to chapter content

Informatics, website exercise to develop informatics skill of student, including one website exercise that takes the student to the Quality and Safety in Nursing (QSEN) website, www.qsen.org

Lean Back, questions related to chapter that encourage reflective thinking

References for chapter

Suggested Reading for further development of thinking related to chapter

Special elements are sprinkled throughout the chapters to enhance student learning and encourage critical thinking. These include:

Evidence from the Literature with synopsis of key findings from nursing and health care literature

Real World Interviews with health care leaders and managers, including nursing staff, clinicians, administrators, quality improvement staff, faculty, nursing and medical practitioners, patients, nursing assistive personnel (NAP), librarians, and lawyers

Critical Thinking exercises regarding an ethical, legal, cultural, spiritual, delegation, or quality improvement nursing or health care topic

Case Studies to provide the entry‐level nurse with a clinical nursing leadership/management situation calling for critical thinking to solve a health care problem

QUOTE

A nursing or health care theorist quote gives a professional's perspective regarding the topic at hand; read this as you begin each new chapter and see whether your opinion matches or differs, or whether you are in need of further information.

OBJECTIVES

These statements indicate the performance‐based, measurable objectives that are targeted for mastery upon completion of the chapter.

OPENING SCENARIO

This mini case study with related critical thinking questions should be read prior to delving into the chapter; it sets the tone for the material to come and helps you identify your knowledge base and perspective. Discussion answers of the questions are included near the end of each chapter.

CASE STUDIES

These short case studies with related questions present a beginning clinical nursing leadership or management situation calling for judgment, decision making, or analysis in solving an open‐ended problem. Familiarize yourself with the types of situations and settings you will later encounter in nursing practice and challenge yourself to devise solutions that will result in the best outcomes for all parties, within the boundaries of legal and ethical nursing practice.

EVIDENCE FROM THE LITERATURE

Study these key evidence findings from nursing and health care research, theory, and the literature. Ask yourself how they will influence your nursing practice. Do you see ways in which your nursing could be affected by these evidence findings? Do you agree with the implications identified by the author?

CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISES

Ethical, cultural, spiritual, legal, delegation, and performance improvement considerations are highlighted in these exercises. Before beginning a new chapter, page through and read the Critical Thinking Exercises. Jot down your comments or reactions, then see whether your perspective changes after you complete the chapter.

REAL WORLD INTERVIEWS

Interviews with nursing and many other interprofessional health care leaders and managers are included as well as interviews with hospital administration leaders, patients, family members, and others. As you read these interviews, ask yourself whether you had ever considered that individual's point of view on the given topic. How will knowing another person's point of view affect the care you deliver?

DISCUSSION POINTS

These are critical thinking questions related to chapter content for discussion in student groups or the classroom.

INFORMATICS

These include website exercises to develop the informatics skill of student, including one exercise that takes the student to the Quality and Safety in Nursing (QSEN) website.