Kelly Vana's Nursing Leadership and Management

The book includes chapters on the Quality and Safety for Nurses ( QSEN) competencies: patient‐centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence‐based practice, quality improvement, safety and informatics (Cronenwett et al., 2007). These competencies provide the guide for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are needed to ensure the delivery of high‐quality and safe care. The essential ingredient in integrating and implementing the QSEN competencies is leadership. Leadership to stand up and deliver nursing care that aligns with high‐quality standards. This takes courage and strength as often the status quo is to “get through the shift,” missing the opportunity to be an authentic leader. Being an authentic leader requires time to pause and be reflective in order to understand the values and strengths of yourself and others and the context of our work environments (Cooper, Scandura, & Schriesheim, 2005).

We can look to our country's great leaders to inspire us. Abraham Lincoln rises to the top of my list. I have always been impressed with President Lincoln and his ability to overcome failure and persist. Among the many leadership principles that President Lincoln lived by, the one that resonates the most with me is to “preach a vision and continually reaffirm it” (Phillips, 1992). It is our call in nursing to preach the vision of high‐quality and safe care and continually reaffirm it. Thanks to Professors Kelly Vana and Tazbir for providing this book that helps us on the leadership journey to get us there.

Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN

Sarah C. Hirsh Professorship in Nursing

Associate Professor

Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Associate Professor, School of Medicine

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Associate Director

Nurse Advisor, National VA Quality Scholars Program (VAQS)

Senior Nurse Fellow VAQS

Louis Stokes Cleveland VA

Director, QSEN Institute

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2 Cooper, C. D., Scandura, T. A., & Schriesheim, C. A. (2005). Looking forward but learning from our past: Potential challenges to developing authentic leadership theory and authentic leaders. The Leadership Quarterly, 16(3), 475–493. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2005.03.008

3 Cronenwett, L., Sherwood, G., Barnsteiner, J., et al. (2007). Quality and safety education for nurses. Nursing Outlook, 55(3), 122–131.

4 Phillips, D. T. (1992). Lincoln on leadership: Executive strategies for tough times. Illinois: DTP/Companion Book.

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 quotes 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 are available to students at the end of the chapter‐no more flipping back and forth for answers!

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 the chapter content.

Informatics: website exercises to develop the 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 the chapter that encourage reflective thinking.

References for the chapter.

Suggested Readings for further development of thinking related to the 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.

Patricia Kelly Vanaearned a Diploma in Nursing from St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing, Hammond, Indiana; a Baccalaureate in Nursing from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois; and a Master's Degree in Nursing from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. Pat is Professor Emerita, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond Indiana. She has worked as a staff registered nurse, charge nurse, school nurse, nurse educator, travel nurse, industrial nurse, per diem nurse, and nurse volunteer in six states, i.e., Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Pat loves to travel and has traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, Asia, and Puerto Rico. She has taught conferences for The Joint Commission, Resource Applications, Pediatric Concepts, and Kaplan, Inc. She has served as a Disaster Volunteer for the American Red Cross; as a volunteer nurse with a health care team of nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and lay people on a health care trip to Nicaragua; as a nursing volunteer at a free clinic in Chicago; and as a volunteer at church food pantries in Austin, Texas, and in Chicago, Illinois. Pat currently teaches national three‐day NCLEX‐RN reviews for Evolve Testing & Remediation/Health Education Systems, Inc. (HESI), Houston, Texas, and volunteers part time in the Emergency Department at Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois, and at Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Meyers, Florida.

Pat was Director of Quality Improvement at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. She has taught at Wesley‐Passavant School of Nursing in Chicago, Chicago State University, and was Associate Degree Program Coordinator at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond Indiana. She has taught Fundamentals of Nursing, Adult Nursing, Nursing Leadership and Management, Nursing Issues, Nursing Trends, Quality Improvement, and Legal Aspects of Nursing. Pat has been a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the American Nurses Association, and the Emergency Nurses Association. She has been listed in Who's Who in American Nursing , 2000 Notable American Women , and the International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women .

Pat has served on the Board of Directors of Tri City Mental Health Center, St. Anthony's Home, and the Quality Connection Journal.

Pat is the Editor with Dr. Beth Vottero and Dr. Carolyn Christie‐McAuliffe of Introduction to Quality and Safety Education for Nurses , First and Second Editions, by Kelly, Vottero and Christie‐McAuliffe, Springer Publications (2018 and 2014). She is also the Editor with Dr. Beth Vottero and Dr. Geralyn Altmiller, of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses , Third Edition, Springer Publications (2021) Pat is the Editor of Nursing Leadership & Management , First, Second, and Third Editions, Delmar Cengage Learning Publications (2012, 2008, and 2003), which has been adapted for use in Canada, i.e., Nursing Leadership and Management by Patricia Kelly and Heather Crawford, First and Second Editions (2013 and 2008) Nelson Publications; and Nursing Leadership and Management , by Patricia Kelly and Heather Quesnelle, Third Edition (2016). The text is also used in India.