Today's Nursing Leader

Download or read book Today's Nursing Leader written by Marilyn B. Klainberg and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique text is the perfect fit for courses in nursing management and leadership or for nursing capstone courses. It takes traditional topics and frames them within the authors' personal approach - based on years of preparing students for professional nursing practice. This book also discusses the many ways that nurses can become leaders, as well as the many roles they can take.The material has been organized and written especially for today's students and uses real-life vignettes to showcase leadership and humanize nursing leaders. The book covers such specific topics such as IT best practices, leadership theories, legal aspects, and development of strong leadership. The questions at the end of each chapter help focus the student to key points in the book and topics are intended to spark interest and encourage students to pursue leadership roles.