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Author Forman, Harriet

Title Nursing leadership for patient-centered care : authenticity, presence, intuition, expertise / Harriet Forman
Published New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 287 pages) : illustrations
Contents The three Cs: collaboration, communication, and cooperation -- The organization : shifting authority and communication from top down to patient centered -- Leadership/management-can you tell them apart? -- Labor and management : need not be adversarial -- Personality traits--the keys to the kingdom -- Bridging the cultural divide -- Spirituality and nursing : challenges, dilemmas, and occasional successes / Barbara Stevens Barnum -- Grief : part of the human condition -- Ethics, morality, critical thinking, and use and abuse of power : are there missing links? -- The epilogue--nursing : what it is and what it should be
Summary "Dr. Forman's book is revolutionary and courageous in that it brings to light negative issues that exist in nursing management and patient care ... Her use of plain, day-to-day language and methods will ultimately bring reform to health care at the bedside."--Deborah M. Tascone. MS RN Regional Executive Director North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
Too often, both nurses and patients witness major breakdowns in the health care Too communication, unrealistic nurse-patient ratios, tension among staff, abuse of authority, and most importantly, managers drawn away from patients due to administrative duties. This inspiring guide presents engaging, real-life stories of nurses, managers, and leaders who have experienced failures of the system firsthand, and have been motivated to critically examine, address, and resolve them
This collection of narratives includes practical methods, models, and strategies that nurses can apply to enhance and expand their own practices. Readers will gain a wealth of insight on how to overcome narrow-mindedness and egocentrism, to improve their management, leadership. communication, and organizational skills, and ultimately to bring real reform to health care practices and patient care
Presents stories of actual management issues and how nurse leaders/managers, nursing staff, and patients have handled them
Identifies harmful trends in the health care system that can be analyzed and remedied
Encourages nurse managers to shift the prevailing system-centered orientation to one that is patient-centered
Provides a phenomenologically based leadership/management model for resolving nursing issues institutionally and individually
An engaging. enjoyable read, this book will empower readers to dramatically transform the health care system at large. --Book Jacket
Analysis patientcentreret pleje
ledelse
patient-sygeplejerske samspillet
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nursing services -- Administration.
Leadership.
Nurse and patient.
Nursing.
Nurse administrators.
Leadership
Nursing
Nurse Administrators
Patient-Centered Care -- organization & administration
Nursing, Supervisory
Nurse-Patient Relations
nursing (health science)
MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Management & Leadership.
Nursing
Nurse administrators
Leadership
Nurse and patient
Nursing services -- Administration
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010026538
ISBN 9780826105592
0826105599
1282849603
9781282849600