Leadership and management skills for long-term care / Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, Deanna Gray-Miceli, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sullivan-Marx, Eileen.

Gray-Miceli, Deanna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geriatric nursing.

Nursing services--Administration.

Nursing services.

Long-term care facilities--Administration.

Long-term care facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the scope of long-term care settings has expanded from nursing homes and home care agencies to assisted living facilities and community-based health services, the training for nurses, managers and administrators, medical directors, and other professionals who work in these facilities is often fragmented. This book was developed to fill a widely-recognized gap in the management and leadership skills of RNs needed to improve the quality of long-term care. The book is based around learning modules in leadership and management competencies that were site-tested in three types of long-term ca

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Leadership and Management; Chapter 1 Overview and How to Use the Modules; Chapter 2 Team Building; Chapter 3 Directing and Delegation in Long-Term Care; Chapter 4 Power and Negotiation; Chapter 5 Change Theory and Process; Part II: Principles of Education; Chapter 6 Developing Cultural Competence in Long-Term Care Nursing; Chapter 7 Leading Through Education in Long-Term Care Nursing; Appendix: Pre- and Post-Test Answer Keys; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81827-5

9786611818272

0-8261-5994-X

OCLC:

476262298