by Rebecca Patronis Jones DNSc RN CNAA BC

This comprehensive text explores the philosophy that all nurses are leaders who use creative decision making, entrepreneurship, and life-long learning to create a work environment that is efficient, cost-effective, and committed to quality care. Broad and comprehensive coverage encompasses leadership and management theories and processes by synthesizing information from nursing, health care, general administration and management, and leadership literature. Activities teach them how to research decision-making data (participatory action research process) and analyze and make reliable choices in managing their work environment. Theory-based, scholarly yet practical, this is the most comprehensive and engaging baccalaureate text on the market!- Views the nurse as a proactive decisionmaker and problem solver engaged incritical thinking.- Encourages active learning by participationin current research and analysis ofliterature.- Uses research briefs throughout variouschapters to help the student withapplication to practice and evidencebasedpractice.- Features examples, case studies, vignettes,and best practices developed by leadingexperts and practicing nurses from acrosscare settings and specialties to illustratetheory application.- Includes a broad range of pedagogy—chapter objectives, discussion questions,individual and group interactive learningexercises, glossary of common terms,chapter summaries, reference list, andbibliographies.