Nursing management and leadership Books

Book SynopsisDemonstrating leadership is entwined with many aspects of the nursing associate role. It is found in your workload management, prioritisation and delegation. It is found in the way you contribute to your team and supervise others. It is found in the way you deliver care and implement quality improvement. In short, understanding leadership is key to your future career. This book offers a first step into the world of leadership. Introducing the theory and principles of leadership you need to know, it shows you how to apply them to your every day role and build confidence in yourself as a leader. Key features - Fully mapped to the NMC Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates (2018) - Explains the theory and principles of leadership in clear, straightforward language - Case studies and activities illustrate leadership across a range of scenarios and care settings - Written specifically to address the unique experiences, challenges and requirements of the nursing associate role Table of ContentsChapter 1: Leadership and the role of the Nursing Associate Chapter 2: What is leadership theory and change management? Chapter 3: Understanding those interpersonal skills required to provide leadership across multiple settings Chapter 4: Understanding and applying the principles of human and environmental factors in relation to leadership Chapter 5: Understanding data and information for effective care and leadership Chapter 6: Understanding prioritisation, workload, and delegation Chapter 7: Understanding how to monitor and review quality of care Chapter 8: Understanding compassionate leadership

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Book SynopsisWhat is leadership?How do you develop your leadership abilities?How is leadership different from management?How does leadership contribute to professional and personal success…improve patient care…and affect the future of nursing?An easy-to-read, interactive approach helps you to identify the characteristics of leaders and followers and illustrates not only how, but also when to use the qualities associated with each to achieve professional and personal success.Excellent book for nurse leadership. "This should be mandatory reading for all nurses." - John P., Online ReviewerThe future of leadership for nursing. "Breathtaking! What Nursing Leadership should aspire to be. Helpful for anyone venturing into a leadership role. Insightful concepts and practical suggestions for transformational leadership." - Online Reviewer Excellent leadership text for nurses "After so much of the same content in nursing school that dryly proclaims the importance of leadership and contributing to the profession, I frequently found my eyes widening while reading this book. Somehow, the authors consistently, boldly, and beautifully call for and describe the transformative leadership that is so needed in nursing today. … I just kept thinking, 'Wow, I've never seen it said like that (in nursing). That's awesome!' This book is relevant, well-written, and full of paradigm-shifting inspirational material." - Tristen W., Online ReviewerTable of Contents 1. The Phenomenon of Leadership: Classic/Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership 2. The Nature of Leadership: Distinguishing Leadership From Management 3. Disequilibrium and Chaos: Challenging, Invigorating, and Growth Producing 4. The World and New Leadership: Changing Our Thinking About Leadership 5. Followership and Empowerment 6. Leadership as an Integral Component of Each Nurse's Professional Role 7. Vision and Creativity 8. Gender Perspectives in Leadership 9. Shaping a Preferred Future for Nursing 10. Developing as a Leader Throughout One's Career 11. Leadership, Excellence, and Professional Involvement: All Essential to Creating a Preferred Future for Nursing Annotated Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTransition from student to professional with confidence. Stepping out of the classroom and into professional nursing practice can be stressful. This handy guide will build your confidence and prepare you to meet the challenges you’ll face as a new staff nurse in today’s dynamic health-care environments. You’ll explore your future responsibilities as a leader and a manager and the workplace issues and trends that you’ll encounter in practice. Revised, Expanded & Updated! Encompassing the expanding challenges and responsibilities of nurses in practice today, the current health care environment, safety and quality initiatives, and changes in nursing practice New & Expanded! Content on diversity, the aging population, and LGBTQ+ community as well as resilience in times of unexpected stress and nurses as creative innovators Updated! Case studies with questions that promote clinical judgment End-of-chapter Case Studies, Study Questions, and NCLEX®-style review questions with answers and rationales in the appendix Comprehensive, practical advice on how to develop and sustain a successful nursing career Coverage of the concepts essential to assuming leadership and management roles as well as career mobility, advanced degrees, magnet status, practice levels, and professional organizations Coverage of quality and safety issues, including the roles of QSEN, the Institute of Medicine, research, and evidence-based practice Self-assessment tools to identify personal strengths and empower the development of leadership skills Integrated coverage of Canadian nursing Trade ReviewEasy to read & worth it! The book was a required one for my L&M course and I can definitely say that it was a really good book. The material was presented in an easy-to-read format and the chapters themselves were very short, providing practice questions to review what you learned. Definitely worth buying!" - Brenda, Online Reviewer"This was a great overview of things that impact nursing leadership and management. It gives the reader a general introduction or explanation which can offer new or emerging nurse leader some preliminary knowledge of leadership/management issues they may encounter. Good intro to administrative nursing practice." - Karen, Online ReviewerTable of Contents I.Professionalism 1.Characteristics of a Profession 2.Professional Ethics and Values 3.Nursing Practice and the LawII.Leading and Managing 4.Leadership and Followership 5.The Nurse as a Manager of Care 6.Delegation and Prioritization of Client Care Staffing 7.Communicating With Others and Working With the Interprofessional Team 8.Resolving Problems and ConflictsIII.Healthcare Organizations 9.Organizations, Power and Professional Empowerment 10.Organizations, People and Change 11.Quality and Safety 12.Maintaining a Safe Work Environment 13.Promoting a Healthy Work EnvironmentsIV.Your Nursing Career 14.Launching your Career 15.Advancing your CareerV.Looking to the Future 16.What the Future HoldsAppendices 1.Standards Published by the American Nurses Association 2.Guidelines for the Registered Nurse in Giving, Accepting, or Rejecting a Work Assignment 3.National Council of State Boards of Nursing Guidelines for Using Social Media Appropriately 4.Answers to NCLEX Review Questions Bibliography

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Book SynopsisMeeting the psychological and spiritual needs of patients is vital to supporting their wellbeing in health care settings. To develop an effective, holistic and inclusive approach to care within predominantly medical health care models, practitioners across health care disciplines must work collaboratively to understand the complex, significant relationships between their patients' medical, therapeutic and spiritual requirements.Bridging the gap between care disciplines, the book presents an innovative vision of patient wellbeing enriched by a synthesis of psychological, spiritual and medical approaches. Prominent practitioners from a range of disciplines including nursing and psychiatry demonstrate how their psycho-spiritual approaches meet the individual needs of patients, adapting to their emotional, spiritual and religious requirements. Accessible and enlightening, this book offers significant practical insight into the role of psychologically informed spiritual care.Trade ReviewThis book will be required reading for the rapidly growing number of health care practitioners and trainees who want to know more about the contribution psychologically informed spiritual care can make to psychological health in the UK.Accessible and engaging, it provides an excellent overview of the development of psycho-spiritual care in the context of holistic health. Harrison and his colleagues invite the reader on an important journey, grounded in innovative research and illustrated with fascinating case vignettes, which gives a voice to the lived experience of patients and health care staff alike. -- Professor Simon du Plock, Faculty Head, Faculty of Post-Qualification and Professional Doctorate, Metanoia Institute & Middlesex UniversityGuy Harrison has produced a fascinating book which explores wide-ranging and genuinely new facets of psycho-spiritual care. This curiously compelling blend of personal research and inter-disciplinary reflection puts flesh and feeling on the bones of rigorous analysis. A truly holistic achievement which prompts rich and radical thinking. -- The Revd Canon Dr Margaret Whipp, practical and pastoral theological educator, former consultant oncologist and Lead Chaplain at Oxford University HospitalsThis easy-to-read book draws on more than two decades of experience of working with patients and carers. The result is a compelling book that provides important insights into the nature of care and caring. Highly recommended for all who are interested in contributing to a holistic care environment. -- Professor Debra Jackson PhD FACN, Director of the Oxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR)Table of ContentsIntroduction - Guy Harrison, Head of Spiritual and Pastoral Care, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Part One. The Development of Psycho-Spiritual Care: Research and Practice - Guy Harrison. 1. The Practice of Psycho-Spiritual Care. 2. An Autoethnographic Narrative Case Study Approach to Research. 3. Liminality and Healing. 4. Developing Psycho-Spiritual Care as an Aspect of Holistic Health. Part Two. Aspects of Psycho-Spiritual Care in Health Care Practice. Introduction - William West, Visiting Professor in Counselling at the University of Chester and Honorary Reader in Counselling Studies at the University of Manchester. 5. The Struggle for Meaning: Incorporating a spiritual dimension in mental health care - Rachel Freeth, Psychiatrist and Counsellor. 6. Spirituality, Psychosis and the Journey of Life - Isabel Clarke, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. 7. Souls and Shadows: Words, Music and the Compassionate Spirit - Bob Heath, Music Therapist. 8. The Mindfulness of Caring - Gavin Garman, Deputy Director of Nursing and Practice, Devon Partnership Trust. 9. Searching for Identity in Uncertain Professional Territory: Psychospirituality as Discourse for Non-Religious Spiritual Care - Steve Nolan, Chaplain. 10. Conclusion - Guy Harrison.

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Book SynopsisThe NHS is in crisis - it's in record demand, and care services are at breaking point - but what if the solution to rescuing the NHS is in the hands of the patients themselves?In this refreshingly positive and remarkable book, David Gilbert shares the powerful real-life stories of 'patient leaders' - ordinary people affected by life-changing illnesses, disabilities, or conditions, who have all gone back into the fray to help change the healthcare system in necessary and inspiring ways. Charting their diverse journeys - from managing to live with their condition, and their motivation to change the status quo, right through to their successes in improving approaches to health and social care - these moving and courageous stories aim to motivate others to take back control and showcase the pivotal importance of patients as genuine decision-making leaders.Filled with hard-won wisdom and everyday heroism, The Patient Revolution challenges current discourse and sets out an empowering vision of how patient leaders can change the future of healthcare.Trade ReviewHealthcare has made huge progress in the last 70 years, but how much further could we have travelled if we'd let patients lead the charge? To design any treatment or service without hearing the voices of those who use it, and knowing what matters most to them, is to set ourselves up for failure. And yet patient involvement is a relatively recent idea. When I trained as a doctor in the mid-eighties, we commonly wouldn't tell some patients what their diagnosis was, for fear of upsetting them. Others were labelled 'not for resuscitation' without any discussion or agreement from them. And yet as this book amply illustrates, there are huge gains to be made from telling patients the whole truth and letting them take a lead in their care, and to take as much control and responsibility as they feel willing and able to do. The patient leaders here tell inspiring and sometimes frustrating stories, but they are all united by a desire to learn from their experience and to improve the experience of those who follow them. We desperately need their help if healthcare is to cope with the demands placed on it. This wonderful collection of insight and experience is a great place to start. -- Dr Phil Hammond, NHS doctor, journalist and author of ‘Staying Alive – How to Improve Your Health and Your Healthcare’At the beginning of my medical career, collaborations with service users barely existed. When they started to emerge, I have to admit I was sceptical. But as I grew older, and hopefully wiser, I started to wake up. Now I think they are indispensable. If anyone still needs convincing, read this book. I promise you won't regret it. -- Professor Sir Simon Wessely, President, Royal Society of MedicineDavid has shaped the purpose of Patient Leadership as a Patient Director in an NHS Service. Bringing his full and authentic self to the workplace David has truly located the Patient as an equal in the planning and delivery of NHS care. There is much for us all to learn from his experience. -- Samantha Allen, Chief Executive, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust'Extraordinary stories, extraordinarily well told' was my first reaction but that is not the point of this book. The point is that, sadly, the stories may be all too common. The people who have talked to David Gilbert about their experiences of healthcare have done us all a service, as has Gilbert in his sensitive presentation of their voices. We should all listen. -- Harry Cayton, former Chief Executive, Professional Standards AuthorityA profoundly important book about a social movement of patients who are also activists and entrepreneurs and who can make a vital contribution to the NHS. Having read the book, I am left wondering: 'Why doesn't the system wholeheartedly embrace patient leadership?'Perhaps it's all about power. A chief executive recently tweeted- without irony- that a red chair would sit empty during all executive meetings to remind board members of the importance of patient involvement. Please read this book, please reflect on it and please don't leave the red chair empty. -- Professor Alf Collins, Clinical Director for Personalised Care, NHS England and NHS ImprovementThis book is dangerously good. -- Richard Pemberton, Director of British Psychological SocietyI imagine that many readers have had the experience of making their own diagnosis based on information on the Internet, which is part of patient empowerment so that people can arrive better informed at their doctor's appointment. This book goes further by sharing the stories of 13 'patient leaders' who have drawn on their own experience to impact the National Health Service with its procedures, protocols and the general assumption that professionals know best and that change must come from the top down. In many cases, the patients have really been through the hoops and have shown immense resilience to come out the other side. What emerges is a model of partnership, advocacy and engagement, humanising institutions operating impersonally by the book. Sometimes this involves a process of infiltration but more often sheer persistence in the face of resistance and inertia... This approach certainly has a role to play in healing the healthcare system and inspiring readers with its stories. * Paradigm Explorer *The Patient Revolution is a powerful examination of patient engagement. Not only in its first-hand depiction of a broken healthcare system. But in its demonstration of the failure of traditional public and patient engagement. Focussed on the UK - more specifically, the NHS - it documents the hazardous fragmentation across the healthcare system and the acute disconnect with patients in a siloed approach to healthcare. At times, with dire consequences. On the one hand, in the documented experiences of inconceivable "bad care", to reuse Gilbert's words, that speak volumes of how traditional healthcare has failed the very people it is meant to serve. On the other hand, in the empty rhetoric of "patient-centric" approaches and "tick box" methods that have occupied decades of so-called patient engagement. As Gilbert writes, traditionally conceived patient and public engagement "buffers power by distancing patients from decision-making." Moreover, where engagement fails, ironically, it's attributed to "the lack of value that patients bring."But it is far from a negative lambasting. As the subtitle title suggests - "how we can heal the healthcare system" - it is an inspiring, activating collection, animated by the wisdom of experience of its 13 Patient Leaders, who have not only suffered at the hands of "bad care", but, remarkably, are dedicated to changing the system - often without recompense, at times disempowered, co-opted or stripped of any professional identity...It would be difficult to read this book and not be driven to activism. It signals a breakthrough in healthcare that moves beyond traditional engagement and uncovers the pioneering and transformative work of patient leaders in the UK. For engagement practitioners, this book helps understand questions we need to ask of any healthcare system - and not only limited to UK and the NHS - but globally. It also underscores how traditional engagement methods have failed, bottom line, by not valuing their most vital resource: patients. * Sally Hussey, Bang The Table *Compelling...there is much for us to think about when working with clients. * Therapy Today *Table of ContentsPreface: The Tale of the Jewel MerchantsIntroduction1. Michael Seres - You Have to be Three Times As Good2. Kate James - Making the Connection3. Dom Stenning - Jedi Master of Involvement4. Sibylle Erdmann - Transformers5. Alison Cameron - Crumbs from the Table6. David Festenstein - Walking the Talk7. Patrick Ojeer - Being Believed8. Karen Owen - HealthMaker9. Trevor Fernandes - The Tactics of Infiltration10. Lesley Preece - Tough Work11. Ceinwen Giles - The Amazing Fall from Grace12. Dominic Makuvachuma Walker - Dealing with Power13. David Gilbert - Outsider-Inside

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Book SynopsisResearch shows that non-responsive patients benefit significantly from spiritual and pastoral care. This book equips chaplains with the confidence and skills to deliver excellent care in this challenging context. With exercises, worksheets, small group activities and case studies, it sets out how best to use words and body language, foster trust and respect, and involve patients' loved ones. It provides practical ways to recognise and affirm the humanity of the patient, and how to engage with the patient by employing skills of listening and presence.Trade ReviewSPIRITUAL SUPPORT FOR NON-COMMUNICATIVE PATIENTS is an important guide for chaplains, clinicians and caregivers. This book offers practical and spirit filled insights into techniques for being with patients and families whose lives are on hold. Read it, teach it, welcome it. -- Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North CarolinaMany chaplains and chaplain-interns will be exclaiming: "Where has this book been before now!?" Golding and Dixon have given us a much-needed, ethically sensitive, pithy, and eminently practical guide to spiritual care with a particularly challenging patient population, affirming that silence and the "ministry of presence" is a profound gift to both patients and their families - and can be a deepening spiritual experience for the caregiver as well. -- Pamela Cooper-White, Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychology and Religion, Union Theological Seminary, New York, and author of Shared Wisdom: Use of the Self in Pastoral Care and CounselingTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS PrefaceResponding to a NeedA Quality Improvement Project.How to Use this GuidebookGently, slowly.In the Hallway.The Long WalkEntering the Room - the patient is alone.Crossing the threshold.The Family is HereBalancing a pastoral visit with the patient and the family or friends.The Team Will see You NowA member of the medical team is in the room or nearby.Staying in the RoomDrawing on pastoral skills to stay until the visit is complete.The Spiritual Heart of the VisitHow to discover it. PrayerEvery step is a prayer.Summary of SkillsTeaching ResourcesThe DidacticChapTime listRole PlaysVoices of ChaplainsReadingsAcknowledgements

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Book SynopsisLeadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders is an innovative and interactive workbook that challenges readers to reflect upon their personal experiences in learning how to lead through the lens of new and established ideas in the literature of nursing, psychology, education, sociology, and anthropology. Readers are guided through a series of laboratories, encouraged to consider real-world examples of leadership successes and challenges from peers, and prompted to experiment with new leadership strategies drawn from research.The workbook features seven chapter laboratories that explore crucial elements of emotional mastery for nurse leaders, including wisdom of experience, motivation, boundary clarity, self-regulation, generativity, change agility, and finding strength in adversity. Each chapter features critical research, invitations and prompts for reflection, experiments, and suggestions of new behaviors sourced from expert counsel.Each chapter provides readers with personal insights and hands-on tools. Leadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders is designed to be used as both an individualized course in leadership as well as an ideal supplementary workbook for any course or program in nursing, especially those with an emphasis on developing professional leadership skills.Trade ReviewEach chapter becomes a real time tool chest of relevant and tested approaches to effective leadership, interaction, and communion in a format that is timeless in its approach." —From the foreword by Tim Porter-O'Grady, Senior Partner, TPOG Associates, LLC Clinical Professor, Emory University, School of Nursing"Nurse leaders, and aspiring nurse leaders…. run, don't walk, to purchase this book! Dr. Mackoff is an engaging teacher, an elegant writer, and the consummate leadership problem-solver. The Leadership Laboratory gathers the latest research and combines it with leadership practice, the most important element of becoming a better leader. This rich and well-referenced text is a wealth of evidence-based leadership practice examples, with a healthy dose of reflection and exercises for the reader to experience their best self as a leader. It has lessons for leaders and for life. I will use this book in my graduate class in nursing administration, and recommend it highly for faculty teaching in a leadership class."—Kimberly S. Glassman, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, FAANClinical Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing"Leadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders is a unique contribution to the existing nursing leadership literature which can serve as required reading for a leadership course or as an independent self-study guidebook. In both cases, the book is an incredible resource on the journey to self-discovery and leadership advancement. The content is directed towards new and experienced clinical nurse managers and nurse leaders in ambulatory or hospital settings and the seven themes of the book provide critical content for every learner. …This book comes at the right time to help our current nurse leaders to explore and expand their leadership practices and develop a deeper understanding into their leadership journey for their personal growth and the growth of their team members. So much of this content is greatly needed to help nurse managers support their staff to feel appreciated, provide the right guidance with appropriate balance between oversight and independence, and to find the strength in times of crisis as a team."—Joachim Voss, RN, PhD, ACRN, FAAN Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Education Case Western Reserve University"Barbara Mackoff offers a clever, thought-provoking, and vital workbook for emotional mastery of nursing leadership. By centering learning around four key components (ideas and critical research, including reflections and experiments; meaningful stories; inspiring quotes/questions; and resources for further study), this leadership journey is sensible, achievable, and enlightening. Suppose you are seeking a structured path to discover and embody your authentic self as a leader, one that reflects all you are in what you do. In that case, the Leadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders is the guidepost for you!"—Sara Horton-Deutsch, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, Caritas Leader & Coach Director of of University of San Francisco/ Kaiser Permanente Partnership University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Associate, Watson Caring Science Institute"Barbara Mackoff's Leadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders is a treasure for emerging and new nurse leaders, and also for experienced leaders looking to learn and more deeply develop their competencies and confidence. The chapters focus on critical attributes of relational and effective leadership – reflection, motivation, agility, self-regulation, mentoring, strength in adversity and so much more. You will learn new words and concepts such as "question-storming" and "bricolage" and be strengthened through a myriad of guided reflections. It is a learning laboratory itself. Run, don't walk, to get this book!"—Rosanne Raso DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONLVP and Chief Nursing OfficerNew York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterEditor-in-Chief, Nursing Management, The Journal of Excellence in Nursing Leadership"Nurse leaders are at a time of constant change and adversity in the current healthcare environment. Barbara's book reminds nurse leaders to step back and set a line of sight on what is important. She not only provides key concepts of leadership but more importantly gives them the permission to experiment using guided activities and reflective practice habits. Excellent book for all nurse leaders especially for those new to their leadership roles."—Edna Cadmus PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAANExecutive Director, NJCCNCo-Lead NJACClinical Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book provides perspectives from minority ethnic healthcare professionals across the career spectrum, from healthcare assistants to CEOs. Filled with illuminating case studies and interviews, readers can learn about the reality of underlying racial prejudices in healthcare and the practical solutions needed to address them.

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, the human values at the heart of the nursing profession seem to have become side-lined by an increased focus on managerialist approaches to health care provision. Nursing's values are in danger of becoming marginalised further precisely because that which nursing does best - providing care and helping individuals through the human trauma of illness - is difficult to measure, and therefore plays little, if any, part in official accounts of outcome measures. Derek Sellman sets out the case for re-establishing the primacy of the virtues that underpin the practice of nursing in order to address the question: what makes a good nurse? He provides those in the caring professions with both a rationale and a practical understanding of the importance that particular character traits, including justice, courage, honesty, trustworthiness and open-mindedness, play in the practice of nursing, and explains why and how nurses should strive to cultivate these virtues, as well as the implications of this for practice. This original and thought-provoking book will be essential reading for nurses and nursing students, care workers, care commissioners, and many others who work in the caring professions.Trade ReviewAs a nurse educator, I approached Sellman's work from my perspective of working with undergraduate students at the beginning of their nursing program - a critical point for teachers to consider what Sellman asks of us - What makes a good nurse? And why are the virtues important for nurses? As a teacher, not only was I looking for a comprehensive philosophical analysis of the virtues themselves, but also some thoughtful suggestions for how to approach the learning of, and teaching for virtue development, and how to help students value virtues as critically important attributes for nurses. In this, Sellman did not disappoint as I found myself immersed in philosophical complexity, compelling arguments, and renewed conviction about the importance of virtues for nurses and the educational endeavor as the appropriate space in which to locate them. -- Nurse Education TodayThis is a stimulating, engaging text covering a wide terrain... I recommend that this book as a stimulating text for undergraduates, postgraduates and their lecturers; where the purpose will be to initiate discussion on distinctions between the ideal and the real. In this respect the book has value, as a catalyst, where these important matters will benefit from further debate. -- Nursing PhilosophyThis book is published at a time in which it seems that virtue ethics is having a revival in applied medical ethics, and this also accounts for nursing ethics. The picture of what makes a good nurse as drawn by Derek Sellman should be debated, to see what nurses should or need not aim for. Especially nursing students will be interested in discussing virtues ethics and how to cope with difficult circumstances in order to realize the virtues into practice. -- Medicine, Health Care & PhilosophyHe presents persuasive arguments and I commend him for drawing attention to the importance of these virtues in nursing. He presents values that all nurses should consider for their own practice and for the education of future generations. -- Nursing StandardsThe theoretical domain within which nursing seeks to fulfil its social mandate demands not only shared ideals but also systems and structures to enact them. Sellman has jumped headfirst into this treacherous intellectual and ethical minefield, and offered us an enticing new direction. -- Prof. Sally Thorne, University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, CanadaTaking up the conundrum of what constitutes the "good nurse", Derek Sellman invites us into a lively and intelligent dialogue between science, morality, and applied practice. He guides us underneath our taken-for-granted understandings of such notions as courage, trustworthiness and open mindedness so that we encounter these professional virtues not as fossilized attributes to be known or possessed, but rather as intricately complex, delicately situated, and constantly evolving expressions of human practices within the conditions that shape them. Teasing apart the ideals these virtues represent, he challenges our usual approaches to thinking about the nature of nursing, encouraging us to reframe the manner in which we educate those who seek to learn the mysteries of its practice. -- Prof. Sally Thorne, University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, CanadaThis is perhaps the most thorough and outstanding coverage of the philosophical basis for nursing practice and nursing education that exists to date. What is nursing? What sort of people nurses should be? Derek makes this difficult but important area of nursing inquiry much, much easier. Powerful and elegant from start to finish, this book should be on the desk of every nurse. -- Prof. Diana Lee, Chair Professor of Nursing and Director, The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong KongDerek Sellman's text is both a timely and highly absorbing journey deep into the heart of nursing. It reveals a timeless and essential set of key virtues that should be a major part of the moral compass of every nurse. Subsequently, it should be read by all nurses - and most certainly by all nurse educators - who are interested in maintaining and promoting the vital moral characteristics of nursing now and in the future. -- Dr. Martin Woods, Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Social Services, Massey University, New ZealandNursing, according to Derek Sellman, is a MacIntyrian practice which can only flourish when it is not prevented from pursuing the completion of independent ideas. In What Makes a Good Nurse, being vulnerable, trustworthy and open-minded are central virtues studied critically to offer future perspectives. Situated in the realities of the nursing profession today, Sellman draws back on his rich experiences as a teacher of nursing and his deep reflections as a philosopher. This is what makes the book so authentic and easy to stroll through the realms of philosophy. Readers will certainly feel encouraged to engage in a fruitful conversation on moral understandings of contemporary professional nursing. -- Dr. Helen Kohlen, Sociologist, Junior Professor of Care Policy and Ethics, Faculty of Nursing, University of Vallendar, GermanyThis is a very careful ethical discussion that will not be for every reader, but is a valuable contribution to the current crisis of confidence, both in the NHS and society, about how we define the common good and moral responsibilities and wisdom. -- The SignTable of ContentsForeword by Alan Cribb. Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. 1. Professional Nursing. 2. Human Vulnerability. 3. Practices and the Practice of Nursing. 4. Trust and Trustworthiness. 5. Open-mindedness. 6. The Place of the Virtues in the Education of Nurses. Conclusion. References.

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Book SynopsisNo official statistics are kept for the number of hospital patients, in particular older people, who are subjected to neglect and abuse. That is, left malnourished and dehydrated, in pain, allowed to develop agonising and fatal pressure sores, not taken to the toilet, left to lie in their own bodily waste, cared for in a filthy environment and at risk of infection, ignored, allowed to fall over repeatedly, not spoken to, left naked or dressed in other patients' clothes - and discharged from hospital prematurely. This book bears witness to all these practices and more. Setting out a wealth of evidence not previously brought together, Michael Mandelstam shows beyond question that neglectful care is a systemic blight, rather than mere local blemish, within our health services. He analyses the causes and factors involved, reveals the widespread denial and lack of accountability on the part of those responsible - and spells out the political, moral, professional and legal implications of this failure to care for the most vulnerable of patients with humanity and compassion. Most important, Mandelstam points to the main obstacles to a solution - and to how they can be removed and change be accomplished.This book should be read by anyone concerned with the state of our health services, including National Health Service users, government policy makers and planners, public health practitioners and academics and researchers.Trade ReviewThis very readable book presents an enlightening read for all involved in health care, from senior politicians and policy-makers to individual practitioners and students. -- British Journal of Occupational TherapyStudents and practitioners reading the book should appreciate and learn from the material provided and gain a deeper understanding of the range of issues involved. This is a useful book that will be of interest to the range of individuals and organisations working in the area of adult services, including but not exclusively, adult safeguarding. -- Journal of Adult ProtectionThis is very important book for all to consider carefully, because, whatever health problems we encounter, we do hope, at least, to be treated with compassion and professional care. -- The SignIn How we treat the sick, Mandelstam combines his detailed legal understanding with his commitment to "skilled, compassionate, dignified inpatient nursing, genuine rehabilitation and palliative care" (dedication, to the memory of the staff at the Walnuttree Hospital in Sudbury, Suffolk)... Michael Mandelstam's work on Community Care law has been so thorough, accurate, and useful for practitioners so it was a pleasure to review this book. -- Community Care, "Mad World" blogFor social workers, this book raises challenges. How far should social workers challenge and confront poor standards of health care? Should social workers challenge other professionals who speak coarsely and harshly to and about those in their care? The answer should, of course, be "yes".This book gives material to ponder the consequences of silence. Recommended for students, those working in adult safeguarding and adult services. -- PSWMichael Mandelstam... outlines and provides evidence for what he sees as the decline in care, especially of older people in the NHS and the independent sector.His book is filled with shocking detail from public inquiries, coroners' reports, court judgements and statements from patients and their relatives... Every assertion is supported with clear evidence... This book should be required reading for everyone with any influence over health care, from the prime minister and health secretary to care workers. -- Nursing StandardYet again Michael Mandelstam has applied his precise yet passionate analysis to "neglect and abuse in our health services". Mandelstam is a brilliant and committed writer. We should all read this book alongside the report of the inquiry into the management of the Mid Staffs Foundation Trust (if it ever gets published). -- Caring TimesTerrible in its message and merciless in its delivery, it is quite unlike anything I have read from JKP. It is certainly their most daring and significant publication ever. But be prepared: I had to take a break halfway through, exhausted and trembling as I tried to live with the pace and intensity of the writing... Every argument and observation is backed up by a series of facts annotated with sound references. Michael Mandelstam shares with many healthcare litigants a deep sense of wrong and loss. Loss of the healthcare system he and I and most of you have believed to be ours: good, and never-to-be hurt or transfigured into something soiled, tarnished, perverted... It should be read by everyone with a serious concern for the health, welfare and pride of this country and others. It could be the Old Testament from which a New Testament can emerge. -- Dementia UKIn some ways it is the voice of the neglected and abused elderly and their relatives pleading for change... The balance between running a financially viable organization and providing high-quality individualized care needs to be pivoted on the fulcrum of dignity and respect. To help redress that balance, someone should send a copy of this book to every chief executive, finance director and chief nurse in the NHS. -- The TabletSuccessive reports on catastrophic failures in the nursing care of desperately sick people in our hospitals have had little effect. They have failed to see the systemic nature of the problem and, worse, have proposed box-ticking solutions to what is often the abandonment of common humanity. Michael Mandelstam's documentation of a continuing scandal that touches on all of us is worth a thousand expensive inquiries. This brilliant and impassioned book should be mandatory reading for policymakers and all of those who care for vulnerable people. -- Raymond Tallis FRCP FMedSci, Emeritus Professor of Geriatric Medicine and author of Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents.Going forward we can, and must, do much more to improve, firstly the health and social care of vulnerable people who cannot speak for themselves and secondly, the training and morale of those whose job it is to care for them. A good place to start would be immediately to begin the process of vigorously consigning to history the bad practices so clearly highlighted in this important book. -- Baroness Sally Greengross OBEMichael Mandelstam has provided a devastating account of some of the more horrifying aspects of the care provided by the National Health Service. As he points out this is not necessarily typical of all care provided, even by those institutions mentioned in the book. It is however a sufficiently alarming book that should be read by everyone concerned with health care in Britain, and demands attention both from the organisations concerned and from those responsible for the management and reorganisation of the NHS. -- Tim Yeo MPHow we treat the Sick' is a call for action. NHS staff have been smothered and de-motivated by countless targets and controls. Focused regulation and more autonomy for front line staff could transform the experience of patients. -- Baroness Molly MeacherAmidst the striking advances in modern medicine stands the starkly contrasting deterioration in the day to day care of vulnerable patients. Neglect and abuse of elderly and incapacitated patients in our hospitals and nursing homes is not a rare or occasional scandal picked out by the media. The picture painted in this timely book strongly points to a much wider spread of failures of acceptable standards of care. Despite any number of published inquiries little seems to have changed in the last few years. This excellent book now demands action not words from the professions and Government. -- Lord Leslie TurnbergA searing condemnation of neglect and abuse of older people in our health services, this is a must-read volume to spur us to action. We tolerate the appalling treatment of older people in some of our institutions (by no means all) because, as a society, we don't think they matter. If we visited more, challenged more, took ownership more seriously, and gave care staff, often pressurised and underpaid, more respect, things might get better. Michael Mandelstam is to be congratulated for drawing this to our attention. Now it is up to us to find the solution - and that lies partly in valuing those who care for our older people better, paying them better, and regarding care as a serious career choice. -- Baroness Julia NeubergerCaring for people is extremely challenging and expecting anyone to do so in adverse, under-staffed conditions, with little or no emotional support, is asking for trouble, as the people given a voice in this book bear witness. -- The Psychiatrist.This sobering account of the deterioration of care for elderly patients in this country makes a strong case about the systemic nature of this failure... Above all this book makes a bold address for action at every level of the NHS and indeed society, to find good solutions to this snowballing epidemic. -- Stephanie Watts, Assistant Psychologist, Bagnor University * Signpost *Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Assessing the Evidence for Neglectful and Abusive Health Care. 3. Health Services: Public and Private. 4. Systemic Nature of Neglect and Abuse Within Health Care. 5. Dignity in Care: All the Good Guidance. 6. Dignity in Care: All the Bad Practice. 7. Getting to the Toilet and Management of Continence. 8. Keeping the Environment Clean and Managing Infection. 9. Helping People Eat and Drink. 10. Pressure Sores and Falls. 11. Hospital Beds, Admissions, Stays and Discharges. 12. Older People: the Unwanted. 13. Patient Voices, Consumers and Markets. 14. Staffing Levels, Competence and Attitude. 15. Priorities, Targets, Fear and Bullying. 16. Misinformation, Concealment and Spin. 17. Muted Voices: Clinical and Professional Integrity. 18. Denial, Accountability and Blame. 19. Legal Implications of Neglect and Abuse. 20. Human Rights. 21. Criminal Offences of Ill Treatment or Wilful Neglect. 22. Manslaughter. 23. Health and Safety at Work Legislation. 24. Regulation of Health Care Providers and of Health Care Staff. 25. No Secrets: the Policy of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults. 26. Negligence. Concluding Postscript. Index.

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Book SynopsisLeadership is an accessible introductory textbook for nursing, health and social care students seeking to develop their leadership skills. Offering practical advice underpinned by theoretical perspectives, the book will help you to understand the principles of effective leadership and apply them to your own practice. You will learn: What leadership is and what skills and qualities you need to become an effective leader. About leadership within the cultural context of your work environment. How to use leadership skills to influence outcomes in the workplace. The importance of the leader as a catalyst for change. How leaders influence policy development. How to identify your own strengths and weaknesses and create an action plan to develop your emerging leadership skills. This book will kick-start your leadership journey in health and social care and help you to exhibit and unleash your leadership potential. “I believe this book will help me to develop my leadership skills and give me a background knowledge on how leadership can be influenced by other factors and the skills needed to be an effective leader within my own career, which I feel every student reading this book would benefit from.” Review on studentnurseandbeyond.co.uk, April 2019 This title is an updated and revised version of Leadership in Health and Social Care: an introduction for emerging leaders, published in 2012. Essentials is a series of accessible, introductory textbooks for students in nursing, health and social care. New and forthcoming titles in the series: The Care Process Communication Skills Mental Health Promoting Health and Wellbeing Research and Evidence-based Practice Study Skills Trade Review‘Having taught leadership in health and social care for several years in higher education, I found this book to be an excellent read. The information is relevant to those working in health and social care, as are the activities, which are identified throughout. The fundamental principles and concepts of leadership are explored in an easy writing style suitable for most readers, cleverly interweaved with pertinent diagrams and easily replicated mind maps, giving the whole experience a practical stance supported by a relevant evidence base. In conclusion, the social and political stance of this text is sensitively weaved throughout, encouraging the wider thought processes of the reader. Images and illustrations provide a welcome and useful change to the traditional academic text, and I would recommend the book as an important reference resource for those starting on their leadership journey, or for those wanting to update. A well-informed, easy read that I will be recommending to our students to support their studies.’ British Journal of Biomedical Science‘I believe this book will help me to develop my leadership skills and give me a background knowledge on how leadership can be influenced by other factors and the skills needed to be an effective leader within my own career, which I feel every student reading this book would benefit from. The book is written in an easy-to-read way, whilst containing a good amount of knowledge and information for students in any year of a degree course.’ Student nurse blog, studentnurseandbeyond.co.ukInspiring, interactive and easy to digest. ‘I actually love this book. I received it as a review copy as a student nurse and it has helped me to understand leadership theories in preparation for my dissertation. It breaks everything down and has examples and activities throughout. I never thought I'd be interested in leadership as quite an introverted person but it's given me a whole new perspective and I feel like I can develop my own leadership skills now thanks to this book.’ Amazon reviewerTable of ContentsForeword; About the authors; Preface 1. What do we mean by leadership? 1.1 What does the term 'leadership' mean to you? 1.2 So what is leadership? 1.3 Why is leadership so important in health and social care today? 1.4 Informal and formal leadership 1.5 Leadership or management? 1.6 What makes a good leader? 2. Theories of leadership 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Are you a leader or a manager? 2.3 The history of leadership 2.4 Defining 'theory' 2.5 The trait theories 2.6 The behavioural theories 2.7 New paradigm leadership theories 2.8 Identifying your leadership style 3. The skills and qualities of effective leaders 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Are leaders born or made? 3.3 What are the key skills and qualities of a leader? 3.4 Communicating effectively 3.5 Assertiveness 3.6 Emotional intelligence as a leadership tool 4. Leadership, values and culture 4.1 Introduction 4.2 What do we mean by culture? 4.3 Ethics 4.4 Cultural identity beyond the organisation 4.5 Working beyond the national culture? 4.6 Cultural gap 4.7 So why is understanding of culture important in leadership? 5. Leadership, power and influence 5.1 Introduction 5.2 So what is power? 5.3 Sources and bases of power 5.4 Powerlessness 5.5 Abuse of power 5.6 Transfer of power 5.7 The paradox of power 5.8 So why is understanding the nature of power important to you? 5.9 Identifying sources of influence 5.10 Symbols and words 5.11 Politics and power 6. Leadership and improvement 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The meaning of change for the individual 6.3 Drivers for change 6.4 Decision-making 6.5 The leader as a catalyst for change 6.6 Quality improvement 6.7 Change management models 6.8 Motivational theory 6.9 Negotiating skills 6.10 Conflict management 7. Leadership and health and social care policy 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The NHS and care services - how we got to where we are 7.3 A brief history of healthcare in the UK 7.4 A brief history of social care services in the UK 7.5 Policy and strategy drivers 7.6 Why is knowledge of government policy important? 7.7 So how can you influence policy? 7.8 The rise in status of the service user and carer as leaders 7.9 Leadership in health and social care services 7.10 Health and social care services and you 8. Leadership development - so where do you go from here? 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Where are you now? 8.3 Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats 8.4 Where do you want to be? 8.5 Clinical supervision 8.6 Action learning sets 8.7 Coaching 8.8 360 degree feedback 8.9 Learning from doing 8.10 Developing an action plan References; Index

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Book SynopsisSupervising and Assessing Student Nurses and Midwives in Clinical Practice is a practical guide for healthcare practitioners responsible for the supervision and assessment of students. The book is designed to help practice supervisors and practice assessors: to identify and plan for a range of learning opportunities to consider what is possible for learning and assessment in their area to get ready for and deliver the best learning experiences that they can to prepare students for their role as future nurses and midwives. Activities, top tips, examples and scenarios all help the reader to set the principles in context and to support students in achieving the NMC’s standards of proficiency. Covering the learning environment and culture, interprofessional supervision, coaching models and feedback, methods and types of assessment, simulation-based learning, and the future of practice learning, the book aims to help individuals and organisations to create the best environment for supporting, supervising and assessing students in practice. “This is a contemporary text that is truly a practical guide that steers and supports. It is written in an accessible and user-friendly way, helping the reader see through the complexities that are inherently associated with practice assessment… I sincerely recommend this book to students and practitioners who learn and practise together with the overall goal of offering high-quality care that is safe and effective.” From the Foreword by Professor Ian Peate, OBE FRCNTable of ContentsAbout the authors; Foreword; Abbreviations; Introduction 1. The context of practice supervision and assessment Debbie Roberts 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Clinical wisdom 1.3 The changing landscape 1.4 Summary 2. Developing the education team Jacqueline Leigh and Debbie Roberts 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Global standards for the initial education of professional nurses and midwives 2.3 The quality practice learning environment 2.4 NMC Future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses; and Realising professionalism: Part 3: Standards for education and training 2.4 NMC Part 2: Standards for student supervision and assessment - implications for practice teaching, learning and assessment 2.5 Managing disagreement about student progression 2.6 Summary 3. Using coaching conversations and coaching models to promote effective supervision and assessment Jacqueline Leigh, Kisma Anderson, Anne Medcalf, Andrea Surtees and Wendy Sutton 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Coaching and mentoring 3.3 Promoting effective supervision, assessment and clinical leadership development through coaching in clinical practice 3.4 Exploring the core concepts of coaching conversations 3.5 Coaching spectrum 3.6 Exploring the qualities of the supervisor who effectively applies coaching conversations 3.7 Clinical leadership development through engaging in coaching conversations 3.8 The GM Synergy coaching model 3.9 Summary 4. Interprofessional supervision of student learning Joanna Barlow, Leigh Campbell, Zoe Tilley and Jo Pierce 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Interprofessional learning in the healthcare environment 4.3 Interprofessional supervision in healthcare to foster learning 4.4 Role of the allied health professional as a practice supervisor 4.5 Summary 5. Facilitating learning through feedback and feedforward Peggy Murphy and Hannah Dixon 5.1 Introduction 5.2 What is feedback in clinical practice? 5.3 What is feedforward in clinical practice? 5.4 The principles of effective feedback 5.5 Feedback for learning 5.6 The feedback conversation: feedback as a reciprocal process 5.7 Professional requirements for feedback 5.8 Peer feedback 5.9 Ways to encourage students to engage with feedback 5.10 Managing difficult conversations 5.11 Summary 6. Supporting students through challenging practice supervision and assessment situations Elaine Beaumont, Gail Norris and Caroline J. Hollins Martin 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Student support in the learning environment 6.3 How does clinical supervision work in the context of student trauma? 6.4 Compassionate mind training 6.5 Summary 7. What is assessment and what are we assessing? Debbie Roberts 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The practice assessor 7.3 Assessment practices 7.4 Types of assessment 7.5 Self-assessment 7.6 Patient/client/consumer/service user engagement in assessment 7.7 Assessment as an emotional endeavour 7.8 Summary 8. Using simulation-based education for supervision and assessment of student learning Leah Greene 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Background 8.3 Technology-enhanced learning 8.4 Writing effective scenarios 8.5 Being 'supervisor ready' 8.6 Using simulation for assessments 8.7 Summary 9. The future of practice learning Jacqueline Leigh 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Creating the best environment for practice learning and supervision and assessment 9.3 The practice learning environment 9.4 Exploring the concepts of a learning organisation 9.5 Applying leadership skills to create opportunities for innovative practice learning and to promote the quality practice learning environment 9.6 Applying the concepts (five disciplines) of a learning organisation together with the qualities and behaviours of the leader to promote effective practice learning 9.7 Applying strategies for creating innovative student learning experiences 9.8 Alternative models of nurse education 9.9 Summary Index

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Book SynopsisRaise your simulation programs to new heights with the fully updated Defining Excellence in Simulation Programs, 2nd edition. An official publication of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, this fully illustrated guide speaks to the needs of all healthcare professionals using simulation for education, assessment, and research. Offering best practices for a wide variety of programs, it addresses all areas of program management, from staffing, funding, and equipment, to education models. Whether you are new to running a simulation program, developing a program, or studying simulation, this is your key to creating cost-effective, research-based programs. Improve your simulation program with this definitive guide. This edition offers: NEW content on International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation (INACSL) and Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) standards of practice 17 new chapters, with content reorganized to better align with certification exam blueprints A fully illustrated, comprehensive framework for all operational aspects of simulation programs Sections that address: ​ Standards of Practice – SSH, INACSL, and ASPE standards, technology standards, ethics, and more Simulation Modalities – History of modern-day mannequins; mannequin terminology, selection, and usage; and standardized patient/participant Simulation Methods – In situ, mobile, hybrid, and table top simulation; and the continuum of care Management – Creating the infrastructure for a successful program, business needs and assets management, policies and procedures, and strategic plans Funding – Sources of revenue, program budgets, business plans, and fee structures Environmental Design – Building a simulation center, technical infrastructure, and more Educational and Content Development – Educator training and simulation methodology courses, assessing learning needs, shared theories, and more Delivery of Simulation – Assessment in healthcare simulation, preparing the learner, management of the scenarios, and more Research – Healthcare simulation research, institutional review board, and more Resources – Terms of references, examples of studies, case and scenario development templates, and more Chapter features that include: Expert’s Corner – Commentary on essential areas of training, research, and program development by simulation experts and founders Consider This – Practical how-to’s on critical, related topics Example and Case Study Boxes – Added examples that support chapter content Terms of Reference – Defines simulation terms and concepts About the Clinical Editors Juli C. Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, FNAP, FSSH, is an Associate Professor at the University of San Francisco, School of Nursing and Health Professions, and President (2021) of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Chad A. Epps, MD, FSSH, was the Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) and Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Past President of The Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Yasuharu Okuda, MD, FACEP, FSSH, is Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, CEO of USF Health Professions Conferencing Corporation, Associate Vice President, USF Health Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice, Professor of Medicine at the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida Health in Tampa, and President (2022) of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Mancini, RN, Ph.D., NE-BC, FAHA, ANEF, FAAN, is Professor Emeritus at the College of Nursing, the University of Texas at Arlington. She is also a Past President of The Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Janice C. Palaganas, Ph.D., APRN, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH, is Professor at MGH Institute of Health Professions, Lecturer at Harvard Medical School, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Interprofessional Innovations, and Principal Faculty at the Center for Medical Simulation at Massachusetts General Hospital, and in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

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Book SynopsisThe best-selling leadership and management text available for nursing education programs, Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application, 11th Edition, combines the latest evidence-based content and a proven experiential approach to prepare students for success as they join today’s professional nursing workforce. Robust coverage and hundreds of active learning exercises help students overcome a lack of real-world leadership experience and meet the demands of today’s challenging, ever-changing healthcare system. From managing conflict and working collaboratively to organizing patient care and staffing, students vicariously experience the responsibilities of mid- and top-level nursing managers and hone their critical-thinking, problem-solving, and clinical decision-making skills before entering high-stakes clinical settings. The updated 11th Edition reflects the most current practices and clinical priorities in nursing leadership and management, including updated coverage of supply chain management, academic integrity as an ethical issue, healthcare reform, ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations, workplace violence, and drug diversion/reentry to work as part of substance use disorder in nursing. An array of accompanying student and instructor resources helps you make the most of your course and ensure students’ success throughout their nursing education. New to this edition: NEW! Updated content reflects the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on healthcare and the latest perspectives on transformative thinking and action, dynamic priority setting, patient and worker safety, and physical and human resource allocation. UPDATED! Additional learning exercises familiarize students with outpatient/community practice settings and emphasize the importance of social justice, diversity, inclusion, and equity considerations in the nursing workplace. UPDATED! Crosswalk tables incorporate the AACN Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (2021) and updated ANA Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice. UPDATED! Streamlined coverage throughout keeps content manageable and engaging for efficient study.

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Book SynopsisThis new edition updates the previous one and adds additional content related to postoperative management, pain management, LGBTQ care, and uroradiology. This book is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses globally and physician assistants working in urology. Content assumes some background knowledge regarding the normal anatomy and physiology of the genitourinary system and the pathophysiology underlying specific urologic health-related problems. This ensures that the provider can pursue exemplary management of patients with acute and chronic urologic conditions in a wide variety of settings, including independent practices, and academic urologic practices. This manual fills the gaps that traditional curricula may have left, permitting the reader to proceed with confident management of adult patients with urologic care needs, promoting the role of a skilled clinician in urology, especially for chronic, non-operative urologic conditions while recognizing those conditions which may benefit from surgical management.As the burden of urologic disease increases with an aging U.S. population, it is increasingly clear that nurse practitioners and physician assistants will be called on to move into roles caring for patients with urologic disease. Use of NPs and PAs to their highest education will become an increasingly important strategy for maintaining access and reducing costs, in the context of urologist workforce that is shrinking. However, urology topics receive sporadic attention in NP and PA curricula, leaving practicing NPs and PAs with gaps in their knowledge concerning trends and recommendations for management of urologic health conditions. As this demand for provider visits for urologic concerns increases, the demand for provider services to care for patients with urologic health concerns will also increase, and presents the opportunity for both NPs and PAs to move into specialty practice environments within urology.Table of Contents Preface Introduction Michelle Lajiness and Susanne Quallich 1. Transitioning pediatric urology patients to adult urology practices Michelle McGarry2. Basics of hypogonadism evaluation and management Ken Mitchell3. Evaluation and management of common scrotal/genital conditions 4. Erectile dysfunction and men’s sexual health Jeff Albaugh5. Benign prostatic hyperplasia Gina Powley6. Hematuria Becky Thorne7. Prostatitis and chronic male pelvic pain Susanne Quallich8. Stone disease Marc Crisenbery9. Urethral stricture, trauma and urologic emergencies 10. Urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis Shelly Lajiness11. Basics of pre and postoperative management specific to urology patients12. Neurogenic bladder and underactive bladder Shelly Lajiness13. Stress incontinence Jason Gilleran 14. Overactive bladder Jen Mosher15. Women's urology: Painful bladder syndrome and interstitial cystitis Guilia Lane16. Prostate cancer and PSA screening Jason Hafron17. Bladder and urothelial cancer Hillary Durstein and Sara Drummer 18. Kidney cancer Jason Hafron19. Penile and testicular cancers 20. Uroradiology for the Nurse Practitioner 21. Procedures for the nurse practitioner in urology Heather Schultz and Sarah Stanley 22. Pain management and the urology patient Susanne Quallich23. Law Primer for the Urology NP Patrick Quallich24. Special topics for the Urology NP a. transgender/LGBTQ care b. urologic f/u of the gender reassignment patientc. competencies overview/summary d. basics of the male infertility evaluation e. men’s health overview24. Appendix: Resources, coding resources, PSA screening, urologic emergencies

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Book SynopsisThis book explains how staff development is an important element for a sustainable staff structure health care facilities. At the end each chapter the reader finds a to-do-list, to replicate the project. The book is devided into 4 parts: 1. Practicing culture change, 2. Learning emotional intelligence, 3. Establishing interprofessional collaboration and 4. How to create the future of healthcare. Anticipating these options and experiences will help leaders to inspire their teams with practical ideas.To find the right trainings for staff development can be time consuming. With this overview about international successful projects the reader has an update about innovations in healthcare and uses the knowledge for the reader's own team or healthcare institution. This book helps readers experiencing their own culture change in their organisation, and create the future of their team or facility with knowledge about how to develop a person-centred culture, how to implement the TeamProcessPerformance in their operation theatre, how to reduce stress by using simple HeartMath-methods. This book also informs on how to establish wellbeing at the workplace, and how to practice interprofessional collaboration to reduce mistakes and costs. Written by authors from UK, Turkey, USA, Scotland, Ireland and Germany, this book offers human resource managers a look beyond their national horizon and presents innovative international concepts. Table of Contents Introduction. Innovative and bold Staff Development in HealthcareChristiane MatzkeThe society and the healthcare system are part of a fundamental change. The issues are similar in the most industrial nations and nearly comparable despite the diversity in setup, structure and financing of the healthcare systems. The biggest driver for innovative and courageous staff development of the future are demography, globalization, community of knowledge, climate change, digitalization and more development of technology, and the impact of the Corona-pandemic. Most of these challenges can only be solved together in a cooperating world society.This chapter focuses on the healthcare system, it’s innovations out of two perspectives: the technical developments and social organizational needs for innovation. The challenges of modern staff development are described as well as the radical change with it’s exiting future options. PART 1. We love the challenge: culture change Chapter 1. Engaging Hearts and Minds to Advance Relationship-Based CulturesMary Koloroutis, Jayne FelgenTwo inspirational workshops were developed to engage the hearts and minds of health care organization leaders and staff members as a part of implementing Relationship-Based Care™. The workshops were designed to employ innovative teaching methods reflecting the adult learning principle that learning should be grounded in respect for the wisdom of the learner. Learners engaged in diverse exercises and reflective practices to apply and internalize the content. Curricula focused on relational competence rather than clinical or technical skills. Caring practices for self, for co-workers, and for patients and families were translated into behaviors. Participants learned practices to develop therapeutic and compassionate relationships with others. Organizational and departmental metrics demonstrated positive outcomes from the workshops including decreased staff turnover as measured by human resources and higher patient satisfaction scores on patient surveys. Susan Wessel, Chapter 2. Establishing Innovation Culture in Nursing: the butterfly effectYeliz DOGAN MERiHAim: Nurses should keep up with constant change and integrate innovation into their services in order to obtain effective and desirable results in their service provision activation of the process of innovation in nursing services reduces the cost of care and increases the quality of care.Material and Method: In order to activate the process of innovation in nursing services provided at Zeynep Kamil Hospital, a number of steps were completed. In the first step, nurses’ level of knowledge was improved through regular training, individual counseling was initiated using the coaching system, competitions were organized for making the process more interesting, and participation rate was increased with rewards. These implementations produced an inovation culture. Results: During the process of activating innovation at Zeynep Kamil Hospital, which was initiated in 2012, competitions and symposiums were held. In the 7 year period, nurses working at Zeynep Kamil Hospital completed 376 innovative projects. Each of these projects had an inventive quality and through these projects, the nurses were able to support novel and creative activities which increased the quality of care. The patenting process of 50 innovative projects was completed and studies were activated for producing new inventions. Conclusion: Regular training, role modeling, and scientific activities that introduce the process, make the process more interesting, and guide nurses are crucial for activating the innovation process in nursing. Keywords: Nursing, İnnovation, Process Yeliz DOGAN MERiHChapter 3. Veränderungsprozesse initiieren über die Entwicklung und Einführung von Führungsleitlinien – ein systemischer AnsatzUte Grießhaber-Paule; Bernhard HeuvelmannThe development of leadership guidelines was supported by the innovative approach of a system based project. With circular communication methods all levels of organization has been involved and irritated at the same time.This article describes, how a project a system of leaders – and all the other– consciously confronts with “interferences”. The unusual format of communication is described. The goal to change was not just supported, but from the beginning of the process present, visible and tangible. Organizational change means change of people, so instead of talking about change, we used interactions to challenge the attitude, behavior and communication of the participants. Personal reflection was needed to experience the way how we speak, listen, interact and function in a new way. Chapter 4. Pearls of Wisdom: The Evolution of a Healing Healthcare ModelEmily Witrak Nowak, Val LincolnHealthcare in the United States (US) continues to evolve at paces unprecedented historically. Increased use of integrative services (IS) for personal wellbeing has been a primary driver in the expansion to healthcare organizations in the US. The development, implementation and evaluation of IS programs within the acute care setting requires thoughtful leaders and teams. In this chapter the authors provide a step-wise description of the evolution of a healing healthcare model within a small community hospital in Minnesota. In this chapter, the authors describe one small community hospital’s development, implementation and evaluation of a holistic model of care in the acute care setting, and the evolution of the holistic model across the larger system. Opportunities for increased integration of concepts of holistic care into academic programs to assure adequate preparation of new healthcare professionals with the foundational skills and knowledge to meet the growing demand for these services are suggested. Chapter 5. A strategically engaged programme of person-centred culture development in health services: The courage of the Irish!Brendan McCormack, Lorna Peelo-Kilroe, Margaret Codd, Debbie BaldiePurpose of the projectIn 2017, a national programme was introduced by the Irish health service to enable cultures of person-centredness in all aspects of its health and social care. The aim was twofold: 1) develop multi-professional facilitators to lead person-centred culture change within their own services, and 2) provide a means for services to embed person-centred ways of working as the norm for how they do their business.Design and methodsCognitive and creative, transformational facilitation and practice development methods using co-design is used to enable participants to uncover the realities and possibilities of their workplace cultures. By using active learning and working with person-centred principles participants learn the skills of critical reflection and unpick their practices. ResultsThe results from this programme from year one demonstrated impacts in: consciousness raising; transformation of self; development of facilitation knowledge, skills and expertise; sharing responsibility for person-centredness; learning and doing. Progress is shown in terms of strategic commitment and support for this systematic approach to enabling cultures of personcentredness.ImplicationsThe programme offers learning in terms of focus, methodology, impact and the considerable support required to enable culture change at a programmatic, national level.Index Person-centred, person-centredness, workplace culture, facilitation, courage, support. Chapter 6. Practice Development: University Based EducationRenate Tewes, Lydia Ulrich, Irén HorvarthDue to the non-stop change processes in healthcare we are in need of professional change competencies. This gap is closed by a newly started course of practice development at the Protestant University of Applied Science in Dresden. This on-the-job training offers experienced nurses to study all the requirements for practice development and bring the knowledge directly back into the practice. The curriculum focuses on three aspects: 1. Evidence based knowledge (e.g. theories and concepts of nursing science, person-centredness approach, research methods, socially and institutional requirements for change), 2. Development of skills for analyzing, planning, putting into practice and evaluating the change processes, 3. Professional attitude (e.g. accountability for professional action, ethical standards, role clarity, social justice). The focus is on establishing creative learning cultures in hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient care. Beside a blended learning approach we train the soft skills in a newly build Simulation Center, which offers the students to foster their abilities to interact and argue with actors. These actors help the students to reflect their actions in a multifaceted feedback process. PART 2. We are bold – Emotional Intelligence pays off Chapter 7. empCARE- ein empathiebasiertes Entlastungstraining für Pflegende Ludwig Thiry, Vera LuxNursing is interaction work and beside cooperation work and subjective labor action it is very much emotional work. Patients experience existential threatening situations and react irrational in inconsistent. Nurses have to adjust to this changing situations to react in the best way. This can be emotionally exhausting. This phenomenon is described as “emotional dissonance” and one of the main burden in this profession.The economic pressure in healthcare and to ensure quality demands for standards. This also reduces the room of maneuver for subjective action. Emotional work is important, so nurses help patients to regulate their feelings. Therefor it is important, that nurses are able to regulate their own emotions. The empCare training helps nurses to deeply connect with themselves. EmpCare is an empathy based program to relief the strain. Studies showed the positive impact of the nurses health. We can conclude, that the empCare program is a good preventive method for a healthy nursing work life. Chapter 8. Wellbeing in the workplace pays offMary Jo KreitzerStress and burnout of healthcare providers has become a major healthcare issue that has implications for not only workforce projections, but the cost and quality of patient care and the lives of healthcare providers and their families. Increasingly, organizations are understanding the importance of creating cultures of wellbeing that both mitigate burnout and create conditions that support wellbeing and human flourishing. Factors contributing to wellbeing include health, purpose, relationships, community, safety and security and the environment. The Wellbeing Leadership Program is a creative blend of programming offered through the Bakken Center that includes 3 day-long retreats, independent study and online learning. The program emphasizes personal and leadership practices that are simple, concrete, powerful and inspiring. The series is based on the premise that leaders are needed at every level of the organization that have the knowledge, skills and capacity to advance wellbeing. Chapter 9. Stress was yesterday! Revitalising Care is today by the adoption of HeartMath® InterventionsSue Smith, Gawin AndrewsThis chapter describes a project to train trainers to deliver a one day workshop called Revitalising Care™. This workshop and the related support of one to one coaching aims to reduce stress, build resilience, help staff feel valued and revitalised, enhance teamwork and empowerment to create a more uplifting and harmonising environment. Nursing in the UK is facing numerous challenges, one of which is staff retention. The workshop including coaching, integrates breathing techniques, positive psychology and adopts emWave® technology to support staff to cope with stressful events proactively. The project was commissioned by the Scottish Government’s Directorate for the Chief Nursing Officer, Patients, Public and Health Professions (CNOPPP), in 2013 - 2015. An evaluation assessment instrument from the Institute of HeartMath (IHM ) USA called the ‘Personal and Organisational Quality Assessment’ (POQA) questionnaire was administered to 127 participants pre and post the workshop. Evidence of effectiveness of the programme is presented. A summary of lessons learnt and guidance for staff development professionals embarking on similar projects in the future is suggested. Advances in new technology accessed by the mobile phone for synchronising human autonomic nervous systems is suggested as a way forward for increasing collaboration, co-creation, conflict resolution and decision-making PART 3. We are a dream team – interprofessional collaborationChapter 10. Personalisierte Medizin im MOILT Sylvia Bochum, Christian Fegeler, Uwe MartensDigital transformation is moving forward and leads to new disciplines in healthcare, like precision oncology. This often needs the collaboration of persons with different knowledge, who see complex problems out of interprofessional perspectives to find solutions. At the MOLIT Institute for personalized medicine, physicians, biologists and computer scientists develop together innovative software solutions for precision oncology while working in an agile environment. Implementing agility into the teams not just need new ways to think and to work, but a general change in organizational structure and leadership. In such expert teams it might be a challenge to develop an alternative career model and also practice a coaching and facilitating leadership style not using top down decisions. Chapter 11. TeamProzessPerformance (TPP) im OP mit Gung Ho Thomas Röhrßen, Klaus WohlmeinerThe most projects in operation theatre focus on structural and process-related organization. This does not zoom on the real factor of productivity in the operation theatre, namely the professional competent, agile and communicative operation theatre team. There is an increase to emphasize on regulations outside the operation room, like operation plan, coordination and operation management including process supporting IT. Our approach of TeamProcessPerfomance (TPP) shows, how this interventions must be linked to the power of self-directed operation room team, to ensure a sustainable operation productivity. In our approach we combine “soft culture factors”, like sense-making, leading and agile team organization with the “hard process factors”. The optimization of the “hard” process factors could be reached by a central trigger-process and the measurement of so called short-cut process goals, which had been evaluated. Due to the generational value change, the skilled labor shortage und the decreasing job-satisfaction in many operation theatres, new integrated approaches are needed. That is why in future the soft-skills in operation projects must also be measured. Chapter 12. Interprofessionelle Ausbildungsstation: Grenzen überwinden – Zusammen lernen und arbeitenChristine Straub, Sebastian Bode, Lukas Nock, Irina CichonThis article reflects the relevance of interprofessional collaboration for staff development in healthare. There is still potential for the development of interprofessional collaboration in the healthcare system. The dominating segmentation of care leads to care deficits as well as it increases the skilled labor shortage in healthcare. This project describes an interprofessional education department in Freiburg, Germany, where the medical students and nursing students work together. This successful pediatric education department offers us an amount of perspectives to develop and experiences to share. Chapter 13. Project: Operation on the TeamIrina CichonIn 2013 the Robert Bosch Trust started it’s support program „Operation on the Team” and invested 2,9 Mio Euros. The first 4 years 7 healthcare institutions did a research about the requirements and options of interprofessional learning in healthcare. The results were summarized and led to 17 new projects on different issues about interprofessional learning in healthcare, which had been financially supported for another 3 years. In the last third phase of this unique research funding the results from the 17 projects were used to develop guidelines, curricula, and teaching material for interprofessional education in healthcare. Another result is, that the medical education is expanded, and the interprofessional learning will be now part of the curriculum. PART 4. Future perfect – innovative staff development Chapter 14. Future of Staff development: a time travelRenate TewesCourageous and innovative staff development is the order of the day. Healthcare is one of the biggest growth sector. Meanwhile every 8th person German works in healthcare. The explosive spreading of digitization will produce enormous amounts of data in healthcare, which will lead to an end of some activities, while new ones will be needed. Beside technical competences soft skills will be on great demand. The biggest part of treatment mistakes arise from inaccurate communication and collaboration. That is why communicative, relational and interpersonal competences are needed. In order that the two professions nursing and medicine become real team players communication gaps must be closed. Both are missing a specific competence for collaboration, which can be trained.Emotional intelligence will become a bigger focus in future, not just in leadership. Everything, what computers can do, they will do. Emotional work as a human factor is still not replaceable. Globalization is not just a key driver for change, but enlarges crisis. Transition management, change management and crisis management will become an important piece in leadership, which includes the management of challenges as well as leading employees with emotional intelligence.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook, endorsed by EDTNA/ERCA and ESNO, provides unique evidence-based knowledge about nursing in renal care and harmonises specialised understandings from various countries, to be implemented across numerous national health systems. Renal care nursing is essential in order to promote and prevent renal health as well as detect and contribute to the care of renal disease. These complex tasks require specialised knowledge and training to ensure patient safety and positive outcomes in patient care.This book describes in detail the highest quality practices in different stages of the disease. Twenty-three chapters reflect evidence-based or consensus in practise, covering management and treatment in patient centred care procedures. Combining expert knowledge from many countries, this textbook can be used for teaching new staff in renal care as well as reviewing and updating renal care expertise. Technological developments have significantly expanded in recent years. In this context renal nurses are responsible not only for individualised, comprehensive, and complex patient care, but also advanced technical skills such as haemodialysis treatment, which require close monitoring of patients to ensure safety. Infection prevention and control is vital throughout patient care. In addition, advanced renal nursing skills have been established for the assessment and management of renal disease. The textbook is unique as in one single volume there is evidence, up to date and rigorous data describing different types of renal care therefore it is possible to concept a holistic vision of CKD patients as well as the nursing perspective.

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