Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management, 5th Edition

Preface

We are delighted to bring our readers this Fifth Edition of Essentials

of Nursing Leadership and Management.This new edition has been

updated to reflect the current health-care environment. As in our

previous editions, the content, examples, and diagrams were

designed with the goal of assisting the new graduate to make the

transition to professional nursing practice.

The Fifth Edition of Essentials of Nursing Leadership and

Managementfocuses on the necessary knowledge and skills needed by

the staff nurse as a vital member of the health-care team and manag-

er of patient care. Issues related to setting priorities, delegation, qual-

ity improvement, legal parameters of nursing practice, and ethical

issues were updated for this edition.

We are especially excited to introduce a new chapter, Quality and

Safety. This chapter focuses on the current quality and safety issues

and initiatives that affect the current health-care environment. In

addition, the updated finance chapter and a new chapter on health-

care policy will be available on the F.A. Davis Web site,DavisPlus.

We continue to bring you comprehensive, practical information on

developing a nursing career. Updated information on leading, manag-

ing, followership, and workplace issues continues to be included.

Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Managementcontinues to

provide a strong foundation for the beginning nurse leader. We want

to thank the people at F.A. Davis for their assistance as well as our

contributors, reviewers, and students for their guidance and support.

Diane K. Whitehead

Sally A. Weiss

Ruth M. Tappen

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