Book Description

Prepare for licensure and your transition to nursing practice! Organized around the issues in today's constantly changing health care environment Yoder-Wise's Leading and Managing in Canadian Nursing, 3rd Edition offers an innovative approach to leading and managing by merging theory, research, and practical application. This cutting-edge text is intuitively organized around the issues that are central to the success of Canadian nurses including cultural diversity, resource management, advocacy, patient safety, delegation, and communication. In addition, it provides just the right amount of information to equip you with the tools you need to master leadership and management — all to help prepare you for clinical practice! UPDATED! Comprehensive inclusion of the latest Canadian statistics, research, references, resources, and more! NEW! Updated art programme reflects Canada’s diverse workforce and patient demographic. NEW! Streamlined content ensures an appropriate level of content and depth of information and facilitates learning of theory and complex concepts. UNIQUE! Chapter on nursing leadership in Indigenous health explains the leadership role and is integrated into relevant topics throughout the text. UNIQUE! Chapter authored by an undergraduate student and an early career alumnus helps you build your leadership skills within your academic program. UNIQUE! Each chapter opens with A Challenge, where practising nurse leaders/managers offer their real-world views of a concern related in the chapter, encouraging you to think about how you would handle the situation. UNIQUE! A Solution closes each chapter with an effective method to handle the real-life situation presented in A Challenge and demonstrates the ins and outs of problem-solving in practice. NEW! End-of-chapter Thinking it Through Case Studies provide questions to stimulate critical thinking in applying concepts discussed in the chapter. Examples of real-life practice cases help you examine and apply theoretical concepts. Helpful pedagogical elements include chapter objectives, glossary terms, exercises, Research Perspectives, Literature Perspectives, Theory boxes, chapter checklists, tips, and references. Innovative content and presentation merge theory, research, and professional practice in key leadership and management areas. Inviting and well-structured full-colour design enhances learning by providing quick reference to important information and visually reinforcing key concepts.