Nursing Leadership and Management, 1st edition

Published by Pearson Canada (February 7, 2014) © 2015
  • Alice Gaudine
  • Marianne Lamb

Title overview

Created for nursing students in the third or fourth year of their undergraduate BScN program, Nursing Leadership and Management provides a truly Canadian introduction to theory and practice with an emphasis on the key skills employed by successful nurse leaders.

Built on the authors' practical experience, this textbook equips students to supervise and work effectively with direct and indirect reports in clinical settings. Canadian examples are utilized to coach readers in thinking critically, delegating successfully, improving quality, communicating effectively, and building teams. The challenges which nurses and health care organizations face are identified throughout the book, and the text encourages the next generation of nurses to find positive solutions to issues such as handling conflict, leading change, workplace burnout, and much more. Four main themes frame the contents of this text: patient safety; communication in leadership and management; critical thinking; and research.

Hallmark Features

  • Chapter opening learning objectives and a summary allow students to confirm that they have absorbed key ideas.
  • A chapter case study followed by questions encourages the application of concepts to a realistic scenario.
  • Critical thinking questions and activities not only promote discussion and critical thinking, but also help the next generation of nurses to start thinking about innovations to improve our health care system.
  • Self-quizzes assist with self-assessment of selected chapter content..

Table of contents

  1. Leadership in Health Care
  2. Health Care Management and the Canadian Context
  3. Organizational Power and Politics
  4. Change and Culture
  5. Decision Making and Management of Workflow
  6. Nursing Workforce Issues: Recruitment and Retention
  7. Motivation and Performance
  8. Nursing Roles and Nurse Staffing
  9. Quality of Work-Life Issues
  10. Team Building and Managing Conflict
  11. Quality Improvement
  12. Diversity in Health Care Organizations
  13. Financial Leadership and Accountability in Nursing
  14. Ethical Leadership and the Context for Ethical Practice in Health Care Organizations

Author bios

Alice Gaudine, RN, is a professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Nursing in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Prior to starting at Memorial University, Alice had approximately 15 years of experience in various nursing management positions as well as experience as a direct care nurse. Her masters degree is in Nursing (MScA, McGill) and her doctoral degree is in administration (organizational behaviour) (PhD, Concordia). She has published a number of journal articles on topics such as the ethical conflicts of nurses (and nurse managers) with organizations, and issues related to nurses' absenteeism and turnover. Alice has also held administrative positions in nursing education, as the Associate Director Graduate Programs and Research at Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Nursing, and the Associate Dean Academic at the University of Calgary-Qatar.

Marianne Lamb, RN, is a Professor Emerita at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She has worked as a nurse in small and large hospitals in Ontario and Quebec, and completed graduate studies in acute care nursing (MSc, Alberta) and health policy/health administration (PhD, Toronto). Marianne's leadership and management experiences include positions as Director of Professional Services with the Canadian Nurses Association, Director of the School of Nursing at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Associate Dean (Health Sciences) and Director of the School of Nursing, Queen's University. Her most research work has focused on knowledge translation, patient safety, and clinical ethics. She is a past President of the Canadian Bioethics Society and the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing.

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