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Welcome to your course guide for RBSN 420: Nursing Leadership and Management! On this page you will find helpful resources, such as ebooks, databases, and a "Search Everything" search box. You will also find my contact information. I am here to help connect you to resources as you work through this course!
Ebooks
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The New Leadership Challenge by Focuses on personal leadership development, as well as the distinction between leadership and management. Addresses both followership and leadership and the differences and similarities between related leadership roles. Balances theory with real-world case studies from clinical practice and education and offers critical-thinking exercises to help you develop your leadership potential and to solve problems. Uses the Grossman and Valiga Leadership Characteristics and Skills Assessment tool to help you evaluate your leadership abilities and skills. Emphasizes globalization of health care, aging population and health care delivery settings. Reviews the new directions in the field with coverage of timely topics, including the globalization of health care, the aging population, and health-care delivery systems. Includes an annotated bibliography of articles on leadership.ISBN: 9780803657663Publication Date: 2016-09-01 -
Nursing Leadership and Management for Patient Safety and Quality Care by Develops the skills needed to be effective nurse leaders and managers--from managing patient care to managing staff and organizations. Encompasses new quality care initiatives, including those from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report, AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education, and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Initiative which form the foundation of the content. Features an evidence-based and best practices approach. Discusses the essentials of critical thinking, decision-making and problem solving, including concepts such as SWOT, root-cause analysis, and plan-do-study-act. Demonstrates how to manage conflict, manage teams and personnel, change theory, and budgeting. Uses a consistent pedagogy in each chapter, including key terms, learning outcomes, learning activities, coverage of evidence, research and best practices, and a chapter summary.ISBN: 9780803630215Publication Date: 2017-02-16
Databases
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CINAHL with Full TextIndexing for 3,000 journals in the fields of nursing and allied health, with full text for more than 600.
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Lippincott Premier Nursing JournalsOver 90 journals covering a range of nursing specialties.
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PubMedFrom the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes MEDLINE and related databases. Over 18 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. PubMed may link to content we don't have online access to; please contact a librarian if you need assistance.
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ScopusLargest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Multidisciplinary.
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Google ScholarCovers a broad array of scholarly literature with a clean interface.
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Cochrane Collection PlusCovers the effects of healthcare, conduct of controlled trials, cost and the effects of drugs, treatments and procedures.
