NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE (4TH ED.)
Ruth M. Tappen, F. A. Davis Company, 1915 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, tel.: +1-800-323-3555; +1-215-568-2270; fax: +1-215-568-5065; e-mail: [email protected] ISBN 0-8036-0832-2, 524 pp., 2001, paperbound $45.95
This is the fourth edition of a text originally published in 1983. The preface states that some basic content was condensed, allowing for an expanded chapter on workplace health and safety, as well as new chapters on workplace ethics and informatics. The contributors include nursing professors, a home health services corporation administrator, and a director of public health nursing at a county health department.
The content is divided into five units. The introduction discusses the impact of leadership and management on nursing and reviews early and contemporary management theories. The second unit provides comprehensive content related to nursing leadership. The third unit addresses the specifics of nursing management, including evaluation, budget, and informatics.The fourth unit examines the workplace as a whole and describes the reality of health care today. The fifth unit outlines nursing career development.
This text is extremely readable. Short tests at the beginning of each chapter and case studies at the end of each chapter engage the reader and reinforce the content's relevance. Sidebars relate applicable research and real-life perspectives to the topics. The chapters on critically reflective thinking, leading change, informatics, and politics are particularly germane to today's healthcare environment.
Most appropriate for undergraduate nursing students, this book has other potential audiences. Nurses new to management or leadership positions would appreciate the clear review of management and leadership basics. Nurse managers could use the book to augment other efforts when grooming staff for leadership roles. Staff nurses reading this book would gain a more global perspective of the workplace and be better prepared to contribute to their profession.
Reviewed by:
Katrina Ceci, BS, RN,BC, CEN
Graduate, Student of MS-Nursing Education, Program, Cardinal Stritch University, Staff Nurse at the Wisconsin Heart Hospital, and Educator at Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.