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Leadership in Action: A Manager's Guide to Success

AORN Journal, August, 2005 by Mary-Ellen Ouellette

Leadership in Action: A Manager's Guide to Success Carol Petersen, ed 2004, 241 pp $45 member/$56 nonmember softcover

A timely update of the original publication, Optimizing Resources: A Manager's Guide to Success, this book stands alone as an up-to-date reference. Fifteen respected, credentialed specialists offer powerful insights, real examples, and proven solutions to the problems encountered by nurse managers. This book provides direction to help nurse leaders meet multifaceted challenges and expand their personal potential for the benefit of quality patient care.

Five main units are divided into chapters. Objectives are highlighted, and the information flows from basic to detailed. Chapters are short, clear, and concise. Tables clearly summarize main points.

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Unit I defines basic principles of leadership and management from past, present, and future perspectives. Management is a part of leadership, and this relationship is vital to the success of the manager, the organization, and ultimately, patient outcomes.

Unit II outlines basic skills necessary to construct budgets, write policies and procedures, use information technology, and determine staffing requirements. Real examples, forms, and step-by-step guidance through mathematical formulas greatly enhance learning.

In view of the present nursing shortage, unit III, on human resource management, is the most important of the topics presented. A combined position description and performance appraisal is provided and is a true time-saving tool. Techniques are presented to help leaders send consistent, positive messages to employees. Discussion of employment laws regarding discrimination, harassment, and benefits are brief and to the point.

Unit IV is a guide for writing a business plan. Each element is explained in detail. Two case studies take readers from the beginning through implementation and maintenance. The fundamentals of facility construction and design of an OR also are explained.

The final unit, on legal and regulatory issues, contains actual case examples. The latest information regarding the status of pending legal issues will give readers an appreciation of the legal process. The last chapter reminds nurses that they are the best advocates for public policy related to nursing. Resources to heighten political awareness are presented.

This book is not just for nurse managers or perioperative nurses. Students, educators, and administrators will find this reference invaluable for understanding the challenges that health care leaders will encounter today and in the future.

This book is available from AORN, 2170 S Parker Rd, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80231; http://www.aorn.org.

MARY-ELLEN OUELLETTE

RN, BSN, CAPT USAF

CARDIOTHORACIC NURSE MANAGER

WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER

LACKLAND AFB, TEX

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Leadership in Action: A Manager's Guide to Success

AORN Journal, August, 2005 by Mary-Ellen Ouellette

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