Fast Facts for the Clinical Nurse Manager: Managing a Changing Workplace in a Nutshell

Author:   Barbara Fry
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
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9780826127884


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   18 November 2015
Format:   Paperback
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""The book is easy to read and makes great points, especially about employee issues... This is a great resource for clinical nurse managers. They will find the information on dealing with employee issues helpful and timely. The activities and conversation guidelines are easy to use and relevant in the current healthcare climate... Score: 95 - 4 Stars! --Cynthia Lee Cummings, RN, MSN, EdD, CHSE, University of North Florida Brooks College of Health, Doody's Reviews Clinical nurse managers face myriad challenges, including administrative, clinical, and interpersonal issues. This concise, practical resource offers wise guidance for nurses working in this complex, fast-paced role. Addressing common complaints and anxieties, it offers quick access to insights, proven strategies, and tools for effectively coping with such situations as institutional change, a multigenerational and multicultural workforce, resistance to change, and toxic behaviors. Fully updated and revised, the second edition provides sound advice to address the changing dynamics in health care that challenge clinical nurse management. It offers strategies for boosting staff morale during times of fear and anxiety, explains how to reclaim professional practice and focus on quality of care, advocates for nurses at senior levels, and discusses how to maintain one""s identity in an interdisciplinary setting. Designed to assist clinical nurse managers at all levels in developing new and effective ways of leading in a rapidly changing health care environment, this resource helps foster a better professional practice for the nurse manager. It features concise chapters and bulleted information for quick access and at-a-glance Fast Facts in a Nutshell boxes. Also included are helpful tools and worksheets for managing a variety of challenges, along with the ""Top 10 Fast Facts for Thriving in a Changing Workplace."" New to the Second Edition: Completely updated and revised New chapter, ""A Call to Action: Recovering the Lost Art of Nursing"" New content on fostering and nurturing therapeutic relationships More information on rewards and recognition to keep staff motivated Key Features: Presents timely content ready to be applied in a professional setting Presents information in an easy-to-access format with concise chapters, bulleted lists, and Fast Facts in a Nutshell boxes Advocates a back-to-basics approach to clinical care Packed with current, useful, and accessible information that fits in a pocket Written by a noted author, keynote speaker, and facilitator highly experienced in helping nurses in leadership roles

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Author:   Barbara Fry
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.250kg
ISBN:  

9780826127884


ISBN 10:   0826127886
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   18 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part I: The Bottom Line: Managing What Now Lies Beneath 1. The Buck Stops Here: Managing Professional Practice 2. Power, Politics, and Possibilities: Managing the Art of the Possible 3. Competencies for a Changing Workplace: Managing New Rules, New Roles Part II: The Here and Now: Managing New Realities 4. Anticipating Change: Managing Staff Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Fear 5. Got Gap? Managing the Intergenerational Workplace 6. “It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times . . . ” Managing and Facilitating Change and Transitions 7. It’s Over: Managing the End of Old Ways of Being 8. Now What? Managing Chaos and Confusion 9. From Isolation to Collaboration: Managing a New Way of Being Part III: Staff Gone Wild? Managing Your Cast of Characters 10. Got Resistance? Expect It! Welcome It! Manage It! 11. Got Attitude? Managing the Good, the Okay, and the Downright Ugly! 12. Got Queens, Princesses, and Workplace Terrorists? Managing Their Reign of Terror 13. Got Bullying? Managing the Sound of Silence Part IV: Predicting Your Workplace Future: Create It! Manage It! Love It! 14. Mission Impossible? Creating Work–Life Harmony 15. Creating Your Future: A Back-to-Basics Approach 16. Got Staff Meeting Nightmares? Managing Awesome Opportunities 17. From Workplace to Community: Managing Connectedness Part V: A Call to Action—From Surviving to Thriving to Recovering the Art of Nursing: Tips and Tools for Managing a Changing Workplace 18. Recovering the Lost Art of Nursing 19. Top 10 Fast Facts for Thriving in a Changing Workplace (and 12 More for Managing It!) Appendix: Conversation Guides and Activities—Tools to Inspire Bibliography Index

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Barbara J. Fry, MEd (Adult), BN, RN, is president of Workplace ­Dynamix, Inc., an active member of the College of Registered Nurses in Nova Scotia, and a professional keynote speaker and facilitator.

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