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NURSING EDUCATION
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory
and Application, Eighth Edition, International Edition
Bessie L. Marquis, RN, CNAA, MSN
February 2014 / Softbound / 7" x 10" / 624 pp.
978-1-4698-5571-4 (International Edition)
978-1-4511-9281-0
DESCRIPTION
Develop the skills you’ll need on the job—from organizing patient care and
motivating staff to managing conflict and working collaboratively—with this
new edition of the #1 selling book for the course. The authors provide a concise,
user-friendly synthesis of application and theory and a unique focus on critical
thinking, problem solving, and decision making. Over 240 case studies are
drawn from a variety of health care settings, including 15-25 NEW cases that
focus on the new nurse or first-level manager.
• Prepare to take on leaderships roles in nursing practice with Examining the
Evidence sections in each chapter that provide new research ?ndings, evidence-
based practice, and best practices in leadership and management.
• Enhance your critical-thinking skills with more than 250 Learning Exercises,
that put you in the role of a nurse-manager: assessing, deciding, and executing.
• Reinforce your understanding of key ideas with Break Out Comments in
every chapter.
• Master complex information with tables, displays, and illustrations .
• Prepare for exams with Key Concepts that summarize each chapter’s
important information.
• Take your learning beyond the book a wide range of online learning tools,
including with Web links for each chapter that guide you to new information.