Prepare for licensure and your transition to practice! Organized around the issues in today's constantly changing healthcare environmentYoder-Wise's Leading & Managing in Canadian Nursing, 2ndEdition offers an innovative approach to leading and managing by merging theory, research, and practical application. This cutting-edge text is intuitively organized around the issues that are central to the success of Canadian nurses including cultural diversity, resource management, advocacy, patient safety, delegation, and communication. In addition, it provides just the right amount of information to equip you with the tools you need to master leadership and management - all to help prepare you for clinical practice!

Part I: Core Concepts

Overview 1. Leading, Managing, and Following 2. Developing the Role of Leader 3. Developing the Role of Manager 4. Nursing Leadership and Indigenous Health 5. Patient Focus

Context 6. Ethical Issues 7. Legal Issues 8. Making Decisions and Solving Problems 9. Health Care Organizations 10. Understanding and Designing Organizational Structures 11. Cultural Diversity in Health Care 12. Power, Politics, and Influence

Part II: Managing Resources

13. Caring, Communicating, and Managing with Technology 14. Managing Costs and Budgets 15. Care Delivery Strategies 16. Staffing and Scheduling (available only on Evolve) 17. Selecting, Developing, and Evaluating Staff (available only on Evolve)

Part III: Changing the Status Quo

18. Strategic Planning, Goal-Setting, and Marketing 19. Nurses Leading Change: A Relational Emancipatory Framework for Health and Social Action 20. Building Teams Through Communication and Partnerships 21. Collective Nursing Advocacy 22. Understanding Quality, Risk, and Safety 23. Translating Research into Practice

Part IV: Interpersonal and Personal Skills

Interpersonal 24. Understanding and Resolving Conflict 25. Managing Personal/Personnel Problems 26. Workplace Violence and Incivility 27. Inter and Intraprofessional Practice and Leading in Professional Practice Settings

Personal 28. Role Transition 29. Self-Management: Stress and Time

Future 30. Thriving for the Future 31. Leading and Managing Your Career 32. Nursing Students as Leaders