Includes bibliographical references and index.

INTRODUCTION -- The American Health Care Environment -- Basic Health Care Economics -- A NEW HEALTH CARE MODEL -- Evidence-Based Health Care -- Nursing and Health Care Informatics -- Population-Based Health Care Practice -- Personal and Interdisciplinary Communication -- Politics and Consumer Partnerships -- PLANNING CARE -- Leadership & Management -- Strategic Planning and Organizing Patient Care -- Effective Team Building -- Budget Concepts for Patient Care -- Effective Staffing -- Delegation of Nursing Care -- MANAGING CARE -- First-Line Patient Care Management -- Patient Teaching -- Change and Conflict Resolution -- Power -- Time Management -- EVALUATION -- Managing Outcomes -- Decision Making -- OTHER PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Legal Aspects of Patient Care -- Ethical Dimensions of Patient Care -- Cultural Diversity and Spirituality -- Collective Bargaining -- PREPARATION FOR ENTRY-LEVEL NURSING PRACTICE -- Career Planning.

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