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MANAGING AND LEADING INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE
Managing and Leading Innovation in Health Care
Six Steps to Effective Management Series
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By
Elizabeth Howkins, BA, MSc, RGN, RHV, CPT, PGCEA
Cynthia Thornton, MSc, RGN, DN, PWT, PGCEA, DNT

Included in series
Six Steps to Effective Management, 5

Description
Part of the Six Steps to Effective Management series, this book focuses on the importance of leadership and innovation for effective nursing practice. Inside you'll find strategies for adapting to the rapidly changing health care environment, ensuring your professional growth, and developing your business management skills. Provides an accessible mix of theory with a unique emphasis on real life applications.

Audience
All practising nurses at or aspiring to middle management position (D&E grades) in all settings including hospitals, community, private and independent sectors
Students taking management certificates and diplomas
Third year students on diploma courses (management now a compulsory module)

Contents
Section 1: The Creative Challenge. Chapter 1 - Creativity in Healthcare. Chapter 2 - Creativity and Caring. Chapter 3 - The Reconstituted Professional. Section 2: Changing Relationships in Health Care. Chapter 4 - The Nature and Purpose of Leadership. Chapter 5 - Evolution or Revolution? Negotiation as a means of Effecting Change. Chapter 6 - Testing Boundaries: The Rise and Rise of Teamworks. Section 3: Developing Skills for Innovation. Chapter 7 - Sustaining Creativity and Innovation. Chapter 8 - Diversity and Change are Endemic. Chapter 9 - Overcoming Barriers to Innovation. Section 4 - Managing Knowledge in Health Care. Chapter 10 - Evidence Based Practice. Chapter 11 - The Technological Revolution. Chapter 12 - Research and Development in Health Care. Section 5 - Old Problems, New Solutions. Chapter 13 - Creative Solutions to the Issue of Quality Improvement in the NHS. Chapter 14 - Services without Boundaries: Creative Solutions to Leading and Organising Professional Practice.

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 432 pages, publication date: JUL-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-2552-5
ISBN-10: 0-7020-2552-6
Imprint: BAILLIÈRE TINDALL


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