Essential Skills for Nurse Managers

by Shelley Cohen, Shelley Cohen RN MSN CEN, Sharon Cox MSN RN

Nurse managers are often promoted into their positions with little to no formal training on management and leadership tasks. Essential Skills for Nurse Managers is a foundational training program for nurse managers, more extensive than anything else on the market. This book can be used as an orientation for new nurse managers, as a reference guide, or as leadership materials for more experienced managers seeking formal training. The book provides downloadable forms, PowerPoint slides, and checklists on all the key topics, which can be used by directors or educators to hold management/leadership training classes. In Essential Skills for Nurse Managers, novice and experienced nurse managers alike will find the proven strategies, tools, and resources they need to excel as nurse leaders. - Practical and authoritative, with actionable advice and examples drawn from the authors' decades of experience
- Includes 24 chapters covering the interviewing; structuring effective meetings; staff delegation, motivation, and empowerment; budgeting; writing strategic plans; and promoting professional development (and more)
- Library of useful forms, tools, audio training, PowerPoint presentations, and scripting examples to support the professional development of nurse managers
- Written by two recognized experts in the field of nursing management, Shelley Cohen and Sharon Cox Table of Section 1: You Have to Start Somewhere
Chapter 1: Leadership
Chapter 2: Team Building
Chapter 3: Time Management
Chapter 4: The Interviewing and Hiring Process
Chapter 5: Onboarding Staff With Effective Orientation
Chapter 6: Staff Meeting Opportunities
Chapter 7: Competency
Chapter 8: The Dollars and Sense of Management Section 2: It Will Get Better
Chapter 9: Creating a Healthy Work Environment
Chapter 10: Coaching and Communicating Across the Generations
Chapter 11: Shared Governance
Chapter 12: Managing Change
Chapter 13: The Art of Delegation Through Staff Engagement and Ownership
Chapter 14: Staff Empowerment and Motivation
Chapter 15: Performance Management
Chapter 16: Developing and Retaining Staff Section 3: Trust the Process
Chapter 17: Creating a Culture of Safety and Quality
Chapter 18: Conflict Management
Chapter 19: Balance and Renewal
Chapter 20: Strategic Planning and Execution
Chapter 21: The Risk Management and Liability Side of Leadership
Chapter 22: The Role of Ethics in Management
Chapter 23: Developing a Business Plan
Chapter 24: Professional Development

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First published February 16, 2015