Main description:

Designed to teach nursing administration and management skills to students to enhance their clinical knowledge and skills, this book retains the relevant concepts of earlier editions. It provides the opportunity to explore current issues, covering the complete contents of management and administration prescribed by the regulatory / statutory bodies of nursing.

The text is sequentially organised into 31 chapters, and each chapter stands on its own merit and can be read independently of others. It prepares students for managerial career with concepts, theories and its application in their respective discipline.

This is a must-have resource for professional nurses, nursing students and other disciplines.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Nursing Profession.

2. Trends in Healthcare System

3. Leadership in Nursing

4. Nurse as a Manager

5. Concepts of Administration.

6. Planning

7. Organizing

8. Staffing

9. Directing

10. Coordinating

11. Reporting and Recording.

12. Budgeting

13. Human Resource Management.

14. Job Evaluation

15. Administration of Health Services in India

16. Organization of Health Services in India

17. Planning in Health Programs in India

18. Management in Healthcare Delivery System.

19. Hospital Administration

20. Nursing Service Administration.

21. Discipline in Nursing

22. Healthcare Economics and Nursing

23. Educational Administration in Nursing

24. Clinical Supervision

25. Quality Control

26. Staff Development

27. Administration of Wage and Salary

28. Role of Employees Union in Administration

29. Concepts of Employees Welfare and Social Security

30. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing.

31. Current Issues in Nursing

Appendices

Index