Leadership and Nursing Care Management

This is the best book I have ran across when it comes to nursing leadership and management. I am finishing my doctorate in management and organizational leadership and used this book to understand and relate to every aspect of leadership and management at the doctoral level. This book is marked up, dog eared, and worn out, but I still used it for every class. This book is from 2000, and some of the references are germinal, I would like to see a new spin and some fresher references.

Diane Huber is the editor and contributing author of this well documented scholarly book. The book contains seven parts and 40 chapters written by 36 contributing authors. The table of contents does not identify who wrote the chapters, and there is no author index. The author is listed right under the chapter title in the chapter, and there is a list of contributors with their title and place of employment at the front of the book. The parts are I. "Leadership and Care management Overview", II. "The Professional's Role", III. Health Care Organizations and Systems", IV. "Care Management", V. "Human Resources Management," VI. "Fiscal Management," VII. "Outcomes Management". Chapters start with chapter objectives. There are relevant quotes in some chapters. There is a content overview followed by definitions. Many well illustrated figures seem original with this book. There are also boxes and tables to illustrate the content. Leadership and management are differentiated. Chapters contain at least one research note describing the purpose, discussion and application to practice of a research study related to the topic. Chapters contain both the seminal work and current issues and trends. Chapters usually end with a summary, study questions, a case study, and critical thinking exercise. The references span five decades. The book has a glossary and index. The book also has a study guide by Diane L. Huber. Each chapter starts with the study focus or major points from the textbook. There are learning tools, case studies, case study questions, learning resources including discussion questions and study questions. References and supplemental readings are listed. The answers to the text study questions are at the end of each chapter, and the answer key to the study guide questions is at the end of the book. The book is 992 pages long making it difficult to hold and read. The greatest strength of this book (the well documented scholarship) is probably also its greatest weakness by making the book less than enjoyable reading. This book seems particularly good for identifying the scholarship related to specific leadership and management content.