Table of Contents
Contributors iv
Foreword v
Acknowledgments vii
Chapter 1 Nurse Executive Leadership Al Rundio 1
Chapter 2 Will Nursing Faculty Hinder or Facilitate Innovation in Nurse Executive DIMP Students? Joan Rosen Bloch 17
Chapter 3 The Health-Care Environment Diane F. Hunker 38
Chapter 4 Professional Practice Environments Al Rundio 47
Chapter 5 Ritual to Relevance: Changing the Paradigm to Evidence-Based Practice Al Rundio 54
Chapter 6 Continuous Organizational Improvement: DIMP Leadership Promoting High-Reliability Organizations Carol Patton 59
Chapter 7 The Chief Nurse Executive as an Organizational Leader and Its Moral Compass: Should a Doctorate in Nursing Practice Be a Requirement? Jean Barry 69
Chapter 8 Delegation Dilemmas Al Rundio 80
Chapter 9 Strategic Management for the Nurse Executive Joseph Anton 97
Chapter 10 Defining and Developing Self-Awareness in the Nurse Leader William J. Lorman 104
Chapter 11 Future of the DNP Nurse Executive Elizabeth A. Gazza 115
Chapter 12 Professional Sustainability and the Nurse Executive Sally K. Miller 127
Chapter 13 Health-Care Informatics: Essential and Necessary in the 21st Century Carol Patton 133
Chapter 14 Leadership Succession Planning and Development Virginia Wilson 146
Chapter 15 Teambuilding: Insights, Strategies, and Tools Faye A. Meloy 176
Chapter 16 Evidence-Based Approach to Novice Nurse Orientation in Perianesthesia Units Seun O. Ross 193
Index 303
