A caring approach in nursing administration / Jan J. Nyberg.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Caring and the Nursing Administrator -- 3. The Element of Caring in Nursing Administration -- 4. Organizational Theory -- 5. Leadership Styles -- 6. The Health Care System -- 7. Caring and Nursing Economics -- 8. The Search for Values and Ethics -- 9. Research and Caring -- 10. Organizational Effectiveness and Quality Management -- 11. The Organization and Practice of Nursing -- 12. Practicing Caring Nursing Administration.

Current mainstream books and publicity about management and administration in health care are concerned with the takeover of health care by managed-care organizations. Many provide lots of quick and externally focused answers. Many of them are economically driven, to the exclusion of humans, values, ethics, and the human spirit of all those who pass through systems as deliverers and receivers of care. On the other hand, there is a new generation of works that address new forms of administration and leadership-works that inspire and evoke foundational changes in health care and forms of organiz.

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