Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Download or read book Finding a Different Kind of Normal written by Yenn Purkis and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2006-01-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeanette Purkis spent her early life reacting violently against her feelings of embarrassment, anger and confusion about her 'difference' from other people. She was unaware until well into adulthood that everything she found difficult, including her lack of success in forming relationships, could be a result of having Asperger Syndrome. Used to being a misfit from a very young age, Jeanette found that being a member of a group in which she had a label - Jeanette the Communist; Jeanette, Enemy of the State; Jeanette the convict; Jeanette the drug addict - gave her a sense of order she could depend on, particularly in prison, where each day had a set routine and the inmates accepted her because of her rebel attitude. Finally diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at the age of 20, the author only began to accept her diagnosis some years later when she felt for the first time that she might learn to cope with being herself. Jeanette's remarkable life and her journey towards finding a different kind of normal is compelling and inspiring reading for people with autism spectrum disorders, and those living or working with them.

Download or read book EDEF s NCLEX RN Review written by Edna B. Domingo and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There¿s no better or effective way to study for the NCLEX-RN® Exam than using a review book that uniquely categorizes questions based on the current NCLEX-RN® Test Plan!Categorized questions based on the current NCLEX-RN® test plan prepares the nurse with confidence to pass NCLEX-RN the first time.Questions include:·Alternate item questions·Integration of the nursing process·Higher-level concepts that require critical thinking, synthesis, and interpretation·Knowledge base that requires comprehension, analysis, and application to nursing practice

Download or read book A Nurse s Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward written by Jenny Thomas and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you managing other people? If so, you will find this an indispensable guide to situations and problems faced by ward managers, sisters and charge nurses today. This new edition retains the book's practical approach, providing hints and tips on cutting through bureaucracy to ensure patient care remains uppermost on your agenda. This book will help you to Manage your time Create a positive work environment Ensure care is patient-centred Manage your budget Be politically aware Manage difficult staff and situations This book will help you to: Organise yourself and your workload Manage staff, people and difficult situations Make sure care is patient-centred Manage your budget Deal with complaints Handle staff recruitment Be a good role model. This new edition retains the book's practical approach, providing hints and tips on cutting through bureaucracy to ensure patient care remains uppermost on your agenda. Reflects the most recent developments affecting ward management, including the current national focus on quality indicators and working within tighter budgets. A new chapter on 'Improving Quality and Safety' explains the national quality initiatives and their impact, as well as taking you through the practical processes of handling complaints and incidents. Updated guidance on pertinent issues such as 'whistle-blowing' and 'safeguarding'.

Download or read book Nursing Leadership for Patient Centered Care written by Harriet Forman and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart

Download or read book The Challenges of Nursing Stroke Management in Rehabilitation Centres written by Bianca Buijck and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides integral knowledge of all aspects of stroke care and rehabilitation after stroke, and is therefore highly relevant for nurses who work in rehabilitation centers. It outlines the several phases after stroke, for example the type of care patients may receive in the chronically phase at home. Nurses will obtain knowledge about treatment, importance of observation and caring with a special focus on communication problems, swallowing problems, activities of daily living, urinary and defecation problems, shoulder and hand issues. Thanks to photographs, nurses will learn to transfer patients in the adequate positions. Several chapters provide nurses with examples of effective and efficient collaboration with multidisciplinary professionals, informal caregivers and patients themselves. There is also an emphasis on behavior and cognitive functioning. And lastly, in the final chapters authors highlight the organization of rehabilitation and integrated care issues. Nurses play a very important role in rehabilitation, education, counseling, prevention, and caring for patients with cerebrovascular accident (CVA). In caring for stroke patients, nurses need specific competences and abilities that go beyond the general neurologic knowledge and experience. Nurses need to collaborate in an efficient and effective manner with multidisciplinary team members in their organization and across organizations. This book discusses medical aspects and specific symptoms of a stroke, as well as the limitations that patients experience, and which interventions are indicated for recovery.

Download or read book Nursing against the Odds written by Suzanne Gordon and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States and throughout the industrialized world, just as the population of older and sicker patients is about to explode, we have a major shortage of nurses. Why are so many RNs dropping out of health care's largest profession? How will the lack of skilled, experienced caregivers affect patients? These are some of the questions addressed by Suzanne Gordon's definitive account of the world's nursing crisis. In Nursing against the Odds, one of North America's leading health care journalists draws on in-depth interviews, research studies, and extensive firsthand reporting to help readers better understand the myriad causes of and possible solutions to the current crisis. Gordon examines how health care cost cutting and hospital restructuring undermine the working conditions necessary for quality care. She shows how the historically troubled workplace relationships between RNs and physicians become even more dysfunctional in modern hospitals. In Gordon's view, the public image of nurses continues to suffer from negative media stereotyping in medical shows on television and from shoddy press coverage of the important role RNs play in the delivery of health care. Gordon also identifies the class and status divisions within the profession that hinder a much-needed defense of bedside nursing. She explains why some policy panaceas—hiring more temporary workers, importing RNs from less-developed countries—fail to address the forces that drive nurses out of their workplaces. To promote better care, Gordon calls for a broad agenda that includes safer staffing, improved scheduling, and other policy changes that would give nurses a greater voice at work. She explores how doctors and nurses can collaborate more effectively and what medical and nursing education must do to foster such cooperation. Finally, Gordon outlines ways in which RNs can successfully take their case to the public while campaigning for health care system reform that actually funds necessary nursing care.

Download or read book Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management written by Ruth M. Tappen and published by F A Davis Company. This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition focuses on preparing your students to assume the role as a significant member of the health-care team and manager of care, and is designed to help your students transition to professional nursing practice. Developed as a user-friendly text, the content and style makes it a great tool for your students in or out of the classroom. (Midwest).

Download or read book A Nurse s Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward written by Brian Dolan and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you become a ward or unit manager, sister or charge nurse, your responsibilities change and you need a very different set of skills compared to your previous roles. You are now required to manage a team of staff with a set budget and are responsible for maintaining an environment in which people can work well. This book will help you to: - Identify your responsibilities and best approaches as a manager to provide patients with a high standard of care through your staff; - Read through examples, suggestions and tips following a highly practical approach; - Manage your staff, time and budget; - Create a positive work environment; Features: - Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; - New sections on responsible use of social media, working with different generations in the workplace; how to make an impact, taking care of yourself etc. - Leading teams in the context of enduring financial and staffing constraints Part of the A Nurse's Survival Guide series. Key features: - Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; - New sections on responsible use of social media, working with different generations in the workplace; how to make an impact, taking care of yourself etc. - Leading teams in the context of enduring financial and staffing constraints

Download or read book Leadership and Nursing Care Management written by Diane Huber and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition addresses basic issues in nurse management such as law and ethics, staffing and scheduling, delegation, cultural considerations and management of time and stress. It also provides readers with the core concepts that separate adequate and exceptional nurse managers.

Download or read book Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives written by Steven A. Finkler and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the financial topics all nurse managers need to know and use, this book explains how financial management fits into the healthcare organization. You'll study accounting principles, cost analysis, planning and control management of the organization's financial resources, and the use of management tools. In addition to current issues, this edition also addresses future directions in financial management. Chapter goals and an introduction begin each chapter. Each chapter ends with Implications For The Nurse Manager and Key Concepts, to reinforce understanding. Key Concepts include definitions of terms discussed in each chapter. A comprehensive glossary with all key terms is available on companion Evolve? website. Two chapter-ending appendixes offer additional samples to reinforce chapter content. Four NEW chapters are included: Quality, Costs and Financing; Revenue Budgeting; Variance Analysis: Examples, Extensions, and Caveats; and Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. The new Medicare prescription bill is covered, with its meaning for healthcare providers, managers, and executives. Coverage now includes the transition from the role of bedside or staff nurse to nurse manager and nurse executive. Updated information includes current nursing workforce issues and recurring nursing shortages. Updates focus on health financing and the use of computers in budgeting and finance. New practice problems are included.

Download or read book Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner written by Leslie Neal-Boylan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner is a key resource for advanced practice nurses and graduate students seeking to test their skills in assessing, diagnosing, and managing cases in family and primary care. Composed of more than 70 cases ranging from common to unique, the book compiles years of experience from experts in the field. It is organized chronologically, presenting cases from neonatal to geriatric care in a standard approach built on the SOAP format. This includes differential diagnosis and a series of critical thinking questions ideal for self-assessment or classroom use.

Download or read book Managing to Be Human written by Brian F. Smyth and published by Orpen Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing To Be Human is a book about how to manage staff and workload within an organisation while retaining your humanity and consideration for others. It is a management book with an ethical stance. The book looks at: Empowering others and inspiring creativityThe potential and transformation of peopleHow having clear goals and vision means that teams are motivated and work effectively How to handle performance reviewsMaking meetings worthwhileDecision makingHow to deal with unsatisfactory performance and behaviour; managing difficult people. In a world where companies and organisations are focussed on the bottom line, Brian Smyth seeks to highlight the human aspect and how a happy worker is a productive worker. About the author A former NASA and General Motors employee, Brian F. Smyth has over twenty years' experience helping organisations in different parts of the world to achieve new levels of performance and success. He is a founder member and director of Maybe International, a consultancy firm that aids organisations to be the best they can be.

Download or read book Introduction to Management and Leadership for Nurse Managers written by Russell C. Swansburg and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2002 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership/Management/Finance

Download or read book Winning Strategies for Nursing Managers written by Joan G. O'Leary and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1986 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book You Need Care Too written by Barbara Karnes and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As professional caregivers working with people who are dying we face challenges other health care professionals do not. We must keep ourselves balanced and healthy amid constant sadness. We must create a fulfilling work environment. And we must maintain a happy, engaged, personal life.Health care workers are traditionally trained to make people better, not participate in their patient's dying and eventual death. End of life work goes against all we as professionals have been taught.This booklet is short and easy to read. It is filled with ideas and guidance for the nurse, social worker, nurse's aide, chaplain, physician, end of life doula, or Eleventh Hour volunteer. Anyone who is immersed in the responsibilities of supporting, educating, and guiding a person and their family through the dying experience can find insight into making their work healthier.

Download or read book One Night Only written by JM Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 1689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can just a little fling lead to wedding rings? Find out in these sizzling contemporary romances where unexpected trysts set off a firestorm of passion and desire for six sparkling couples. Luc: Single father and restaurant owner Luc Rossi's life has no room for love--until his cooking lessons with widow and romance writer Liz Anderson lead to a one-time steamy afternoon romp. Can he convince Liz that giving their relationship a chance beyond the bedroom wouldn't be a betrayal of her past? New York Minute: When rock star Diego Diaz flashes his bedroom eyes at shy accountant Veronica Bass during a wedding reception, she invents a cover story and leads him to the nearest hotel room. Diego's secrets are the kind that blow up any lasting relationship. Is their love destined to last for only a New York minute? From One Night to Forever: Trucker Aaron Henderson rolls into Resilient, Tennessee, for business, but an unexpected one-night stand turns out to be his new partner's baby sister. When Kacey Randal learns her brother's new business partner has a list of conquests as high as his big rig's mileage, she's ready to pretend their night together never happened. Can Aaron prove to Kacey he's ready to reform his roaming ways? Naked Truth: Special Agent Jack Boudreaux is a man who's always looking for a good time, and what better place for a pick up than a wedding? That's fine with Kennedy St. George, who's burnt out on love. But when Jack's FBI assignment sends him undercover at a male strip club in her city, their one time becomes an affair that distracts him from his job and puts their hearts--and Kennedy's life--in danger. What a Texas Girl Needs: Matias Barnes knows all about society women like Vanessa Witte. It's part of the reason he left his wealthy family behind and took a job on a ranch. But after their ill-advised roll in the hay, can Matt resist her charms even though he knows she's Ms. Wrong? Masquerade: Sophie Franklyn and Alex Scavoni spend a sizzling New Year's Eve in each other's arms, reveling in the anonymity of a masked party. But when next they meet, it's in the high-pressure world of a busy Perth emergency room where they must work side by side.