Leadership and Management in Nursing, Fourth Edition, offers an easy-to-read approach to leadership and management principles through case studies and student exercises. Completely updated in a new edition, this book utilizes widely accepted models of leadership, and recognizes time-related changes that have occurred in health care delivery and how nursing is practiced. With a heavy emphasis on the workplace, it covers legal and ethical issues, as well as improving human relationship skills. Additional topics include: The new health care system, Leadership theory, the interactive processes of leadership, and ethics An overview of organization and management Managers' responsibilities An introduction to the management of resources. For staff nurses.