This is the second in STTI’s popular series of practical handbooks for nurse managers. As a nurse manager, one will deal with the economic reality of patient-staffing ratios, reports, and accountants. Acronyms such as FTEs and ADCs can feel like a foreign language many new managers haven’t learned yet. This book provides practical tools, tips, and strategies that will help one be a successful nurse manager.
Al Rundio, PhD, DNP, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, DPNAP, is an experienced clinician, administrator, and educator. He is Assistant Dean, Clinical Professor of Nursing, and Department Chair for the Doctor of Nursing Program at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions. Formerly Vice President of Nursing at Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point, New Jersey. Rundio is co-author of Nurse Executive Review and Resource Manual, published by American Nurses Credentialing Center. Rundio has held various faculty positions at Drexel University, Rutgers University, and the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He has taught across the curriculum in BSN programs and graduate nursing programs. He currently holds the following positions: Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing, Drexel University, College of Nursing & Health Professions, Graduate Leadership and Management Track, Philadelphia, PA. Consultant to American Nurses Credentialing Center - Developed and teach the Nurse Executive Review Courses; Adult Nurse Practitioner Review Courses; Pharmacology Update Seminars. Nurse Practitioner, Recovery Services of NJ, Inc. Practice part-time treating adolescents and adults in a residential addictions treatment center. President-Elect International Nurses Society on Addictions