Financial and Business Management for the Doctor of Nursing Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826109470 ISBN 13: 9780826109477

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2012

Synopsis

Awarded second place in the 2013 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Advanced Practice Nursing category

"Finally, a definitive financial management book geared to nursing professionals who need to know health care finance in non-CPA terms. Dr. Waxman has organized excellent authors who are knowledgeable about their topic and address the issues using real-life examples that make sense to nursing professionalsÖI am thrilled to see [that] Dr. Waxman has used her knowledge and skills in producing a book that has been on my to-do list for years."

-Roxanne Spitzer, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
Editor in Chief, Nurse Leader

Now more than ever, nurse leaders must be proficient in understanding the financial aspects of health care. This unique text, designed specifically for the DNP course in health care economics and finance, is the only book to embed economic and financial concepts in the context of nursing practice and nursing care systems. It offers a practical approach to business, finance, economics, and health policy that is designed to foster sound business and leadership skills within our complex health care systemóskills that will enable the DNP graduate to improve the quality of health care delivery while reducing costs and improving outcomes.

Key Topics Covered:

Economics of health care

Insurance coverage

Reimbursement

Policy

Budgeting

Strategic planning

Quality

Data analysis

Ethics

Entrepreneurship

Marketing

Business plan development

Project management

Grant writing

Teaching financial management

Global health

Key Features:

• Offers multiple real-life examples
• Examines the economic and financial implications of evidence-based practice and quality improvement by focusing on ambulatory and acute care clinical research and quality initiatives
• Enables students to understand the cost of care as it relates to the quality of care and ethics
• Includes special section on finance for independent practitioners
• Incorporates critical thinking questions for students at different levels
• Addresses the required competencies designated in the AACN Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice, as well as those set forth by the AONE

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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About the Author:

KT Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CENP is Assistant Professor and Chair of the DNP Department at University of San Francisco (USF). She teaches financial management, health systems leadership, innovation, project management and grant writing in the USF. She also provides leadership for the Bay Area Simulation Collaborative (BASC -a 600 member partnership) and the California Simulation Alliance (CSA - a 2,500 member alliance) through the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care, where she is responsible for the overall leadership of the statewide alliance geared at enhancing the quality and skills of students and staff nurses through educational programs, and sharing information and best practices. As President of Waxman & Associates, she provides hospital and health care system consultation in clinical simulation program implementation, clinical process/quality improvement, leadership development, budgeting and finance, clinical and role redesign and strategic planning. She serves as faculty teaching Health Care Finance in the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) Leadership Development Program for new nurse leaders. She is an international speaker on nursing leadership and clinical simulation. Dr. Waxman is renowned as a polished presenter, having delivered more than 110 presentations on aspects of Clinical Simulation, Nurse Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Health Care Finance. She is the author of: A Practical Guide to Finance & Budgeting: Skills for Nurse Managers 2e(2008) and over 20 journal articles. KT is a past president of the ACNL and an active member of the American Organisation of Nurse Executives. She is the co-chair of the 2013 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0826109470
• ISBN 13: 9780826109477
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374
• Editor: Waxman K.T.