This completely revised, yet comprehensive text provides management concepts and theories, giving professional administrators and students in nursing theoretical and practical knowledge. Management and Leadership for Nurse Administrators, Sixth Edition provides a foundation for nurse managers and nurse executives as well as students with major management and administrative content including planning, organizing, leadership, directing, and evaluating. An additional chapter, titled "The Executive Summary in Healthcare", is included. Management and Leadership for Nurse Administrators, Sixth Edition combines traditional organizational management content with forward-thinking healthcare administration content. This comprehensive Nursing Administration text includes content on: Complex adaptive systems Evidence-based practices Academic and clinical partnerships Trends in nursing leadership Implications for education and practice Creating a culture of magnetism Information management and technology Risk management Legal issues Building a portfolio