Excellence in Compassionate Nursing Care: Leading the Change

In this manual for nurse leaders, Chambers (community public health nursing, Oxford Brookes University) and Ryder, a consultant in the private sector, synthesize recent work and ideas in nursing, management, and leadership to offer insight on creating a compassionate culture in nursing practice and counteracting the disillusionment and powerlessness many nurses feel when they are not valued. The techniques described can be used even when staffing levels are low and there are resource constraints. Each of the book's four chapters is devoted to one challenge of compassionate care: leadership, resources, creating a compassionate culture, and nurse attitudes. The book includes case scenarios, chapter-opening overviews and key themes, and chapter-ending reflection questions and summaries. Distribution in the US is by BookMasters. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)