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Initiating and Sustaining the Clinical Nurse Leader Role: A Practical Guide

Author(s): James L. Harris, DSN, APRN-BC, MBA, FAAN, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Office of Nursing Services (108), Washington, Washington D.C.
Linda A. Roussel, DSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNL, Professor, University of South Alabama - College of Nursing, Alabama
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763776312
  • Paperback    318 pages      © 2010
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Initiating and Sustaining the Clinical Nurse Leader Role: A Practical Guide by James L. Harris and Linda Roussel is the only resource to focus solely on the Clinical Nurse Leader and is designed to teach both CNL students and faculty who lead CNL programs everything they need to know.

The CNL designs, implements, and evaluates client care by coordinating, delegating and supervising the care provided by the health care team, including licensed nurses, technicians, and other health professionals. This text serves as a practice guide for preparing the CNL and provides real world tools and processes.

Key Features Include:

  • Chapter objectives
  • Summaries
  • Articles
  • Case Studies
  • Notes from the Field
  • Interviews with CNLs, CNL Students, Employers of CNLs and Educators

  Accompanied by PowerPoint slides and a TestBank

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Unit 1  Introduction
  Chapter 1  The Clinical Nurse Leader: A Historical Overview and Application
Unit 2  Academic, Clinical and Community Partnership
  Chapter 2  Creating and Maintaining Academic, Clinical and Community Partnerships
  Chapter 3  Preparing Clinical Preceptors
  Chapter 4  The CNL Advisory Council
Unit 3  Readying the Academic and Clinical Environments for the Clinical Nurse Leader Clinical Experience and Transition
  Chapter 5  The CNL as a transformed leader
  Chapter 6  Effective Communication and Team Coordination
  Chapter 7  Quality Care and Risk Management
  Chapter 8  Using evidence to guide CNL practice
  Chapter 9  Informatics and Technology
Unit 4  Community Resource Awareness and Networking through Advocacy
  Chapter 10  Community Resource Awareness and Networking
  Chapter 11  Health Policy, Ethics, and Advocacy
Unit 5  Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Essentials for the CNL
  Chapter 12  CNL Role in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Unit 6  Academic and Clinical Foundations for Successful CNL Matriculation
  Chapter 13  Curriculum Issues for CNL academic programs
  Chapter 14  Creative and Meaningful Clinical Immersions
Unit 7  Clinical Nurse Leader Practice Exemplars
  Chapter 15  Strategies for CNL inclusion in a Model of Care Delivery for a Multi-Hospital System
  Chapter 16  Best Practices from CNLs
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James L. Harris, DSN, APRN-BC, MBA, FAAN-Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Office of Nursing Services (108), Washington, Washington D.C.

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Linda A. Roussel, DSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNL-Professor, University of South Alabama - College of Nursing, Alabama

Dr. Roussel has a strong background in nursing administration, teaching, and consultation. She has been instrumental in the developing of a number of educational and leadership programs included the DNP, CNL, and Executive Nurse Administration. She serves on the ANCC Expert Panel for the Executive Nurse Administration certification exam, as well as academic representative for the Clinical Nurse Leader Association (CNLA). She has been an invited speaker at national conferences including the AACN Masters’ Conference, Clinical Nurse Leader Summit, and the Evidence-Based Summer Institute (University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio).

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