"This book successfully combines scholarly work with practical, easy-to-understand advice that has appeal even beyond nursing and healthcare. It provides a view of mentoring that is much deeper than most readers would expect. The connection the author makes between empowering mentors and mentees and successful organizations provides readers with a sense of hope for improvement and change in the workplace environment. Bravo "--Doody's Medical Reviews

Thoroughly updated with new content and wide revisions, this award-winning text provides educators and practitioners with the perspectives and skills they need to bring the next generation of educators, researchers, and clinicians to the forefront of nursing&#8212whether in academia, the hospital or health care facility, and/or through their professional nursing organization. Completely new content includes:

Best practices in mentoring and menteeing Real-life exemplars of effective mentoring Discussion of newest research on mentoring, precepting, and coaching Relationship of mentoring culture and healthy environments in health care Creating collaborative mentorships with the interdisciplinary health team Working across generations in nursing: mentor to mentee Maximizing effective leadership through mentoring Future implications for mentoring in the profession Annotated bibliography of key references

Topics that have been revised include perceptions of definitions and components of the mentoring process, empowering versus enabling others, the mentor and mentee perspective of mentoring experience, models and strategies of different types of mentoring, creating a mentoring culture, strategies of mentoring for personal and professional improvement, and measurement of mentoring outcomes. Key Features:

Presents case studies of effective mentoring relationships Provides numerous and varied mentoring strategies and models Includes suggestions for measuring outcomes of mentoring Offers best practices in mentoring, precepting, and coaching

What is leadership? How do you develop your leadership abilities? How is leadership different from management? How does leadership contribute to professional and personal success...improve patient care...and affect the future of nursing? An easy-to-read, interactive approach helps you to identify the characteristics of leaders and followers and illustrates not only how, but also when to use the qualities associated with each to achieve professional and personal success. Excellent book for nurse leadership. "This should be mandatory reading for all nurses." - John P., Online Reviewer The future of leadership for nursing. "Breathtaking! What Nursing Leadership should aspire to be. Helpful for anyone venturing into a leadership role. Insightful concepts and practical suggestions for transformational leadership." - Online Reviewer Excellent leadership text for nurses "After so much of the same content in nursing school that dryly proclaims the importance of leadership and contributing to the profession, I frequently found my eyes widening while reading this book. Somehow, the authors consistently, boldly, and beautifully call for and describe the transformative leadership that is so needed in nursing today. ... I just kept thinking, 'Wow, I've never seen it said like that (in nursing). That's awesome!' This book is relevant, well-written, and full of paradigm-shifting inspirational material." - Tristen W., Online Reviewer