Pulling Together to Make a Difference

About the Book

A book of 14 essays on the ultimate changes which must be accepted by all nurses, and nurse leaders especially, in order to create the modern nursing profession. Service, cost and quality are hallmarks of success today in health care delivery. These 3 hallmarks have always been the centerpiece of nursing's practice. When we pull together, every nurse makes a difference every day.

Chapter Titles

• • Manage Things, Lead People
• • The "Etched In Stone" Syndrome
• • Curing Phychosclerosis
• • Leadership Mandates Now
• • Nursing is on the Brink of Great Reform
• • Transitions and Transformations
• • Planning for Strategic Development
• • The BMW Club
• • Transformational Leadership
• • Leading the New Age of Nursing
• • Business Intuition Pt. I & II
• • Working the Shared Governance System
• • Conflict is Inevitable . . . but Manageable

Well-known nursing leader speaks of the current issues in nursing today: Change, new opportunities, empowerment, conflict resolution, and presents a refreshing, optimistic, inspirational view of nursing in the future. Each chapter is loaded with practical insights and advice that will make you a better nurse, leader, employee and person.

About the Author

Dr. Farley is currently a national consultant in nursing leadership development, curriculum re-design, and interdisciplinary professional practice development.

She has served on the California Board of Registered Nursing, the board of goveners of the National League for Nursing, and on the editorial boards of two nursing journals. Venner has also served on the board of directors of two health care institutions. She was a member of the board of directors of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center from 1989-1997. During that time she chaired the Medical Affairs Committee which had oversight of all clinical quality issues in that tertiary care medical center. She currently is a member of the board of trustees of Memorial Health Services, which guides and directs a major integrated HC delivery system and HC network in Southern California.

Venner holds a doctoral degree in administration from USC and is certified in managed care by the NPEI. She is well published in her field and her 2 latest books are Nurses Pulling Together to Make a Difference (1995) and Nurses: Future Tense or Tense Future (1996). She is currently working on the 3rd bok in that series.

Prior to developing her consultancy, Dr. Farley was the dean of health professions at Golden West College in California.

She is widely recognized as a presenter at national and international nursing conferences, most noted for her ability to speak to complex issues enlightened by a wise sense of humor.