Financial Management for Nurse Managers is a text designed for financial management courses in graduate level nursing programs & for practicing nurses or nurse entrepreneurs who are seeking a better understanding of financial management It covers financial topics all nurse managers need to know & use in their roles as managers Nursing-focused content thoroughly describes health care finance & accounting from the nurse manager's point of view Numerous worksheets & tables including healthcare spreadsheets budgets & calculations illustrate numerous financial & accounting methods Chapter opener features include learning objectives & an overview of chapter content to help you organize & summarize your notes Key concepts definitions found at the end of each chapter help summarize your understanding of chapter content Suggested Readings found at the end of each chapter give additional reading & research opportunities NEW! Major revision of chapter 2 (The Health Care Environment) with additions on healthcare reform initiatives to stop paying for hospital or provider errors hospice payment & funding for nursing education; plus updates of health care expenditure & pay for performance; provide a strong start to this new edition NEW! Major revision of chapter 5 (Quality Costs & Financing) with updates to quality-financing Magnet organizations & access to care provides the most up-to-date information possible NEW! Reorganization & expansion of content in chapter 15 (Performance Budgeting) with updated examples better illustrates how performance budgeting could be used in a pay-for-performance environment NEW! Major revision of the variance analysis discussion in chapter 16 (Controlling Operating Results) offers a different approach for computation of variances that is easier to understand NEW! Addition of comparative effectiveness research to chapter 18 (Benchmarking Productivity & Cost Benefit & Cost Effectiveness Analysis) covers a recently developed approach informs health-care decisions by providing evidence on the effectiveness of different treatment options NEW! Addition of nursing intensity weights another approach for costing nursing services to chapter 9 (Determining Health Care Costs & Prices) lets you make decisions about what method works best for you