This groundbreaking text focuses on the practical knowledge and skills that both physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) need to be effective health care leaders in a multidisciplinary environment. Written by a recognized expert in physician assistant leadership, this engaging text helps PA and NP professionals--increasingly called upon to lead in a variety of clinical and administrative environments--to navigate the unique challenges they encounter.

With an emphasis on concrete application of leadership principles, this text highlights interprofessional communication and the skills associated with becoming an effective leader in a variety of health care settings. Thought-provoking case studies provide real-world application of concepts throughout the text. Useful exercises throughout the chapters and appendices bring further clarity to the theoretical topics examined in the book.

Key Features:

• Focuses on leadership for NPs and PAs in team-based health care--the only text to do so
• Emphasizes interprofessional, multidisciplinary interactions, often at the level of direct patient care
• Addresses important issues including power and influence, leadership traits and behaviors, followership, change strategies, burnout, ethical considerations, and more
• Provides chapter-opening questions to guide the learner in discovering effective principles of leadership
• Includes chapter summaries and leadership exercises to provide context to the concepts discussed, as well as useful online worksheets
• Applies real-world scenarios to key leadership concepts through thought-provoking case studies