Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing the clinical nurse leader : a catalyst for quality care -- Creating and maintaining academic, clinical, and community partnerships -- Preparing clinical preceptors -- The CNL Advisory Council -- The clinical nurse leader as a transformed leader -- Effective communication and team coordination -- Quality care and risk management -- Using evidence to guide clinical nurse leader practice -- Nursing informatics for the clinical nurse leader -- Community resource awareness and networking through advocacy -- Health policy, ethics, and advocacy -- CNL role in health promotion and disease prevention -- Curriculum issues for CNL academic programs -- Creative and meaningful clinical immersions -- Strategies for CNL inclusion in a model of care delivery
.for a multihospital system -- Best practices from clinical nurse leaders