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Prepare students to lead with confidence and apply nursing theory in real-world practice through trusted, evidence-based leadership and management course resources.
Explore course solutions in nursing leadership and theory
Today’s nursing students must be prepared to lead in complex, rapidly evolving healthcare environments while grounding decisions in sound theory and evidence. Our nursing leadership and theory course solutions provide faculty with trusted resources that connect foundational concepts to real-world application, clinical judgment, and professional growth.
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application,
12th Edition
*Available with Lippincott® CoursePoint
Carol J. Huston, RN, MSN, DPA, FAAN
2026
Prepare future nurse leaders with Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing, 12th Edition. Combining trusted content with cutting-edge updates on AI, DEI, and post-pandemic challenges, this text equips students with the skills to lead with confidence in today’s healthcare environment.
Key features:
- Updated! Examining the Evidence features updated content in each chapter to highlight new research findings, evidence-based practice, and best practices in leadership and management.
- Hundreds of learning exercises cultivate students’ critical-thinking capabilities and encourage valuable discussion.
- Breakout Comments reinforce key ideas at-a-glance.
- Tables, displays, figures, and illustrations clarify complex information and are sprinkled liberally throughout the text.
- Key Concepts summaries emphasize essential chapter takeaways.
Theoretical Basis for Nursing, 7th Edition
Melanie McEwen, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN; Evelyn M. Wills, PhD
2026
This AJN award-winning text goes beyond concepts to focus on real-world applications to help students confidently analyze and apply theories. Fully updated to align with the latest AACN Essentials, this edition includes a new chapter on informatics and expanded coverage of shared theories. Rich with engaging learning features for students and robust resources for faculty, this concise guide helps connect theory to clinical judgment, making it an essential addition to any nursing program.
Key features:
- NEW! Informatics chapter explores theories supporting data, technology, and analytics, equipping students with essential knowledge for modern healthcare delivery.
- Unique! Applying the Essentials boxes highlight how topics align with the latest AACN Essentials, ensuring students meet core competencies for professional nursing education.
- Links to Practice presents clinically related examples and tools, helping students directly apply theoretical content in their own practice and research.
- Case Studies at the beginning and end of chapters relate content to the everyday experiences of a nurse, making complex theories more understandable and relevant.
- Learning Activities provide critical thinking questions and projects to stimulate classroom discussion and reinforce understanding of key topics.
- Exemplars in five key chapters discuss scholarly studies from multiple perspectives, offering a deep dive into concept analysis, theory development, and evaluation.
Lippincott® CoursePoint for Nursing Leadership and Theory Course Solutions
*Available with Huston title
Lippincott CoursePoint is the leading digital curriculum solution for nursing education. It combines trusted eBook content with videos and interactive learning resources — all supported by in-depth reporting that gives educators actionable insights to personalize learning.
Feature highlights:
- Interactive eBooks allow students to access the title anytime, take notes, and highlight text; with the read-aloud feature, learning is convenient.
- Stedman’s® Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing features more than 56,000 medical terms and thousands of images to illustrate key medical terms and concepts.
Boost learning by providing practice opportunities
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Lippincott® Client Cases for Clinical Judgment
Encourage thoughtful practice in patient care. Build a clinical judgment mindset across the curriculum with cognitive practice in hundreds of realistic and complex patient scenarios. Lippincott offers Client Cases for Clinical Judgment in 17 areas in unfolding EHRs.
Lippincott® DocuCare
Lippincott® DocuCare gives students hands-on experience with realistic charting and workflows modeled after leading EHR systems. With 400 customizable patient records, robust clinical decision support, and clinically realistic simulation updates, all in a user-friendly course management platform. Students build clinical judgment along with charting and communication skills that today’s healthcare employers expect and patients need.
vSim® for Nursing*
Deliver the most realistic and up-to-date experience available with expert-authored virtual simulations co-developed by Laerdal Medical and scenarios written by National League for Nursing. vSim® for Nursing provides real-world, evidence-based scenarios with built-in point-of-care solutions for reference and remediation to hone students’ clinical judgment and competence. *Included in CoursePoint+
vrClinicals for Nursing
Enhance clinical decision-making skills with virtual experiences that immerse students in realistic, multi-patient care scenarios. Allowing students to prepare in this safe setting enhances their confidence and readies them for the demands of practice.