Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Information for taking the certification exam -- Test-taking skills -- Horizontal leadership -- Interdisciplinary communication and collaboration skills -- Advocacy and the clinical nurse leader -- Integration of the clinical nurse leader role -- Lateral integration -- Illness and disease management -- Knowledge management -- Health promotion, disease prevention and injury reduction -- Evidence-based practice -- Advanced clinical assessment -- Team coordination -- Economics and finance for the clinical nurse leader -- Health care systems/organizations -- Health care policy -- Quality improvement, risk reduction and patient safety -- Health care informatics -- Ethical considerations for clinical nurse leaders --