The Doctor of Nursing Practice and the Nurse Executive Role

Offering real-world guidance and seasoned insight, The Doctor of Nursing Practice and the Nurse Executive Role is the first book to offer DNP-trained nurse executives the tools needed to create and manage successful nursing care systems.

Crucial topics in leadership and personal and organizational success are addressed, using current concrete examples in nursing management. This is a unique, indispensable tool for nursing educators, current nurse executives, and those planning on taking up the nurse executive role. Suitable as a reference for both clinical and classroom use, The Doctor of Nursing Practice and the Nurse Executive Role will take seasoned nursing professionals and future leaders of the profession on a an educational journey where they’ll learn . . .


· Why evidence-based practice is critical to the delivery of quality patient care
· Tough questions, such as: How can nursing faculty inspire, educate, and empower nurse-executive DNP students?
· Essential pearls to help you on your journey to successful leadership and management
· Why implementing the Magnet model makes sense even if your organization does not intend to pursue Magnet status
· Why healthcare organizations must continually focus on improvement
· The necessity of organizational transformation to ensure optimal ethical climates
· How to become an effective delegator
· How personal self-awareness leads to success
· How to create an environment that fosters professional sustainability
· How to use succession planning and management to develop and maintain strong leadership

Dr. Al Rundio is the Associate Dean for Post Licensure Nursing Programs at Drexel University and has taught across the curriculum in BSN and Graduate Nursing Programs.

The co-author of the Nurse Executive Review and Resource Manual published by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (2010), Dr. Rundio has also authored The Doctor of Nursing Practice: The Nurse Executive Role for Jones and Bartlett Publishers, as well as Basic Budgeting Concepts for New Nurse Managers for Sigma Theta Tau Publications (2012). In addition to the aforementioned accolades, Dr. Rundio is also the only nurse to serve on the editorial board of the most recent edition of the Merck Manual – 2nd & 3rd Home Editions, where he was the first nurse to author a chapter on health promotion in collaboration with a physician colleague.

An experienced clinician, administrator, and educator, Dr. Rundio is the former Vice President of Nursing at Shore Memorial Hospital (now Shore Medical Center) in New Jersey. Because of his outstanding dedication and expertise in the nursing field, Dr. Rundio was awarded the Governor’s Nursing Merit Award for Advanced Practice Nursing in New Jersey in 1999 by former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.