New Releases by Kimberly Bailey

The modern healthcare landscape is rife with an array of potential emergencies, from natural disasters to public health crises, cybersecurity threats to mass casualty incidents. This book provides healthcare leaders with a multifaceted approach to emergency management that encompasses prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. The book is designed to empower healthcare executives, administrators, and upcoming healthcare leaders with the knowledge, tools, and strategies necessary to navigate the complex challenges of emergency management within the healthcare environment. As healthcare leaders grapple with the unprecedented challenges of our times, this book provides a roadmap for their journey. It is a roadmap rooted in the belief that healthcare leaders hold the key to resilience and hope in moments of adversity. With limited resources in the current market on the topic of emergency management for healthcare leaders, this book delves into the principles of disaster preparedness, risk assessment, crisis communication, resource allocation, and recovery planning. Moreover, the authors explore case studies and real-world examples to illustrate successful strategies and lessons learned from past emergencies impacting hospital operations. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a rising star in healthcare leadership, this guide is tailored to help build and strengthen the capacity to lead during times of crisis for any healthcare leader. The hope is that this book will serve as a beacon of knowledge and guidance, helping all healthcare leaders and the emergency managers who work alongside them to become more effective and resilient, capable of steering an organization through challenging times with grace, precision, and compassion, thereby playing a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and well-being of the patients, staff, and the communities they serve.

What''s in your invisible backpack? We all have one! Your invisible backpack carries the things you carry with you that no one else can see. It''s full of good things and not so good things, but all of these things that make up the life of the great and wonderful you.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides IBM z/OS® development and test organizations with the information to develop and establish agile testing practices for their z/OS applications. It is assumed that readers know about software development, quality assurance, agile development processes, and DevOps. You might think that applying agile testing to z/OS applications is not practical or efficient due to a lack of good tools. In this publication, we hope to dispel that myth by sharing how developers and testers can apply agile testing practices to their z/OS applications and the tools that can help to accelerate their processes. The intended outcome is for z/OS development organizations to compare how they are testing today and determine whether there is an opportunity to transform testing practices and apply new tools to improve quality and gain efficiencies. The target audiences for this publication are organizations that develop z/OS applications, specifically development and quality assurance managers and team leaders that recognize the need for their teams to improve quality and gain efficiency.

Color & Read: Civil Rights Leading Ladies is the first book in the Color & Read coloring book series. It consists of 22 female civil rights leaders along with quotes from each of the ladies. This is a great coloring book for children of all ages (1-100) to be introduced or reintroduced to some outstanding ladies and their contributions to civil rights.

Use this facilitator''s guide to demonstrate practical instructional and classroom management strategies that will help new instructors develop proficiency and confidence during their initial year of teaching.