Professional Issues in Nursing Challenges and Opportunities

Name: Professional Issues in Nursing Challenges and Opportunities
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ISBN: 9781451128338

ISBN-10: 1451128339

ISBN-13: 9781451128338

Edition: 3rd 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Carol J. Huston

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Using an approach that fosters critical thinking and values clarification, this textbook examines the full range of professional issues facing contemporary nursing. Coverage includes critical issues such as the nursing shortage, mandatory staffing ratios, violence in nursing, legal and ethical issues, plus the latest HIPAA regulations, career advancement and evaluations, and best practices for today and the future. This edition includes two NEW chapters: 1) a NEW chapter on developing effective leaders to meet 21st century healthcare challenges, and 2) a NEW chapter on the use of residencies for new graduate nurses as a transition to practice. In addition to these exciting additions,…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: 2/25/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 433
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Contributors


Reviewers


Preface



Furthering the Profession



Entry Into Practice: The Debate Rages On




Evidence-Based Practice




Developing Effective Leaders to Meet 21st Century Health Care Challenges




Using Simulation to Teach Nurses




Workforce Issues



The Current Nursing Shortage: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions




Importing Foreign Nurses




Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Registered Nurse




Socialization and Mentoring




Diversity in the Nursing Workforce




New Graduate RN Transition to Practice Programs (Nurse Residencies)




Workplace Issues



Mandatory Minimum Staffing Ratios: Are They Working?




Mandatory Overtime in Nursing: How Much? How Often?




Violence in Nursing: The Expectations and the Reality




Technology in the Health Care Workplace: Benefits, Limitations, and Challenges




Medical Errors: An Ongoing Threat to Quality Health Care




Legal and Ethical Issues



Whistle-Blowing in Nursing




Impaired Nursing Practice: What Are We Doing About It?




Collective Bargaining and the Professional Nurse




Assuring Provider Competence Through Licensure, Continuing Education, and Certification




Professional Power



The Nursing Profession's Historic Struggle to Increase Its Power Base




Professional Identity and Image




Advanced Practice Nursing: The Latest Issues and Trends




Nursing, Policy, and Politics: Understanding the Connection and Importance of Getting Involved




Nursing's Professional Associations



Index