Professional Issues in Nursing Challenges and Opportunities

Name: Professional Issues in Nursing Challenges and Opportunities
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ISBN: 9781605473956

ISBN-10: 1605473952

ISBN-13: 9781605473956

Edition: 2nd 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Carol J. Huston, Carol Jorgensen 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.

Book details

List price: $43.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: 6/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Contributors


Reviewers


Preface



Furthering the Profession



Entry into Practice: The Debate Rages On




Evidence-Based Practice




Blending the New Essentials of Baccalaureate Education and Distance Learning Education Models




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




Workplace Issues



Mandatory Minimum Staffing Rations: Are They Working?




Mandatory Overtime in Nursing: How Much? How Often?




Violence in Nursing: The Expectations and the Reality




Techology 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 the Issues?




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 and Public Policy: Getting Involved




Nursing's Professional Associations