Issues and Trends in Nursing : Essential Knowledge for Today and Tomorrow

Name: Issues and Trends in Nursing : Essential Knowledge for Today and Tomorrow
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ISBN: 9780763752255

ISBN-10: 0763752258

ISBN-13: 9780763752255

Edition: 2009

Authors: Gayle Roux, Judith A. Halstead

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Issues and Trends in Nursingsynthesizes the scientific, technical, ethical, and organizational issues that are essential for nurses to understand in order to work intoday's ever-evolving healthcare arena and diverse society. Thistext is arranged into four major units to provide a comprehensive examination of issues impacting the nursing metaparadigm- person, environment, health, and nursing. An extremely relevant text that covers the issues pertinent to the everydaypractices of the nurse, including thecomplex environment of safety, confidentiality, technology, and regulatory compliance, national and global health, and the professional nurse.

Book details

List price: $115.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 11/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 607
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English




The Nursing Profession



History of Nursing




Nursing Education: Past, Present, Future




Understanding the NCLEX-RN




Nursing Licensure and Certification




Professional Nursing Organizations




Interprofessional Issues: Collaboration and Collegiality




The Environment and Nursing Practice



The Global Nursing Workforce




The Culture of Safety




Performance Outcomes in Healthcare




Healthcare Delivery




Evidence-Based Nursing Practice




Emergency Planning and Response




The Person in Health Care



Addressing Primary Prevention and Education in Vulnerable Populations




Cultural Diversity and Care




Ethical Decision Making and Moral Choices




Legal Issues in Nursing




Policy and Political Activism




Health and Nursing Issues



Urban Healthcare Issues




Nursing and Rural Healthcare Issues




Informatics and Healthcare Technology




The Transition into Nursing Practice




The Future of Nursing in Health Care




Code of Ethics for Nurses



American Nurses Association Constituent Member Associations



State Boards of Nursing



Professional Nursing Organizations


Index