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Condition
Very good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Binding
Paperback
Weight
2 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
Yes
ISBN
9780781748759

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN-10
0781748755
ISBN-13
9780781748759
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46901390

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Professional Issues in Nursing : Challenges and Opportunities
Publication Year
2005
Subject
Nursing / Social, Ethical & Legal Issues, Nursing / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Medical
Author
Carol J. Huston
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
35.5 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-015351
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
610.73
Table Of Content
Unit 1: Furthering the Profession 1.Entry Into Practice: An Elusive Dream or a Critical Professional Need? 2.Differentiated Nursing Practice: Maximizing Resources or Dividing an Already Divided Profession? 3.Defining Evidence-Based Best Practices 4.Socialization and Mentoring Unit 2: Workforce Issues 5.The Current Nursing Shortage: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions 6.Importing Foreign Nurses 7.Distance Learning: One Strategy for Furthering Nursing Education and Easing the Nursing Shortage 8.Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Registered Nurse 9.Diversity in the Nursing Workforce 1 Unit 3: Workplace Issues 10.Mandatory Staffing Ratios: Are They Working? 11.Mandatory Overtime in Nursing: How Much? How Often? 12.Violence in Nursing: The Expectations and the Reality 13.Technology in the Health Care Workplace: Benefits, Limitations, and Challenges 14.Medical Errors: An Ongoing Threat to Quality Health Care Unit 4: Legal and Ethical Issues 15.Whistle-blowing in Nursing 16.The Chemically Impaired Nurse: Discipline or Treatment? 17.Collective Bargaining and the Professional Nurse 18.Assuring Provider Competence Through Licensure, Continuing Education, and Certification Unit 5: Professional Power 19.The Nursing Profession's Historic Struggle to Increase Its Power Base 20.Professional Identity and Image 21.Advanced Practice Nursing: Challenges of Role Definition, Recognition, and Reimbursement 22.Nursing and Public Policy: Getting Involved 23.Nursing's Professional Associations Index 489
Synopsis
Using a thought-provoking 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. Chapters are grouped into five categories-furthering the profession, workforce issues, workplace issues, legal and ethical issues, and professional power. Each chapter presents multiple perspectives on a topic and ends with thought-provoking discussion questions. Comprehensive lists of electronic, news/media, and print resources help students find supplemental information., Using a thought-provoking 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. Chapters are grouped into five categories--furthering the profession, workforce issues, workplace issues, legal and ethical issues, and professional power. Each chapter presents multiple perspectives on a topic and ends with thought-provoking discussion questions. Comprehensive lists of electronic, news/media, and print resources help students find supplemental information.
LC Classification Number
RT82.H87 2006

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