With an understanding of healthcare issues, you can improve patient care and advance the nursing profession! Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 9th Edition ensures that you are prepared for the complex and rapidly changing world of today’s nursing. Coverage of key topics includes nursing theories and evidence-based practice, social and ethical issues, the rising cost of health care, quality improvement and patient safety, palliative care, effective decision-making, collective bargaining and unions, managing time, and career opportunities. Written by noted nursing educators Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob, this text not only prepares you for the NCLEX-RN® examination, but for effective leadership and management in the workplace.
1. Cover Image - p. C 2. Title Page - p. i 3. Copyright - p. ii 4. Dedication - p. iii 5. Being a Nurse Means . . . - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. v 7. Reviewers - p. vii 8. Preface - p. viii 9. About the Authors - p. xi 10. Acknowledgements - p. xii 11. Table of Contents - p. xiii 12. Unit 1 The Development of Nursing - p. xiii 13. 1 The Evolution of ProfessionalNursing - p. 1 14. 2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing - p. 21 15. 3 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on NursingEducation - p. 38 16. 4 Nursing Licensure and Certification - p. 63 17. 5 Theories of Nursing Practice - p. 77 18. 6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice - p. 90 19. Unit 2 Current Issues in Health Care - p. 108 20. 7 Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges - p. 109 21. 8 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 124 22. 9 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 166 23. 10 Cultural Competency and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 186 24. 11 Complementary and AlternativeHealing - p. 205 25. 12 Palliative Care - p. 223 26. 13 Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing PracticeEnvironment - p. 239 27. 14 Collective Bargaining and Unionsin Today’s Workplace - p. 260 28. 15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting - p. 270 29. 16 Emergency Preparednessand Response for Today’s World - p. 284 30. Unit 3 Leadership and Management in Nursing - p. 298 31. 17 Nursing Leadership and Management - p. 299 32. 18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses - p. 321 33. 19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution - p. 334 34. 20 Effective Delegation and Supervision - p. 359 35. 21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models - p. 374 36. 22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety - p. 388 37. 23 Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved! - p. 409 38. 24 Clinical Judgment - p. 428 39. Unit 4 Career Management - p. 435 40. 25 Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse - p. 436 41. 26 Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance - p. 460 42. 27 Job Search: Finding Your Match - p. 476 43. 28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination - p. 496 44. Index - p. 509 45. Answer key - p. e1
With an understanding of healthcare issues, you can improve patient care and advance the nursing profession! Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 9th Edition ensures that you are prepared for the complex and rapidly changing world of today’s nursing. Coverage of key topics includes nursing theories and evidence-based practice, social and ethical issues, the rising cost of health care, quality improvement and patient safety, palliative care, effective decision-making, collective bargaining and unions, managing time, and career opportunities. Written by noted nursing educators Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob, this text not only prepares you for the NCLEX-RN® examination, but for effective leadership and management in the workplace.
1. Cover Image - p. C 2. Title Page - p. i 3. Copyright - p. ii 4. Dedication - p. iii 5. Being a Nurse Means . . . - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. v 7. Reviewers - p. vii 8. Preface - p. viii 9. About the Authors - p. xi 10. Acknowledgements - p. xii 11. Table of Contents - p. xiii 12. Unit 1 The Development of Nursing - p. xiii 13. 1 The Evolution of ProfessionalNursing - p. 1 14. 2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing - p. 21 15. 3 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on NursingEducation - p. 38 16. 4 Nursing Licensure and Certification - p. 63 17. 5 Theories of Nursing Practice - p. 77 18. 6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice - p. 90 19. Unit 2 Current Issues in Health Care - p. 108 20. 7 Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges - p. 109 21. 8 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 124 22. 9 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 166 23. 10 Cultural Competency and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 186 24. 11 Complementary and AlternativeHealing - p. 205 25. 12 Palliative Care - p. 223 26. 13 Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing PracticeEnvironment - p. 239 27. 14 Collective Bargaining and Unionsin Today’s Workplace - p. 260 28. 15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting - p. 270 29. 16 Emergency Preparednessand Response for Today’s World - p. 284 30. Unit 3 Leadership and Management in Nursing - p. 298 31. 17 Nursing Leadership and Management - p. 299 32. 18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses - p. 321 33. 19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution - p. 334 34. 20 Effective Delegation and Supervision - p. 359 35. 21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models - p. 374 36. 22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety - p. 388 37. 23 Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved! - p. 409 38. 24 Clinical Judgment - p. 428 39. Unit 4 Career Management - p. 435 40. 25 Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse - p. 436 41. 26 Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance - p. 460 42. 27 Job Search: Finding Your Match - p. 476 43. 28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination - p. 496 44. Index - p. 509 45. Answer key - p. e1
