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.
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By Barbara Cherry, DNSc, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Professor Emerita, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas, USA and Susan R. Jacob, PhD, MS, RN, Professor Emerita, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1. Cover Image - p. cover 2. Title Page - p. i 3. Evolve Student Resources - p. IFC1 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Dedication - p. iii 6. Being a Nurse Means . . . - p. iv 7. Contributors - p. v 8. Reviewers - p. vii 9. Preface - p. viii 10. About the Authors - p. xi 11. Acknowledgements - p. xii 12. Table of Contents - p. xiii 13. Unit 1 The Development of Nursing - p. 1 14. 1 The Evolution of ProfessionalNursing - p. 1a 15. 2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing - p. 21 16. 3 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on NursingEducation - p. 38 17. 4 Nursing Licensure and Certification - p. 63 18. 5 Theories of Nursing Practice - p. 77 19. 6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice - p. 90 20. Unit 2 Current Issues in Health Care - p. 109 21. 7 Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges - p. 109a 22. 8 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 124 23. 9 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 166 24. 10 Cultural Competency and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 186 25. 11 Complementary and Alternative Healing - p. 205 26. 12 Palliative Care - p. 223 27. 13 Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing PracticeEnvironment - p. 239 28. 14 Collective Bargaining and Unionsin Today’s Workplace - p. 260 29. 15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting - p. 270 30. 16 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World - p. 284 31. Unit 3 Leadership and Management in Nursing - p. 299 32. 17 Nursing Leadership and Management - p. 299a 33. 18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses - p. 321 34. 19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution - p. 334 35. 20 Effective Delegation and Supervision - p. 359 36. 21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models - p. 374 37. 22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety - p. 388 38. 23 Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved! - p. 409 39. 24 Clinical Judgment - p. 428 40. Unit 4 Career Management - p. 436 41. 25 Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse - p. 436a 42. 26 Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance - p. 460 43. 27 Job Search: Finding Your Match - p. 476 44. 28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination - p. 496 45. Index - p. 509 46. 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.
Key Features
New Features
About the author
By Barbara Cherry, DNSc, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Professor Emerita, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas, USA and Susan R. Jacob, PhD, MS, RN, Professor Emerita, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1. Cover Image - p. cover 2. Title Page - p. i 3. Evolve Student Resources - p. IFC1 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Dedication - p. iii 6. Being a Nurse Means . . . - p. iv 7. Contributors - p. v 8. Reviewers - p. vii 9. Preface - p. viii 10. About the Authors - p. xi 11. Acknowledgements - p. xii 12. Table of Contents - p. xiii 13. Unit 1 The Development of Nursing - p. 1 14. 1 The Evolution of ProfessionalNursing - p. 1a 15. 2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing - p. 21 16. 3 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on NursingEducation - p. 38 17. 4 Nursing Licensure and Certification - p. 63 18. 5 Theories of Nursing Practice - p. 77 19. 6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice - p. 90 20. Unit 2 Current Issues in Health Care - p. 109 21. 7 Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges - p. 109a 22. 8 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 124 23. 9 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 166 24. 10 Cultural Competency and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care - p. 186 25. 11 Complementary and Alternative Healing - p. 205 26. 12 Palliative Care - p. 223 27. 13 Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing PracticeEnvironment - p. 239 28. 14 Collective Bargaining and Unionsin Today’s Workplace - p. 260 29. 15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting - p. 270 30. 16 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World - p. 284 31. Unit 3 Leadership and Management in Nursing - p. 299 32. 17 Nursing Leadership and Management - p. 299a 33. 18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses - p. 321 34. 19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution - p. 334 35. 20 Effective Delegation and Supervision - p. 359 36. 21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models - p. 374 37. 22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety - p. 388 38. 23 Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved! - p. 409 39. 24 Clinical Judgment - p. 428 40. Unit 4 Career Management - p. 436 41. 25 Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse - p. 436a 42. 26 Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance - p. 460 43. 27 Job Search: Finding Your Match - p. 476 44. 28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination - p. 496 45. Index - p. 509 46. Answer key - p. e1
