Nursing today : transitions and trends / JoAnn Zerwekh, Ashley Zerwekh Garneau [editors].

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nursing today (Zerwekh)
Other Authors: Zerwekh, JoAnn Graham (Editor)
Garneau, Ashley Zerwekh (Editor)
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2023]
Edition:Eleventh edition.
Subjects:
Nursing > Vocational guidance.
Nursing > Social aspects.
Nursing.
Vocational guidance.
Vocational Guidance.
Nursing Care.
Career Choice.
Soins infirmiers > Orientation professionnelle.
Soins infirmiers > Aspect social.
Soins infirmiers.
Orientation professionnelle.
Nursing (health science)
Physical Description:xxii, 666 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Unit I. Professional growth and transition
  • Chapter 1. Role transitions
  • Chapter 2. Personal management : Time and self-care strategies
  • Chapter 3. Mentorship, preceptorship, and nurse residency programs
  • Chapter 4. Employment considerations : Opportunities, resumes, and interviewing
  • Chapter 5. NCLEX-RN® exam and the new graduate
  • Unit II. Nursing : A developing profession
  • Chapter 6. Historical perspectives : Influences on the present
  • Chapter 7. Nursing education
  • Chapter 8. Nursing theories
  • Chapter 9. Professional image of nursing
  • Unit III. Nursing management
  • Chapter 10. Challenges of nursing management and leadership
  • Chapter 11. Building nursing management skills
  • Chapter 12. Effective communication, team building, and interprofessional practice
  • Chapter 13. Conflict management
  • Chapter 14. Delegation in the clinical setting
  • Unit IV. Current issues in health care
  • Chapter 15. The health care organization and patterns of nursing care delivery
  • Chapter 16. Economics of the health care delivery system
  • Chapter 17. Political action in nursing
  • Chapter 18. Collective bargaining : Traditional (union) and nontraditional approaches
  • Chapter 19. Ethical issues
  • Chapter 20. Legal issues
  • Unit V. Contemporary nursing practice
  • Chapter 21. Cultural and spiritual awareness
  • Chapter 22. Quality patient care
  • Chapter 23. Nursing informatics
  • Chapter 24. Using evidence-based practice and nursing research
  • Chapter 25. Workplace issues
  • Chapter 26. Emergency preparedness
  • Index.