Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management
Language: English
Published by Elsevier, 2022
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- Title
- Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management
- Author
- Jacob PhD MSN RN, Susan R.,Cherry DNSc MBA RN NEA-BC, Barbara
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0323776876
- ISBN 13
- 9780323776875
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.
- Vignettes at the beginning of each chapter personalize nursing practice and history, and help you understand your place in the profession
- Full-color illustrations and design demonstrate concepts and make the text visually appealing
- Case studies help you apply theory to clinical practice
- Colorful, humorous cartoons depict the themes in each chapter
- Key terms, learning outcomes, and chapter overviews begin each chapter, helping you organize and focus your study, and a summary at the end of each chapter reinforces the key points to remember
- Professional/Ethical Issue in every chapter tests your ability to think critically and apply concepts to a real-life dilemma
- Unit 3: Leadership and Management in Nursing guides you through skills such as budgeting, communication and conflict resolution, staffing, health policy and politics, and more
- Unit 4: Career Management describes how to make the transition from student to professional, including time management, career opportunities, and tips on how to pass the NCLEX-RN® examination
- NEW! Information on COVID-19 covers preparedness for a pandemic response, legal issues and ethical dilemmas of COVID-19, the nursing shortage, access to personal protective equipment, and the growth of telehealth/telemedicine care
- NEW! Clinical Judgment chapter emphasizes the development of clinical reasoning skills
- NEW! Additional coverage in Theories of Nursing Practice chapter includes the application of theories in nursing practice, Watson’s theory of caring, and Swanson’s middle range theory
- NEW! Updated coverage of delegation and supervision includes the most current guidelines from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing
- NEW! Updates to contemporary trends and issues include AACN essentials, associate degree-BSN, nursing education in other countries, online programs, distance education, and more
- NEW! Updates in Paying for Health Care in America chapter cover current payment models, the social determinants of health, and healthcare access
- NEW! Additional information on CBD oil and the legalization of marijuana is included
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About the Author
Professor Emerita Susan R. Jacob works at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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