Current Issues In Nursing

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Elsevier Health Sciences, 15 feb 2010 - 832 páginas

Current Issues in Nursing provides a forum for knowledgeable debate on the important issues that nurses face today. This resource provides the opportunity to analyze conflicting viewpoints and develop your own thoughts on demands being made for the nursing profession and the difficult issues affecting today's health care delivery. Continually praised for its in-depth discussion of critical issues, solid organization of material, and encouragement of independent thinking, you’ll find this text a valuable resource in the modern world of nursing.

  • Offers comprehensive and timely coverage of the issues affecting nursing education and practice.

  • UNIQUE! Over 100 well-known contributors offer their expert insights and analysis.
  • UNIQUE! Viewpoint chapters present controversial issues to showcase pressing issues facing nursing today.
  • New content covering the following topics:
    • The Challenges of Nursing on an International Level
    • Health Care Systems and Practice
    • Ethics, Legal, and Social Issues
    • The Changing Practice
    • Professional Challenges, Collaboration, & Conflict
    • Violence Prevention and Care: Nursing’s Role
    • Definitions of Nursing
    • Changing Education
 

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Overview The Richness of Nursing
2
Section 2 Changing Education
71
Overview Nursing Education in Transition
72
Section 3 Changing Practice
143
Overview Nursing Specialties
144
Section 4 Information Technology Challenges
277
Overview The Impact of Technology on Health Care
278
Section 5 Health Care Systems and Practice
349
Overview Challenges Collaboration and Conflict
466
Section 8 Cultural Inclusiveness
519
A Challenge for the United States
520
Section 9 Ethical Legal and Social Issues
593
Overview Ethical Legal and Social Concerns in a Changing Health Care World
594
Nursings Role
685
The Expanding Role of Nursing in Prevention and Care
686
Section 11 Global Nursing Considerations
765

Overview The Impact of Evolving Health Care Systems on Nursing
350
Section 6 Health Care Organization and Finance
421
Overview Identifying and Controlling Health Care Costs
422
Section 7 Professional Challenges Collaboration and Conflict
465
Overview Issues Abroad
766
Index
807
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