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Nursing today : transitions and trends / edited by JoAnn Zerwekh, Jo Carol Claborn.

Contributor(s): Publication details: St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders, c2003.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xvi, 619 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780721696928
  • 0721696929 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.73069 21 NUR
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Contents;

Unit I: Role transitions
1. Reality shock

Unit II: Nursing: A developing profession
2. Historical perspectives: Influences of the past
3. Image of nursing: Influences of the present
4. Nursing education

Unit III: Nursing management
5. Challenges of nursing management
6. Group process and team building
7. Effective communication
8. Conflict management
9. Time management
10. Delegation in the clinical setting
11. Using nursing research in practice

Unit IV: Health care delivery system
12. The health care organization and patterns of nursing care delivery
13. Health in community: Nursing's role
14. Complementary and alternative therapies in nursing and health care
15. Trends and economics in the health care delivery system
16. Nursing informatics
17. Political action in nursing
18. A collective voice in the workplace

Unit V: Ethical and legal issues in nursing
19. Ethical issues
20. Legal issues

Unit VI: In search of employment: Finding your niche in the world
21. Employment considerations: Opportunities and resumes
22. Interviewing for employment

Unit VII: Thriving . . . not just surviving
23. Self-care strategies
24. NCLEX-RN and the new graduate



Includes bibliographical references and index.

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