Contemporary Nursing
Issues, Trends, & Management
- 8th Edition - July 16, 2018
- Imprint: Mosby
- Authors: Barbara Cherry, Susan R. Jacob
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 3 5 9 5 - 0
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Request a sales quoteEnsure you are thoroughly prepared to work in the rapidly evolving world of nursing. Written by expert authors Barbara Cherry and Susan Jacob Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 8th Edition provides an overview of both issues within nursing practice and topics facing today’s nurse managers and leaders. The 20th anniversary edition of this comprehensive guide emphasizes the importance of working in an interdisciplinary environment and takes you through the evolution of nursing, safe and effective decision-making, the nursing role, collaboration and communication, leadership, and job opportunities. New to this edition is coverage of health issues affecting the LGBTQ community, hospice care, how to respond to active shooter events, and a number of other timely issues affecting healthcare and nursing practice today.
- UPDATED Content on incivility, bullying and workplace violence, provides a short scenario about issues you might face in practice.
- Key terms, learning outcomes, chapter overviews, and chapter summaries help you focus your learning experience.
- Unit on Leadership and Management in Nursing includes content to prepare nurses to effectively function in the management roles expected of the professional nurse.
- Unit on Career Management provides strategies on how to make the transition from student to practitioner and tips on how to pass the NCLEX-RN Examination.
- Case studies help you apply theory to clinical practice.
- Vignettes at the beginning of each chapter personalize nursing history and practice and help you to understand your place in the profession. Questions to Consider While Reading This Chapter follow the vignettes and prepare the reader for the topic to be discussed.
- Humorous cartoons open each chapter to illustrate the chapter themes.
- Full-color design enhances the narrative with a clear, visually appealing explanation of concepts.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- How to use
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- About the authors
- Acknowledgments
- Unit 1. The Development of Nursing
- 1. The evolution of professional nursing
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Prehistoric period
- Early civilization
- The middle ages
- The renaissance and the reformation period
- The Colonial American period
- Florence nightingale
- Nursing in the United States
- Summary
- References
- 2. The contemporary image of professional nursing
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Images of nursing
- Why image is important
- Registered nurse supply
- Nursing in art and literature
- The enduring public concern with nursing
- The reality of the contemporary staff nurse
- Facts about today's registered nurse
- Creating the image of twenty-first century nursing
- The basics
- The look of nursing
- Creating a new image
- Summary
- References
- 3. The influence of contemporary trends and issues on nursing education
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Introduction
- Trends and issues in contemporary nursing education
- Diversity in nursing education programs
- Flexible education, mobility, and distance-learning programs
- Summary
- References
- 4. Nursing licensure and certification
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- The history of nursing licensure
- Components of nurse practice acts
- Role of regulatory boards to ensure safe practice
- Special cases of licensure
- Revision of nurse practice acts
- Delegation of authority to others
- Current licensure activities
- Certification
- Summary
- References
- 5. Theories of nursing practice
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Science and theory
- Florence nightingale: The first nursing theorist
- Survey of selected nursing theories
- Future of nursing theories and theorists
- Summary
- References
- 6. Nursing research and evidence-based practice
- Professional/ethical issues
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Definition of nursing research
- Evolution of nursing research
- Research priorities
- Components of the research process
- Study designs
- Evidence-based practice and research utilization
- Ethical issues related to research
- Summary
- References
- Unit 2. Current Issues in Health Care
- 7. Paying for health care in America: Rising costs and challenges
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- History of health care financing
- Access to health care—the problem of the uninsured and underinsured
- The patient protection and affordable care act
- How health care is paid for
- Implications for nurses: Managing cost-effective, high-quality care
- Summary
- References
- 8. Legal issues in nursing and health care
- Professional/ethical issue
- Professional/legal issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Sources of law and nursing practice
- Statutory law
- Common law
- Civil law
- Reducing legal liability
- Intentional torts in nursing practice
- The law and patient rights
- Summary
- References
- 9. Ethical and bioethical issues in nursing and health care
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Nursing ethics
- Bioethics
- The ethics of care
- Values formation and moral development
- Ethical theory
- Ethical principles
- Ethical decision-making model
- Bioethical dilemmas: Life, death, and dilemmas in between
- Summary
- References
- 10. Cultural competency and social issues in nursing and health care
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Population trends
- Economic and social changes
- Violence
- Attitudes toward culturally diverse groups
- Diversity in the health care workforce
- Cultural competence
- Cultural competence in nursing education
- Cultural belief systems
- Cultural phenomena
- Practice issues related to cultural competence
- Cultural assessment
- Summary
- References
- 11. Complementary and alternative healing
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Use of complementary and alternative healing methods
- Principles underlying alternative healing
- Overview of popular CAM healing therapies
- Nursing and complementary and alternative medicine therapies
- Summary
- Additional resources
- References
- 12. Palliative care
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Introduction
- The natural course of serious illness
- Key elements of palliative care
- Benefits of palliative care
- Barriers to palliative care
- Common challenges
- Professional issues in palliative care
- Legal concern: Right to refuse treatment
- Summary
- References
- 13. Workforce advocacy for a professional nursing practice environment
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Promoting workforce advocacy and a professional practice environment
- Nursing shortages and workforce challenges
- Safe staffing
- Patient advocacy
- Nurse and workplace safety
- Magnet recognition program and pathways to excellence
- Shared governance
- Conflict resolution
- Summary
- References
- 14. Collective bargaining and unions in today’s workplace
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Development of collective bargaining in america
- The collective bargaining process
- Unions and professional nursing
- Summary
- References
- 15. Information technology in the clinical setting
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Health information technology across the globe
- Electronic health records
- Point-of-care technology
- Information literacy for nurses
- Consumer health information technology
- Future health information technology trends
- Summary
- References
- 16. Emergency preparedness and response for today’s world
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- The national imperative for emergency preparedness
- The basics of emergency preparedness and response
- Phases of disaster
- Lessons learned from mass casualty incidents
- Biologic causes of mass casualty
- Human causes of mass casualty: Active shooter events
- Summary
- References
- Unit 3. Current Issues in Health Care
- 17. Nursing leadership and management
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Leadership and management defined and distinguished
- Leadership theory
- Leadership skills and practices
- Management theory
- Management functions
- Roles of the nurse leader and manager
- Creating a caring and respectful environment
- Summary
- References
- 18. Budgeting basics for nurses
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- What is budgeting?
- Types of budgets
- Developing a budget
- Variance analysis
- Cost concepts related to budgeting
- Improving the cost and quality of clinical care
- Summary
- References
- 19. Effective communication and conflict resolution
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Our profession speaks
- The communication process
- Verbal versus nonverbal communication
- Positive communication techniques
- Negative communication techniques
- Listening
- Written and electronic communication
- Handoff report
- Communication styles
- Special influences on communication
- Social media—warning! warning! warning!
- Understanding and managing conflict
- Summary
- References
- 20. Effective delegation and supervision
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Delegation and supervision in the health care system
- What is delegation?
- What should and should not be delegated?
- Developing safe delegation practices
- Supervision
- Assigning versus delegating
- Building delegation and supervision skills
- Summary
- References
- 21. Staffing and nursing care delivery models
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Staffing
- Nursing care delivery models
- Patient-centered care
- Case management
- Clinical pathways
- Choosing a nursing care delivery model
- Future nursing care delivery models
- Summary
- References
- 22. Quality improvement and patient safety
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- The urgent case for quality improvement in the U.S. health care system
- Principles of quality improvement
- Advancing quality through regulation and accreditation
- Clinical indicators and process improvement tools and skills
- Understanding, improving, and standardizing care processes
- Breakthrough thinking to improve quality
- Patient safety
- The professional nurse and patient safety
- QSEN (quality and safety education in nursing) competencies
- Role of professional nurses in quality improvement
- Summary
- References
- 23. Health policy and politics: Get involved!
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Nurses’ involvement in health policy and political action
- What is health policy?
- How is health policy developed?
- Health policy through regulation
- Health policy and politics: A key connection
- Grassroots political strategies
- The american nurses association
- Current health policy issues
- Summary
- References
- Unit 4. Career Management
- 24. Making the transition from student to professional nurse
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Real-life scenario
- Impact of shock in novice nurses
- Reality shock
- Transition shock
- Causes of shock in novice nurses
- From novice to expert
- Special needs of novice nurses
- Violence at work
- Intuition
- Strategies to ease transition
- Keys to survival during transition
- Meeting special needs of the novice nurse
- Summary
- References
- 25. Managing time: The path to high self-performance
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Health care today
- Perspectives on time
- Energy management
- Time and energy distractions
- Time-management strategies
- Continuing to succeed
- Summary
- References
- 26. Contemporary nursing roles and career opportunities
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Nursing—much the same, but bigger and better
- Nurses today: Who are they, and what are they doing?
- Advanced practice nursing
- What about the future?
- Summary
- References
- 27. Job search: Finding your match
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Exploring options
- Written introductions
- How to interview effectively
- The applicant’s tasks
- The employer’s tasks
- Summary
- References
- 28. The NCLEX-RN ® examination
- Professional/ethical issue
- Vignette
- Chapter overview
- Are you prepared for the NCLEX-RN examination?
- The NCLEX-RN examination
- Cognitive domains and the NCLEX-RN examination
- Components of the NCLEX-RN test plan
- Preparing for the NCLEX-RN examination
- Summary
- References
- Index
- Edition: 8
- Published: July 16, 2018
- Imprint: Mosby
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780323635950
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Barbara Cherry
Professor Emerita Barbara Cherry works at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas, USASJ
Susan R. Jacob
Professor Emerita Susan R. Jacob works at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee