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Transition and Trends
- 11th Edition - July 9, 2022
- Editors: JoAnn Zerwekh, Ashley Zerwekh Garneau
- Language: English
- formats.LooseLeaf ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 9 6 1 - 8
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 1 0 1 5 - 9
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Make a smooth transition from nursing school into the practice setting with Nursing Today, 11th Edition! With this book, you will gain a solid understanding of the issues and trend… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMake a smooth transition from nursing school into the practice setting with Nursing Today, 11th Edition! With this book, you will gain a solid understanding of the issues and trends that affect the nursing profession. Not only will you graduate with patient care skills, but you will advance your career with insights into writing a resume, interviewing, finding a job, and obtaining specialty certifications. This edition takes a deeper look into topics such as workplace bullying, conflict management, cultural and spiritual awareness, and the new question types found on the Next Generation NCLEX® examination. Written by well-known nursing educators JoAnn Zerwekh and Ashley Zerwekh Garneau, this easy-to-read text prepares you for success on the NCLEX-RN® exam and in professional nursing practice.
- Thorough coverage prepares you for a professional career with an introduction to historical and present-day nursing as well as legal, ethical, political, and workplace issues.
- Learning objectives, humorous cartoons, and a pithy quote introduce the content in each chapter.
- Critical Thinking boxes ask you to apply your knowledge to the practice setting.
- Coverage of QSEN competencies addresses effective communication, team building, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and quality assurance.
- Tips for transitioning into the workplace are included in chapters such as NCLEX-RN® Exam and the New Graduate, Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes, and Interviewing; and Mentorship, Preceptorship, and Nurse Residency Programs.
- Career advancement tools include time management, communication and delegation, how to write an effective resume, interviewing tips, guidelines for using social media, attaining certification in a nursing specialty, and self-care strategies.
- Evidence-Based Practice boxes summarize practice Issues, implications for nursing practice, and the references for the evidence.
- Research for Best Practice boxes highlight the research evidence that supports clinical practice.
- Instructions for online access
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Evolve Student Resources
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- For Nursing Faculty
- Teaching and Learning Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Unit I: Professional Growth and Transition
- 1 Role Transitions
- Transitions
- Reality Shock
- Role Transformation
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 2 Personal Management: Time and Self-Care Strategies
- Managing Your Time
- Managing Tasks
- Managing Others
- Managing Your Goals
- Self-Care Strategies
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 3 Mentorship, Preceptorship, and Nurse Residency Programs
- Ashley
- Historical Background
- What Mentoring is and is not
- What is Preceptorship?
- What is a Dedicated Education Unit?
- What is a Nurse Residency Program?
- Recovery Phase
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 4 Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes, and Interviewing
- What is Happening in the Job Market?
- Self-Assessment
- Researching Prospective Employers
- How do i go about Researching Prospective Employers?
- What do i Need to know to Assess the Organization?
- Portfolios
- Traditional and Employer-Focused Resumes
- The Interview Process
- Bibliography
- 5 NCLEX-RN® Exam and the New Graduate
- The NCLEX-RN® Exam
- Preparing for the NCLEX-RN® Exam
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Unit II: Nursing: A Developing Profession
- 6 Historical Perspectives: Influences on the Present
- Nursing History: People and Places
- American Nursing: Critical Factors
- History of Nursing Education
- The Nurse’s Role: the Struggle for Definitions
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 7 Nursing Education
- Path of Diploma Education
- Path of Associate Degree Education
- Path of Baccalaureate Education
- Other Types of Nursing Education
- Nontraditional Paths for Nursing Education
- Graduate Education
- Why Would I Want a Master’s Degree?
- Credentialing: Licensure and Certification
- Nursing Education: Future Trends
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 8 Nursing Theories
- Nursing Theory
- Who Are The Nursing Theorists?
- Future of Nursing Theory
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 9 Professional Image of Nursing
- Professional Image of Nursing
- Nursing Organizations
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Unit III: Nursing Management
- 10 Challenges of Nursing Management and Leadership
- Management Versus Leadership
- What are the Characteristics and Theories of Management?
- What are the Characteristics and Theories of Leadership?
- The 21st Century: A Different Age for Management and for Leadership
- Power and Authority in Nursing Management
- Management Problem Solving
- The Challenge of Change
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 11 Building Nursing Management Skills
- Communication and Patient Safety
- Communicating when it is Critical—What do you need to do?
- Managing Time in the Clinical Setting
- Get Organized Before the Change-of-Shift Report
- Prioritize Your Care
- Organize Your Work by Patient
- Bibliography
- 12 Effective Communication, Team Building, and Interprofessional Practice
- Communication in the Workplace
- What Does My Image Communicate to Others?
- Components of Effective Communication
- Group Communication
- Team Building and Interprofessional Practice
- Assertive Styles of Communication
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 13 Conflict Management
- Conflict
- Conflict Resolution
- Dealing With Difficult People
- Sexual Harassment in The Workplace
- What Can I Do About It?
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 14 Delegation in the Clinical Setting
- What Does Delegation Mean?
- Who is Accountable Here?
- The Right Task
- What Can I Delegate or Assign?
- The Right Circumstances
- The Right Person
- The Right Direction and Communication
- The Right Supervision and Evaluation
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Unit IV: Current Issues in Health Care
- 15 The Health Care Organization and Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery
- What Are Some Important Challenges Currently Facing Health Care?
- Affordable Care Act
- Strategies to Control Costs
- Value-Based Care, Pay for Performance, and Accountable Care Organizations
- Case Management
- Disease Management
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Shortage of Nurses
- The Impact of the 2010 Institute for Medicine Future of Nursing Report
- Quality of Care and Patient Safety
- The Effects of Various Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery
- Nurse Staffing
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 16 Economics of the Health Care Delivery System
- What Are the Trends Affecting the Rising Costs of Health Care?
- Intrinsic Factors
- Extrinsic Factors
- Why is cost expenditure the Effect of the Changing Economic Environment on Clinical Practice?
- How Is the US Health Care System Financed?
- Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
- Introduction to Economics
- Budgets
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 17 Political Action in Nursing
- What Exactly is Politics?
- What Is Power, And Where Does It Come From?
- Networking Among Colleagues
- Building Coalitions
- Controversial Political Issues Affecting Nursing
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 18 Collective Bargaining: Traditional (Union) and Nontraditional Approaches
- When Did the Issues Leading to Collective Bargaining Begin?
- The Evolution of Collective Bargaining in Nursing
- Who Represents Nurses for Collective Bargaining?
- Collective Bargaining: Perspectives of the Traditional Approach
- Collective Bargaining: Perspectives of the Nontraditional Approach
- Collective Bargaining: The Debate That Continues
- Future Trends
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Bibliography
- 19 Ethical Issues
- Understanding Ethics
- Controversial Ethical Issues Confronting Nursing
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 20 Legal Issues
- Sources of Law
- Court Actions Based on Legal Principles
- Nursing Licensure
- Negligence
- Who Might Have Liability (Responsibility) in a Claim?
- What Defenses Might Be Available in Malpractice Claims?
- Common Categories of Negligence
- Related Legal Concepts
- Criminal Actions
- Risk Management and Quality Improvement
- Legal Issues Affecting Nursing
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Unit V: Contemporary Nursing Practice
- 21 Cultural and Spiritual Awareness
- Culture and Spirituality
- Cultural and Spiritual Assessment
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 22 Quality Patient Care
- Standards of High-Quality Health Care Management
- History and Evolution of Quality in Health Care
- What are Core Measures?
- What is HCAHPS?
- Just What is the Joint Commission?
- Monitoring the Quality of Health Care
- What are Some Other Agencies Influencing Patient Safety?
- Quality Improvement Methods
- Tools and Processes for Continuous Quality Improvement
- How Do We Use DMAIC?
- Health Care Provider Credentialing for Quality Improvement
- Health Literacy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 23 Nursing Informatics
- Nursing Informatics
- Professional Practice, Trends, and Issues
- Electronic Health Records
- Trends
- The Next Generation of Health Care Delivery
- Patients and the Internet
- Data Access at the Point of Care
- Nursing Informatics and You
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 24 Using Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
- What is Evidence-Based Practice?
- The Need for Nursing Practice Based on Research
- What is Nursing Research Utilization?
- Research Utilization Compared with Nursing Research and the Conduct of Research
- Defining Your Practice Context
- The National Institute of Nursing Research
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 25 Workplace Issues
- Questions to Ask When Starting a New Position
- Ergonomic Hazards for Health Care Workers
- Workplace Violence: A Growing Concern in Health Care
- Other Workplace Issues
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 26 Emergency Preparedness
- What is Public Health Preparedness?
- Clinical Preparedness
- What is Triage?
- Public Health Preparedness and Administrative Efforts
- Community Health Nurse Issues and Public Health Preparedness
- What Do I Need to Know About Community Preparedness Issues?
- What Do I Need to Know About Disaster Mental Health?
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Answers to NGN Test Questions
- Unit I Professional Growth and Transition
- Unit II Nursing: A Developing Profession
- Unit III Nursing Management
- Unit IV Current Issues in Health Care
- Unit V Contemporary Nursing Practice
- Bibliography
- No. of pages: 712
- Language: English
- Edition: 11
- Published: July 9, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- formats.LooseLeaf ISBN: 9780323829618
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323810159
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323810166
- eBook ISBN: 9780323812245
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JoAnn Zerwekh
JoAnn Zerwekh is President/CEO at Nursing Education Consultants, Inc., Chandler, Arizona, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
President/CEO, Nursing Education Consultants, Inc., Chandler, Arizona, USAAG
Ashley Zerwekh Garneau
Ashley Zerwekh Garneau works in the Nursing Faculty, Department of Nursing, at GateWay Community College, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Nursing Faculty, Department of Nursing, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, Arizona, USA