Nursing in Today's World

by Ellis, Janice Rider; Hartley, Celia Love

• ISBN13: 9780781741088
• ISBN10: 0781741084
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-03
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This vibrant full-color issues and trends text presents basic concepts underlying professional nursing along with contemporary issues affecting the profession, including educational preparation, health care finance, legal responsibilities, and ethics/bioethics. Critical Thinking exercises are embedded throughout the chapters. Key terms and concepts are highlighted in bold. The Eighth Edition features focus questions, more leadership and management content, web resources, and updated cartoon images. Instructor's resources include a CD-ROM with an instructor's manual, test generator and the "Connection" Website, connection.LWW.com/go/ellis.

Author Biography

Janice Rider Ellis, RN, PhD: Professor of Nursing Director of Nursing Education Shoreline Community College Seattle, Washington Celia Love Hartley, RN, MN: Professor Emerita College of the Desert Palm Desert, California Curriculum Consultant Camano Island, Washington

Table of Contents

UNIT I Economic and Political Aspects of Health Care Delivery	1	(104)
1 Understanding the Health Care Environment	3	(32)
Classification of Health Care Agencies	4	(5)
Understanding Today's Hospital	9	(3)
The Long-Term Care Facility	12	(3)
Ambulatory Care Settings	15	(1)
Community Agencies	16	(2)
Colleagues in Health Care	18	(6)
Complementary and Alternative Health Care	24	(11)
2 Health Care Finance and Control	35	(34)
Financing Health Care for Individuals	37	(8)
Patterns of Payment	45	(4)
Cost Control in Health Care	49	(7)
Access to Health Care	56	(2)
Accreditation of Health Care Institutions and Agencies	58	(1)
Evaluation of Health Care	59	(3)
Power in the Health Care System	62	(3)
Implications for Nurses	65	(4)
3 The Political Process and the Nursing Profession	69	(36)
Relevance of the Political Process for Nurses	70	(1)
Influencing the Political Process	71	(11)
The Federal Government's Role in Health Care	82	(3)
The State Government's Role in Health Care	85	(2)
Local Political Concerns	87	(1)
Health Care Reform	87	(1)
Nursing Organizations	88	(17)
UNIT II Appreciating the Development of Nursing as a Profession	105	(132)
4 Exploring Nursing's Origins	106	(42)
Health Care in Ancient Cultures	107	(8)
Historical Perspectives of Nursing	115	(9)
The Nightingale Influence	124	(1)
The Military Influence	125	(8)
Early Schools in the United States	133	(5)
The Beginning of Nursing Organizations	138	(3)
The Development of Hospitals and Nursing Homes in the United States	141	(7)
5 The Development of Nursing as a Profession	148	(43)
Nursing Defined	150	(6)
Characteristics of a Profession	156	(5)
Differentiating Between the Terms "Profession" and "Professional"	161	(1)
The Image of Nursing Today	162	(3)
Nursing's Image and the Nursing Shortage	165	(2)
Studies For and About Nursing	167	(8)
Defining a Language for Nursing	175	(6)
Traditions in Nursing	181	(10)
6 Educational Preparation for Nursing	191	(46)
The Nursing Assistant	193	(1)
Practical Nurse Education	194	(2)
Diploma Education	196	(1)
Associate Degree Education	197	(4)
Baccalaureate Education	201	(2)
Master's and Doctoral Programs That Prepare for Licensure	203	(2)
Similarities Among Entry-Level Programs	205	(3)
Other Forms of Nursing Education	208	(4)
Nursing Education at the Graduate Level	212	(1)
Articulated Programs	213	(1)
Nondegree Programs	214	(1)
Residencies and Structured Orientation for the New Graduate	215	(1)
Factors Influencing Nursing Education	216	(2)
The American Nurses Association Position Paper	218	(4)
Differentiated Practice	222	(3)
Forces for Change in Nursing Education	225	(4)
Continuing Education	229	(8)
UNIT III Legal and Ethical Responsibility and Accountability for Practice	237	(170)
7 Credentials for Health Care Providers	238	(34)
Types of Credentials in Health Care	239	(4)
Nursing Licensure in the United States	243	(9)
Obtaining a Nursing License	252	(5)
Multistate Licensure	257	(2)
Revocation or Limitation of a License	259	(1)
Sunset Laws	260	(1)
Licensure of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools	261	(1)
International Nursing Licensure	262	(1)
Certification in Nursing	262	(5)
The Future of Credentialing in Health Care	267	(5)
8 Legal Responsibilities for Practice	272	(40)
Understanding the Scope of the Law	273	(1)
Sources of Law	274	(2)
Other Factors Affecting Legal Decisions	276	(2)
Classification of Laws	278	(1)
Criminal Law and Nursing	279	(1)
Civil Law and Nursing	280	(3)
Liability	283	(3)
Liability Insurance	286	(3)
National Data Bank	289	(1)
Legal Issues Common in Nursing	289	(13)
Factors That Contribute to Malpractice Claims	302	(2)
Preventing Malpractice Claims	304	(2)
Elements of a Legal Action	306	(1)
The Nurse as Witness	307	(5)
9 Ethical Concerns in Nursing Practice	312	(46)
Understanding the Concept of Ethics	313	(3)
Basic Ethical Concepts	316	(6)
Ethical Theories	322	(1)
Factors That Influence Ethical Decision-Making	322	(13)
Factors in the Work Environment That Affect Ethical Decision-Making	335	(2)
A Framework for Ethical Decision-Making	337	(2)
Specific Ethical Issues Related to the Profession of Nursing	339	(10)
The Chemically Impaired Professional	349	(4)
Boundary Violations	353	(5)
10 Bioethical Issues in Health Care	358	(49)
Major Areas Where Bioethics Are Applied	359	(3)
Bioethical Issues Related to the Beginning of Life	362
Bioethical Issues Concerning Death	316	(72)
Bioethical Concerns Related to Sustaining Quality of Life	388	(10)
Other Bioethical Issues	398	(9)
UNIT IV Career Opportunities and Professional Growth	407	(144)
11 Beginning Your Career as a Nurse	409	(45)
Employment Opportunities Today	410	(2)
Competencies of the New Graduate	412	(4)
Personal Career Goals	416	(2)
Making Goals Reality	418	(16)
Problems Experienced by Nurses in the Workplace	434	(7)
Discrimination in Nursing	441	(5)
Workplace Safety and Health for Nurses	446	(8)
12 Preparing for Workplace Participation	454	(36)
Understanding Organizations	456	(2)
Organizational Relationships	458	(5)
Shared Governance	463	(1)
Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery	464	(4)
Collective Bargaining	468	(22)
13 Initiating the Leadership/Management Role	490	(29)
Understanding Leadership and Management	491	(1)
Understanding Accountability and Authority	492	(5)
The Concept of Power	497	(5)
Developing Your Leadership Style	502	(2)
Communicating Effectively	504	(1)
Using Communication Skills in the Leadership Role	505	(2)
Performance Appraisal	507	(6)
Time Management	513	(6)
14 Working With Others for Patient Care	519	(32)
Transdisciplinary Health Care	520	(6)
Team Building	526	(2)
Motivating Others	528	(2)
Delegating	530	(7)
Managing Change	537	(5)
Managing Conflict	542	(9)
Appendix A Commonly Used Acronyms	551	(4)
Index	555