Nursing in Today's World : Challenges, Issues, and Trends

by Ellis, Janice Rider; Hartley, Celia Love

• ISBN13: 9780781724555
• ISBN10: 0781724554
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA. Brandon/Hill Nursing list selection (#208). An informative nursing textbook addressing the full spectrum of concepts in nursing as a profession, including the most current trends and issues. Includes discussion of evidence-based practice and NCLEX preparation. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. DNLM: Nursing--trends--United States.

Table of Contents

UNIT I Economic and Political Aspects of Health Care Delivery	1	(118)
Understanding the Health Care Environment	2	(43)
Objectives	2	(1)
Classification of Health Care Agencies	3	(6)
Understanding Today's Hospital	9	(4)
The Long-Term Care Facility	13	(4)
Ambulatory Care Settings	17	(1)
Community Agencies	18	(2)
Colleagues in Health Care	20	(11)
Issues Related to Individual Health Professions	31	(3)
Alternative Health Care	34	(11)
Key Concepts	42	(3)
Health Care Finance and Control	45	(35)
Objectives	45	(2)
Financing Health Care for Individuals	47	(8)
Managing the Rising Costs of Health Care	55	(11)
Access to Health Care	66	(3)
Maintaining Quality in the Health Care System	69	(4)
Power in the Health Care System	73	(4)
Continuing Concerns in the Health Care System	77	(3)
Key Concepts	77	(3)
The Political Process and the Nursing Profession	80	(39)
Objectives	80	(1)
Relevance of the Political Process for Nurses	81	(1)
Influencing the Political Process	82	(12)
The Federal Government's Role in Health Care	94	(4)
State-Level Legislative Concerns	98	(2)
Local Political Concerns	100	(1)
Health Care Reform	100	(2)
Nursing Organizations	102	(17)
Key Concepts	116	(3)
UNIT II Appreciating the Development of Nursing as a Profession	119	(134)
Exploring Nursing's Origins	120	(43)
Objectives	120	(1)
Health Care in Ancient Cultures	121	(9)
Historical Perspectives of Nursing	130	(8)
The Nightingale Influence	138	(2)
The Military Influence	140	(6)
Early Schools in the United States	146	(7)
The Beginning of Nursing Organizations	153	(2)
The Development of Hospitals in the United States	155	(5)
The American Hospital Association	160	(3)
Key Concepts	160	(3)
The Development of Nursing as a Profession	163	(41)
Objectives	163	(1)
Nursing Defined	164	(6)
Characteristics of a Profession	170	(5)
Differentiating Between the Terms ``Profession'' and ``Professional''	175	(1)
The Image of Nursing Today	176	(4)
Studies for and About Nursing	180	(9)
Defining a Language for Nursing	189	(5)
Traditions in Nursing	194	(10)
Key Concepts	199	(5)
Educational Preparation for Nursing	204	(49)
Objectives	204	(2)
The Nursing Assistant	206	(1)
Practical Nurse Education	207	(2)
Diploma Education	209	(1)
Associate Degree Education	210	(4)
Baccalaureate Education	214	(2)
Master's and Doctoral Programs That Prepare for Licensure	216	(2)
Similarities Among Entry-Level Programs	218	(3)
Other Forms of Nursing Education	221	(4)
Nursing Education at the Graduate Level	225	(1)
Articulated Programs	226	(2)
Nondegree Programs	228	(1)
Residencies and Structured Orientation for the New Graduate	228	(2)
Factors Influencing Nursing Education	230	(5)
Differentiated Practice	235	(4)
Forces for Change in Nursing Education	239	(6)
Continuing Education	245	(8)
Key Concepts	249	(4)
UNIT III Legal and Ethical Responsibility and Accountability for Practice	253	(188)
Credentials for Health Care Providers	254	(42)
Objectives	254	(1)
Types of Credentials in Health Care	255	(4)
The History of Credentialing in Nursing	259	(3)
Current Nursing Licensure Laws	262	(8)
Obtaining a Nursing License	270	(9)
Multistate Licensure	279	(3)
Revocation or Limitation of a License	282	(1)
Sunset Laws	283	(1)
Licensure of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools	283	(1)
International Nursing Licensure	284	(1)
Certification in Nursing	285	(5)
The Future of Credentialing in Health Care	290	(6)
Key Concepts	293	(3)
Legal Responsibilities for Practice	296	(45)
Objectives	296	(2)
Sources of Law	298	(2)
Other Factors Affecting Legal Decisions	300	(2)
Classification of Laws	302	(1)
Criminal Law and Nursing	303	(1)
Civil Law and Nursing	304	(5)
Liability	309	(1)
Liability Insurance	309	(3)
National Data Bank	312	(1)
Legal Issues Common in Nursing	313	(17)
Factors That Contribute to Malpractice Claims	330	(2)
Preventing Malpractice Claims	332	(2)
Elements of a Legal Action	334	(1)
The Nurse as Witness	335	(6)
Key Concepts	338	(3)
Ethical Concerns in Nursing Practice	341	(51)
Objectives	341	(1)
Understanding the Concept of Ethics	342	(3)
Basic Ethical Concepts	345	(7)
Ethical Theories	352	(2)
Factors That Influence Ethical Decision Making	354	(12)
Factors in the Work Environment That Affect Ethical Decision Making	366	(2)
A Framework for Ethical Decision Making	368	(2)
Specific Ethical Issues Related to the Profession of Nursing	370	(22)
Key Concepts	387	(5)
Bioethical Issues in Health Care	392	(49)
Objectives	392	(1)
Major Areas Where Bioethics Are Applied	393	(2)
The Human Genome Project	395	(4)
Bioethical Issues Concerning the Beginning of Life	399	(14)
Bioethical Issues Concerning Death	413	(13)
Additional Bioethical Concerns	426	(15)
Key Concepts	436	(5)
UNIT IV Career Opportunities and Professional Growth	441	(90)
Beginning Your Career as a Nurse	442	(48)
Objectives	442	(1)
Employment Opportunities Today	443	(2)
Competencies of the New Graduate	445	(5)
Personal Career Goals	450	(2)
Making Goals Reality	452	(17)
Problems Experienced by Nurses in the Workplace	469	(7)
Discrimination in Nursing	476	(4)
Workplace Safety and Health for Nurses	480	(10)
Key Concepts	486	(4)
Preparing for Workplace Participation	490	(41)
Objectives	490	(2)
Understanding Organizations	492	(2)
Authority, Responsibility, and Accountability	494	(2)
Organizational Relationships	496	(3)
Shared Governance	499	(2)
Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery	501	(4)
Delegation	505	(3)
Collective Bargaining	508	(23)
Key Concepts	527	(4)
Appendices	531	(26)
Index	557