Nursing in Today's World

by Ellis, Janice Rider; Hartley, Celia Love

• ISBN13: 9780397554287
• ISBN10: 0397554281
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Table of Contents

UNIT I Economic and Political Aspects of Health Care Delivery	1	(116)
1 Understanding the Health Care Environment	3	(42)
Objectives	3	(1)
Types of Health Care Agencies	4	(1)
Classification of Health Care Agencies	5	(4)
Understanding Today's Hospital	9	(5)
The Long-Term Care Facility	14	(3)
Ambulatory Care Settings	17	(1)
Community Agencies	18	(2)
Colleagues in Health Care	20	(11)
Issues Related to Individual Health Professions	31	(4)
Alternative Health Care	35	(6)
Key Concepts	41	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	41	(4)
2 Health Care Finance and Control	45	(32)
Objectives	45	(1)
Financing Health Care for Individuals	46	(8)
Managing the Rising Costs of Health Care	54	(8)
Access to Health Care	62	(2)
Maintaining Quality in the Health Care System	64	(3)
Power in the Health Care System	67	(4)
Continuing Concerns in the Health Care System	71	(2)
Key Concepts	73	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	74	(3)
3 The Political Process and the Nursing Profession	77	(40)
Objectives	77	(1)
Relevance of the Political Process for Nurses	78	(1)
Influencing the Political Process	79	(10)
The Federal Government's Role in Health Care	89	(4)
State-Level Legislative Concerns	93	(1)
Local Political Concerns	94	(1)
Health Care Reform	95	(3)
Nursing Organizations	98	(15)
Key Concepts	113	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	114	(3)
UNIT II Understanding the Development of Nursing as a Profession	117	(112)
4 Exploring Nursing's Origins	119	(34)
Objectives	119	(1)
Health Care in Ancient Cultures	120	(6)
Historical Perspectives of Nursing	126	(8)
The Nightingale Influence	134	(1)
Early Schools in the United States	135	(7)
The Beginning of Nursing Organizations	142	(3)
The Development of Hospitals in the United States	145	(2)
History of the Nursing Home	147	(1)
The American Hospital Association	148	(1)
Key Concepts	149	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	149	(4)
5 Nursing as a Developing Profession	153	(32)
Objectives	153	(1)
Nursing Defined	154	(5)
Characteristics of a Profession	159	(4)
Differentiating Between the Terms Profession and Professional	163	(2)
The Image of Nursing Today	165	(3)
Studies For and About Nursing	168	(9)
Traditions in Nursing	177	(4)
Key Concepts	181	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	181	(4)
6 Educational Preparation for Nursing	185	(44)
Objectives	185	(2)
The Nursing Assistant	187	(1)
Practical Nurse Education	188	(1)
Diploma Education	189	(1)
Associate Degree Education	190	(4)
Baccalaureate Education	194	(2)
Master's and Doctoral Programs That Prepare for Licensure	196	(1)
Similarities Among Entry-Level Programs	196	(2)
Other Forms of Nursing Education	198	(5)
Nursing Education at the Graduate Level	203	(1)
Articulated Programs	204	(2)
Nondegree Programs	206	(1)
Internships and Residencies for the New Graduate	206	(1)
Factors Influencing Nursing Education	207	(6)
Differentiated Practice	213	(2)
Forces for Change in Nursing Education	215	(5)
Continuing Education	220	(4)
Key Concepts	224	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	224	(5)
UNIT III Legal and Ethical Accountability for Practice	229	(162)
7 Credentials for Health Care Providers	231	(36)
Objectives	231	(1)
Types of Credentials in Health Care	232	(3)
The History of Credentialing in Nursing	235	(2)
Current Nursing Licensure Laws	237	(8)
Obtaining a Nursing License	245	(7)
Licensure by Endorsement	252	(1)
Licensure of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools	253	(1)
Revocation or Limitation of a License	254	(1)
Sunset Laws	255	(1)
International Nursing Licensure	255	(1)
Certification in Nursing	255	(5)
The Future of Credentialing in Health Care	260	(2)
Key Concepts	262	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	263	(4)
8 Legal Responsibilities for Practice	267	(38)
Objectives	267	(1)
Sources of Law	268	(3)
Classification of Laws	271	(1)
Criminal Law and Nursing	272	(1)
Civil Law and Nursing	273	(4)
Liability	277	(1)
Liability Insurance	277	(3)
Legal Issues in Nursing	280	(15)
Factors That Contribute to Malpractice Claims	295	(1)
Preventing Malpractice Claims	296	(3)
The Nurse as Witness	299	(3)
Key Concepts	302	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	303	(2)
9 Ethical Concerns in Nursing Practice	305	(42)
Objectives	305	(1)
Understanding the Concepts of Ethics	306	(1)
Basic Ethical Concepts	307	(4)
Ethical Theories	311	(1)
Factors That Influence Ethical Decision Making	312	(11)
Factors in the Work Environment That Affect Ethical Decision Making	323	(2)
A Framework for Ethical Decision Making	325	(2)
Specific Ethical Issues Related to the Profession of Nursing	327	(14)
Key Concepts	341	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	342	(5)
10 Bioethical Issues in Health Care	347	(44)
Objectives	347	(1)
Major Areas Where Bioethics Are Applied	348	(3)
Bioethical Issues Concerning the Beginning of Life	351	(14)
Bioethical Issues Concerning Death	365	(12)
Additional Bioethical Concerns	377	(9)
Key Concepts	386	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	387	(4)
UNIT IV Career Opportunities and Professional Growth	391	(78)
11 Beginning Your Career as a Nurse	393	(42)
Objectives	393	(1)
Historical Employment Opportunities in Nursing	394	(1)
Employment Opportunities Today	395	(1)
Competencies of the New Graduate	396	(5)
Personal Career Goals	401	(2)
Making Goals Reality	403	(16)
Problems Experienced by Nurses in the Workplace	419	(5)
Sex Discrimination in Nursing	424	(3)
Workplace Safety and Health for Nurses	427	(5)
Key Concepts	432	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	432	(3)
12 Preparing for Workplace Participation	435	(34)
Objectives	435	(1)
Organizational Structure	436	(6)
Shared Governance	442	(1)
Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery	443	(4)
Delegation	447	(1)
Collective Bargaining	448	(17)
Key Concepts	465	(1)
Critical Thinking Activities	466	(3)
Appendices	469	(20)
Index	489