Professional Issues in Nursing Challenges and Opportunities

by Huston, Carol J.

• ISBN13: 9781605473956
• ISBN10: 1605473952
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Using an approach that fosters critical thinking and values clarification, this textbook examines the full range of professional issues facing contemporary nursing. Coverage includes critical issues such as the nursing shortage, mandatory staffing ratios, violence in nursing, legal and ethical issues, plus the latest HIPAA regulations, career advancement and evaluations, and best practices for today and the future.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. v
Reviewers	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Furthering the Profession	p. 1
Entry into Practice: The Debate Rages On	p. 1
Evidence-Based Practice	p. 19
Blending the New Essentials of Baccalaureate Education and Distance Learning Education Models	p. 33
Using Simulation to Teach Nurses	p. 51
Workforce Issues	p. 71
The Current Nursing Shortage: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions	p. 71
Importing Foreign Nurses	p. 93
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Registered Nurse	p. 117
Socialization and Mentoring	p. 131
Diversity in the Nursing Workforce	p. 145
Workplace Issues	p. 165
Mandatory Minimum Staffing Rations: Are They Working?	p. 165
Mandatory Overtime in Nursing: How Much? How Often?	p. 181
Violence in Nursing: The Expectations and the Reality	p. 197
Techology in the Health Care Workplace: Benefits, Limitations, and Challenges	p. 215
Medical Errors: An Ongoing Threat to Quality Health Care	p. 235
Legal and Ethical Issues	p. 259
Whistle-Blowing in Nursing	p. 259
Impaired Nursing Practice-What Are the Issues?	p. 275
Collective Bargaining and the Professional Nurse	p. 287
Assuring Provider Competence through Licensure, Continuing Education, and Certification	p. 303
Professional Power	p. 321
The Nursing Profession's Historic Struggle to Increase Its Power Base	p. 321
Professional Identity and Image	p. 337
Advanced Practice Nursing: The Latest Issues and Trends	p. 355
Nursing and Public Policy: Getting Involved	p. 375
Nursing's Professional Associations	p. 403
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