2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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Professional Issues inNursing: Challenges&Opportunities,ThirdEdition Carol J.Huston,MSN,MPA,DPA 978-1-4511-2833-8 • February2013 • Softbound • 7” x9” •528pp. •2 Illus. • 100Tables

Using an approach that fosters critical thinking andvalues 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. Content has alsobeenupdated throughout thebook to reflect cutting- edgetrends inhealthcare includingthe impactofhealthcare reform,and recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). This edition promises tobe an integral tool toproviding effectivenursing care in an increasinglyglobal, rapidly changing, technologydrivenworld. Features • NEW! Chaptersondevelopingeffective leaders tomeet 21st centuryhealthcare challenges aswell as theuseof residencies for newgraduatenurses as a transition topracticehavebeenadded, whilea chapteronblending thenewessentialsof baccalaureate educationanddistance learningeducation isdeleted. • NEW! Newor updated content has beenadded throughout the book to reflect cutting-edge trends inhealthcare includingan ever increasingdemand forqualityand safety in theworkplace for patients aswell asworkers; the impactof healthcare reform; the IOM recommendations put forth in TheFutureofNursing: Leading Change,AdvancingHealth ;workforceprojections and changing populationdemographics; and the challenges andopportunities whichaccompanyprovidingnursing care inan increasinglyglobal, rapidly changing, technologydrivenworld.

Table of Contents Unit1: Furthering theProfession Ch. 1: Entry intoPractice:TheDebate RagesOn Ch. 2: EvidenceBasedPractice Ch. 3: 21stCentury LeadershipChallenges forNurses Ch. 4: Using Simulation toTeachNurses Unit2: Workforce Issues Ch. 5:TheCurrentNursing Shortage: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions Ch. 6: Importing ForeignNurses Ch. 7: UnlicensedAssistive Personnel and the RegisteredNurse Ch. 8: Socialization andMentoring Ch. 9:Diversity in theNursingWorkforce Ch. 10: Residencies forNewGraduate Nurses as aTransition toPractice Unit3: Workplace Issues Ch. 11:MandatoryMinimum Staffing Ratios: AreTheyWorking? Ch. 12:MandatoryOvertime inNursing: HowMuch?HowOften? Ch. 13: Violence inNursing:The Expectations and theReality Ch. 14:Technology in theHealthCare Workplace: Benefits, Limitations, and Challenges Ch. 15:Medical Errors: AnOngoingThreat toQualityHealthCare Unit4: Legal andEthical Issues Ch. 16:Whistle blowing inNursing Ch. 17: ImpairedNursing Practice:What Are WeDoingAbout It? Ch. 18: CollectiveBargaining and the ProfessionalNurse Ch. 19: Assuring ProviderCompetency throughLicensure, ContinuingEducation, andCertification Unit5: Professional Power

Leadership&Management • Issues &Trends

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