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Abstract
Popular with nursing students for its humorous cartoons and easy-to-read style, Nursing Today: Transition and Trends, 8th Edition helps you make a successful transition from student to practicing nurse. It covers the profession’s leading issues and opportunities, ensuring that you graduate not only with patient care skills, but also with career development skills such as resume writing, finding a job, and effective interviewing. Study questions and test-taking tips prepare you for the NCLEX-RN® exam, and discussions of communication and management prepare you to succeed in the workplace. Well-known educators JoAnn Zerwekh and Ashley Zerwekh Garneau provide the latest information on nursing issues and trends including health care reform, patient safety, and patterns of nursing care delivery.
- An emphasis on making the transition into the workplace is included in chapters such as NCLEX-RN® and the New Graduate, Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes, and Interviewing, and Mentorship, Preceptorship, and Nurse Residency Programs.
- Coverage of QSEN and patient safety includes Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, National Patient Safety Foundation, and Institute of Medicine competencies related to patient safety, and addresses communication among health care providers, quality improvement, and guidelines from The Joint Commission.
- Coverage of evidence-based practice includes management protocols and interventions used as the basis for clinical outcomes.
- Coverage of nursing informatics helps you use technology, access information, and evaluate content to provide quality patient care — and includes a discussion of the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
- Coverage of health care reform includes the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the new Patient Bill of Rights as they apply to health care delivery and costs.
- Student resources on an Evolve companion website include case studies for every chapter, NCLEX-RN® review questions, NCLEX-RN exam-style questions, memory notecards, and resume templates for creating professional resumes and cover letters.
- Thorough coverage includes all of the most important issues faced by the new nurse, preparing you to succeed in a professional nursing career.
- Critical Thinking boxes offer questions and exercises asking you to apply what you have learned to clinical practice.
- An engaging approach features lively cartoons, chapter objectives, bibliographies, and colorful summary boxes.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| IFC | IFC | ||
| Nursing Today: Transition and Trends | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| CONTRIBUTORS | v | ||
| REVIEWERS | vii | ||
| PREFACE | viii | ||
| FOR NURSING FACULTY | ix | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | xi | ||
| CONTENTS | xii | ||
| Unit I - Professional Growth and Transition | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 - Role Transitions | 2 | ||
| TRANSITIONS | 3 | ||
| REALITY SHOCK | 6 | ||
| ROLE TRANSFORMATION | 10 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 19 | ||
| RULES OF THE ROAD | 21 | ||
| Bibliography | 22 | ||
| Chapter 2 - Personal Management: Time and Self-Care Strategies | 24 | ||
| MANAGING YOUR TIME | 24 | ||
| MANAGING TASKS | 31 | ||
| MANAGING OTHERS | 33 | ||
| MANAGING YOUR GOALS | 34 | ||
| SELF-CARE STRATEGIES | 36 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 47 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 48 | ||
| Chapter 3 - Mentorship, Preceptorship, and Nurse Residency Programs | 49 | ||
| HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 50 | ||
| WHAT MENTORING IS AND IS NOT | 50 | ||
| WHAT IS A NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAM? | 53 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 63 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 64 | ||
| Unit II - Career Development | 66 | ||
| Chapter 4 - Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes, and Interviewing | 67 | ||
| WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE JOB MARKET? | 69 | ||
| SELF-ASSESSMENT | 70 | ||
| RESEARCHING PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS | 74 | ||
| HOW DO I GO ABOUT RESEARCHING PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS? | 76 | ||
| WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW TO ASSESS THE ORGANIZATION? | 78 | ||
| RESUME WRITING | 79 | ||
| THE INTERVIEW PROCESS | 84 | ||
| CRITICAL FIRST 5 MINUTES! | 87 | ||
| PHASES OF THE INTERVIEW | 88 | ||
| HOW DO I HANDLE UNEXPECTED QUESTIONS OR SITUATIONS? | 89 | ||
| JOB OFFERS AND POSSIBLE REJECTION | 90 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 94 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 95 | ||
| Chapter 5 - NCLEX-RN® Examination and the New Graduate | 96 | ||
| THE NCLEX-RN EXAMINATION | 97 | ||
| PREPARING FOR THE NCLEX-RN EXAMINATION | 103 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 123 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 124 | ||
| Unit III - Nursing: A Developing Profession | 125 | ||
| 6 - Historical Perspectives: Influences on the Present | 126 | ||
| NURSING HISTORY: PEOPLE AND PLACES | 127 | ||
| AMERICAN NURSING: CRITICAL FACTORS | 134 | ||
| HISTORY OF NURSING EDUCATION | 139 | ||
| THE NURSE’S ROLE: THE STRUGGLE FOR DEFINITIONS | 140 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 145 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 147 | ||
| Chapter 7 - Nursing Education | 149 | ||
| PATH OF DIPLOMA EDUCATION | 150 | ||
| PATH OF ASSOCIATE DEGREE EDUCATION | 151 | ||
| PATH OF BACCALAUREATE EDUCATION | 152 | ||
| OTHER TYPES OF NURSING EDUCATION | 153 | ||
| NONTRADITIONAL PATHS FOR NURSING EDUCATION | 156 | ||
| GRADUATE EDUCATION | 156 | ||
| CREDENTIALING: LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION | 161 | ||
| NURSING EDUCATION: FUTURE TRENDS | 163 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 166 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 168 | ||
| Chapter 8 - Nursing Theory | 170 | ||
| NURSING THEORY | 171 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 185 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 186 | ||
| Chapter 9 - Image of Nursing: Influences of the Present | 188 | ||
| PROFESSIONAL IMAGE OF NURSING | 189 | ||
| NURSING ORGANIZATIONS | 198 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 203 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 204 | ||
| Unit IV - Nursing Management | 206 | ||
| Chapter 10 - Challenges of Nursing Management and Leadership | 207 | ||
| MANAGEMENT VERSUS LEADERSHIP | 208 | ||
| THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: A DIFFERENT AGE FOR MANAGEMENT AND FOR LEADERSHIP | 216 | ||
| POWER AND AUTHORITY IN NURSING MANAGEMENT | 222 | ||
| MANAGEMENT PROBLEM SOLVING | 224 | ||
| THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE | 229 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 232 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 234 | ||
| Chapter 11 - Building Nursing Management Skills | 237 | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND PATIENT SAFETY | 238 | ||
| COMMUNICATING WHEN IT IS CRITICAL—WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? | 243 | ||
| MANAGING TIME IN THE CLINICAL SETTING | 248 | ||
| MANAGING OTHERS | 251 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 254 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 255 | ||
| Chapter 12 - Effective Communication and Team Building | 256 | ||
| COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE | 257 | ||
| WHAT DOES MY IMAGE COMMUNICATE TO OTHERS? | 259 | ||
| COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION | 263 | ||
| GROUP COMMUNICATION | 269 | ||
| TEAM BUILDING | 275 | ||
| ASSERTIVE STYLES OF COMMUNICATION | 278 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 283 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 284 | ||
| Chapter 13 - Conflict Management | 286 | ||
| CONFLICT | 287 | ||
| CONFLICT RESOLUTION | 288 | ||
| DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE | 292 | ||
| SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE | 300 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 302 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 303 | ||
| Chapter 14 - Delegation in the Clinical Setting | 304 | ||
| WHAT DOES DELEGATION MEAN? | 305 | ||
| WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE HERE? | 307 | ||
| THE RIGHT TASK | 308 | ||
| THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES | 312 | ||
| THE RIGHT PERSON | 316 | ||
| THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND COMMUNICATION | 319 | ||
| THE RIGHT SUPERVISION AND EVALUATION | 321 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 323 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 324 | ||
| Unit V - Current Issues in Health Care | 326 | ||
| Chapter 15 - The Health Care Organization and Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery | 327 | ||
| WHAT ARE SOME IMPORTANT CHALLENGES CURRENTLY FACING HEALTH CARE? | 328 | ||
| STRATEGIES TO CONTROL COSTS | 329 | ||
| CASE MANAGEMENT | 330 | ||
| DISEASE MANAGEMENT | 331 | ||
| PAY FOR PERFORMANCE | 333 | ||
| EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE | 333 | ||
| SHORTAGE OF NURSES | 334 | ||
| THE IMPACT OF THE 2010 INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINE FUTURE OF NURSING REPORT | 336 | ||
| PATIENT SAFETY | 337 | ||
| THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS PATTERNS OF NURSING CARE DELIVERY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | 341 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 352 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 353 | ||
| Chapter 16 - Economics of the Health Care Delivery System | 355 | ||
| WHAT ARE THE TRENDS AFFECTING THE RISING COSTS OF HEALTH CARE? | 356 | ||
| WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE CHANGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ON CLINICAL PRACTICE? | 358 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS | 358 | ||
| BUDGETS | 363 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 374 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 374 | ||
| Chapter 17 - Political Action in Nursing | 376 | ||
| WHAT EXACTLY IS POLITICS? | 378 | ||
| WHAT IS POWER, AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? | 381 | ||
| NETWORKING AMONG COLLEAGUES | 383 | ||
| BUILDING COALITIONS | 384 | ||
| CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING NURSING | 390 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 394 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 394 | ||
| 18 - Collective Bargaining: Traditional (Union) and Nontraditional Approaches | 396 | ||
| Traditional (Union) and Nontraditional Approaches | 396 | ||
| WHEN DID THE ISSUES LEADING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BEGIN? | 398 | ||
| THE EVOLUTION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN NURSING | 399 | ||
| WHO REPRESENTS NURSES FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING? | 400 | ||
| THE DEBATE ABOUT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | 403 | ||
| FUTURE TRENDS | 414 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 416 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 417 | ||
| Chapter 19 - Ethical Issues | 419 | ||
| UNDERSTANDING ETHICS | 420 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 442 | ||
| Continued | 443 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 444 | ||
| Chapter 20 - Legal Issues | 446 | ||
| SOURCES OF LAW | 447 | ||
| COURT ACTIONS BASED ON LEGAL PRINCIPLES | 449 | ||
| LEGAL CONTROL OVER NURSING PRACTICE | 450 | ||
| TORTS | 454 | ||
| NURSING MALPRACTICE | 454 | ||
| INTENTIONAL TORTS | 472 | ||
| CRIMINAL ACTIONS | 477 | ||
| RISK MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | 478 | ||
| CONTROVERSIAL LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING NURSING | 482 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 484 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 486 | ||
| Unit VI - Contemporary Nursing Practice | 488 | ||
| Chapter 21 - Cultural and Spiritual Awareness | 489 | ||
| CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY | 489 | ||
| OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS | 492 | ||
| CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT | 494 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 499 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 500 | ||
| Chapter 22 - Quality Patient Care | 502 | ||
| STANDARDS OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT | 503 | ||
| HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE | 505 | ||
| WHAT ARE CORE MEASURES? | 507 | ||
| WHAT IS HCAHPS? | 507 | ||
| WHAT IS HOSPITAL COMPARE? | 508 | ||
| JUST WHAT IS THE JOINT COMMISSION? | 508 | ||
| MONITORING THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE | 508 | ||
| Continued | 509 | ||
| WHAT ARE SOME OTHER AGENCIES INFLUENCING PATIENT SAFETY? | 515 | ||
| QUALITY IMPROVEMENT METHODS | 516 | ||
| TOOLS AND PROCESSES FOR CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | 517 | ||
| HOW DO WE USE DMAIC? | 519 | ||
| HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CREDENTIALING FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | 527 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 528 | ||
| Chapter 23 - Nursing Informatics | 531 | ||
| NURSING INFORMATICS | 532 | ||
| PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, TRENDS, AND ISSUES | 535 | ||
| CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 539 | ||
| TRENDS | 546 | ||
| USING THE INTERNET: THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY | 546 | ||
| DATA ACCESS AT THE POINT OF CARE | 548 | ||
| EVALUATING INTERNET RESOURCES | 550 | ||
| NURSING INFORMATICS AND YOU | 553 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 555 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 556 | ||
| Chapter 24 - Using Nursing Research in Practice | 559 | ||
| THE NEED FOR NURSING PRACTICE BASED ON RESEARCH | 559 | ||
| WHAT IS NURSING RESEARCH UTILIZATION? | 560 | ||
| RESEARCH UTILIZATION COMPARED WITH NURSING RESEARCH AND THE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH | 565 | ||
| DEFINING YOUR PRACTICE CONTEXT | 567 | ||
| THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH | 571 | ||
| THE AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY | 571 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 572 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 572 | ||
| Chapter 25 - Workplace Issues | 574 | ||
| QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN STARTING A NEW POSITION | 575 | ||
| ERGONOMIC HAZARDS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS | 575 | ||
| WORKPLACE VIOLENCE: A GROWING CONCERN IN HEALTH CARE | 579 | ||
| OTHER WORKPLACE ISSUES | 584 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 592 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 594 | ||
| Chapter 26 - Emergency Preparedness | 596 | ||
| WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS? | 597 | ||
| CLINICAL PREPAREDNESS | 597 | ||
| WHAT IS TRIAGE? | 606 | ||
| PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORTS | 607 | ||
| COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE ISSUES AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS | 608 | ||
| WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS ISSUES? | 611 | ||
| WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH? | 611 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 618 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 618 | ||
| INDEX | 620 |