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Nursing roles : evolving or recycled? / Sue Moorhead, editor ; Diane Gardner Huber, chair of the board.
Holman Biotech Commons RT86.7 .N94 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Series on nursing administration ; v. 9.
- Series on nursing administration ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing specialties.
- Nurse practitioners.
- Nursing--Vocational guidance.
- Nursing.
- Nursing--trends.
- United States.
- Nursing Process--trends.
- Medical Subjects:
- Nursing--trends.
- United States.
- Nursing Process--trends.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1997]
- Summary:
- As the definition of nursing and nursing activities becomes ever wider, Nursing Roles charts the evolution of nursing roles, examining both new directions and the reconfiguration of traditional roles. After a discussion of these new roles from ethical and conceptual viewpoints, the contributors: examine the parts nurses have begun to play as entrepreneurs, policy analysts and information specialists; consider how nurses should interact with untrained and unqualified assistants; discuss the implications for the nurse of long-term care and changing health care systems; and explore the emerging roles of practice nurses, clinical nurse specialists and acute care practitioners. Broad in its vision, Nursing Roles illuminates the f
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0761901493
- OCLC:
- 35262416
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