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The nursing experience : trends, challenges, and transitions / Lucille A. Joel.
Holman Biotech Commons RT82 .K43 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joel, Lucille A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing--United States.
- Nursing.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Nursing.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 763 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, [2006]
- Summary:
- "One of the Most Widely Used Texts in Nursing Education!"
- This outstanding introduction to the nursing experience covers trends, issues, and nursing history all in one book and is enriched by the experience and expertise of the authors. Readers will find essential coverage of the changing roles of nurses in managed care and institutional settings, the options within nursing, special help with finding the right fit, and growth opportunities within the profession.
- Contents:
- Care of the sick: how nursing began
- Nursing in the United States: American revolution to nursing revolution
- The health care delivery system
- The discipline of nursing
- Education and research for practice
- Career opportunities
- Leadership for an era of change
- Ethical issues in nursing and health care
- Patients' rights; students' rights
- Politics and public policy
- Health care credentialing and nursing licensure
- Legal aspects of nursing practice
- Nursing organizations and publications
- Workplace choices
- Career management.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-646) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0071458263
- OCLC:
- 60671906
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