<p>The second edition of CONTEMPORARY NURSING continues to acclimate students to the nursing profession by offering invaluable self-improvement and career-building advice. Content provides a comprehensive overview of historic and current trends shaping nursing education, the health care delivery system, and nursing practice. The new second edition offers three new chapters in Theories of Nursing Practice; Workplace Advocacy &amp; Workplace Issues; and Alternative Healing; New content on Health Policy and Evidence-Based Practice is also included. A new MERLIN website also offers new content from the authors with weblinks and other updates. Also available, a new online Instructor's Resource including an instructor's manual, PowerPoint slides, an image collection of cartoons and line drawings from the text, and a completely revised test bank with over 350 questions in NCLEX-RN format. TOC:</p>
<li>Provides real-life vignettes that pique students' interest and help them understand content</li>
<li>Provides information about communicating effectively with clients, families and the transdisciplinary health care team</li>
<li>Examines strategies for nurses making the transition from student to practitioner</li>
<li>Offers viewpoints of well-known contributors that represent diversity in academic preperation</li>
<li>Offers an expanded leadership and management section covering task delegation, effective communication and more</li>
<li>Examines health policy issues related to healthcare and the government</li>
<li>Incorporates a new emphasis on evidence-based practice that highlights the importance of applying current research findings to patient care</li>
<br><br>(Includes a FREE MERLIN website with ccontent updates and weblinks.)

Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management

Medical Books

Jacob, Susan

Cherry DNSc MBA RN NEA-BC, Barbara

Jacob PhD MSN RN, Susan R.

Nursing

Mosby

Thoroughly prepare for the rapidly evolving world of nursing with Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 7th Edition. Expert authors Barbara Cherry and Susan Jacob combine their own expertise from both academics and practice as they cover the relevant issues affecting today’s nurses. In 28 chapters, including a new chapter on palliative care, this comprehensive new edition takes readers through the evolution of nursing, the role of the nurse today, safe and effective decision-making, collaboration and communication, leadership, job opportunities, and a number of timely issues affecting healthcare and nursing practice today.Full-color design enhances the narrative with a clear, visually appealing explanation of concepts.Humorous cartoons open each chapter to illustrate the chapter themes.Vignettes at the beginning of each chapter personalize nursing history and practice and help readers understand their place in the profession.  Questions to Consider While Reading This Chapter follow the vignettes and prepare the reader for the topic to be discussed.Key terms, learning outcomes, chapter overviews, and chapter summaries help readers focus their learning experience. Unit on Leadership and Management in Nursing includes content to prepare nurses to effectively function in the management roles expected of the professional nurse.Unit on Career Management provides strategies on how to make the transition from student to practitioner and tips on how to pass the NCLEX-RN Examination.Case studies help readers apply theory to clinical practice.NEW! Chapter on palliative care focuses on how to best provide patients with relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness, and how to improve the quality of life for both the patient and family.NEW! Combined chapter on quality improvement and QSEN keeps readers up to date on the latest competencies from the Institute of Medicine.NEW! Professional/Ethical Issue boxes provide a short scenario about an ethical issue related to the chapter content. NEW! Updated coverage reflects the latest NCLEX test plan.NEW! Incorporation of Triple Aim in healthcare discusses ways to improve the health of the population, enhance the experience and outcomes of the patient, and reduce per capita cost of care for the benefit of communities.NEW! Expanded coverage of working in an interdisciplinary team reflects the changing healthcare landscape and need to work in collaboration with a variety of healthcare specialists.

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