The nursing experience : trends, challenges, and transitions /
Joel, Lucille A.
The nursing experience : trends, challenges, and transitions / Lucille A. Joel - Fifth edition. - New York : McGraw Hill Education, c2006 - xix, 763 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 organization and publications -- Workplace choices -- Career management.
Offers an introduction to the nursing experience. This book covers trends, issues and nursing history. It includes 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.
9780071258913
NURSING -- UNITED STATES
RT 82 .J64 2006
The nursing experience : trends, challenges, and transitions / Lucille A. Joel - Fifth edition. - New York : McGraw Hill Education, c2006 - xix, 763 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 organization and publications -- Workplace choices -- Career management.
Offers an introduction to the nursing experience. This book covers trends, issues and nursing history. It includes 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.
9780071258913
NURSING -- UNITED STATES
RT 82 .J64 2006