TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zerwekh, JoAnn
AU  - Claborn, Jo Carol 
TI  - Nursing today transition and trends
SN  - 1416023135
AV  - RT 82 .N87 2006 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - St. Louis, Missouri
PB  - Saunders Elsevier
KW  - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
N1  - Includes index; Unit I: Professional Growth and Transition 1. Transitions  -- 2. Self-care Strategies -- Unit II: Career Development 3. Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes and Interviewing -- 4. Mentoring and Preceptorship 5. NCLEX-RN and the New Graduate -- Unit III: Nursing: A Developing Profession 6. Historical Perspectives: Influences of the Present -- 7. Nursing Education -- 8. Nursing Theories -- 9. Image of Nursing: Influences of the Present -- Unit IV: Nursing Management 10. Challenges of Nursing Management -- 11. Effective Communication & Team Building -- 12. Conflict Management -- 13. Time Management -- 14. Delegation in the Clinical Setting -- Unit V: Current Issues in Health Care 15. The Health Care Organization and Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery -- 16. Economics in the Health Care Delivery System -- 17. Political Action in Nursing -- 18. Collective Bargaining -- 19. Ethical Issues -- 20. Legal Issues -- Unit VI: Contemporary Nursing Practice 21. Cultural & Spiritual Awareness -- 22. Quality Patient Care -- 23. Nursing Informatics -- 24. Using Nursing Research in Practice -- 25. Work Place Issue
N2  - Presents relevant information on the challenges and opportunities the students face upon graduation. With a full-color design and content covering the various topics in nursing, this work provides a source for understanding the professional skills needed for practice
ER  -