This bestselling issues and trends textbook gives you a broad understanding of the problems and opportunities you will face as you make the transition fromstudent to practicing nurse. While most of your studies have focused on learning how to care for the patient, this text teaches you the practical skills essential to managing the business side of your nursing career, including tips on resume writing and interviewing techniques, how to prepare for the NCLEX-RN exam, and effective ways to communicate and handle conflict in the work place.This new edition includes two new chapters on Emergency Preparedness and Building Nursing Management Skills plus numerous chapters that have been updated with the most relevant topics necessary for today's nursing student. INDICE: Unit I: Professional Growth and Transition1. Role Transitions2. Personal Management: Time and Self-care Strategies3. Mentorship and PreceptorshipUnit II: Career Development4. Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes and Interviewing5. NCLEX-RN and the New GraduateUnit III: Nursing: A Developing Profession6. Historical Perspectives: Influences of the Past7. Nursing Education8. Nursing Theories9. Image of Nursing: Influences of the PresentUnit IV: Nursing Management10. Challenges of Nursing Management11. Building Nursing Management Skills NEW!12. Effective Communication and Team Building13. Conflict Management14. Delegation in the Clinical SettingUnit V: Current Issues in Health Care 15. The Health Care Organization and Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery16. Economics in the Health Care Delivery System17. Political Action in Nursing18. Collective Bargaining: Traditional (Union) and Non-Traditional Approaches19. Ethical Issues20. Legal IssuesUnit VI: Contemporary Nursing Practice21. Cultural and Spiritual Awareness22. Quality Patient Care23. Nursing Informatics24. Using Nursing Research in Practice25. Workplace Issues26. Emergency Preparedness NEW!
- ISBN: 978-1-4160-5672-0
- Editorial: Saunders
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 640
- Fecha Publicación: 26/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés