Nursing today
Subtitle: transition and trends
By: [edited by] JoAnn Zerwekh, Jo Carol Claborn.
Contributors: Zerwekh, JoAnn Graham.; Claborn, Jo Carol.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Saunders Elsevier
Published: 2006
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 653
Subjects: Nursing -- Vocational guidance; Nursing -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reality shock; title: Self-care strategies; title: Employment considerations: opportunities, resumes, and interviewing; title: Mentoring and preceptorship; title: NCLEX-RN and the new graduate; title: Historical perspectives: influences of the past; title: Nursing education; title: Nursing theory; title: Image of nursing: influences of the present; title: Challenges of nursing management; title: Effective communication and team building; title: Conflict management; title: Time management; title: Delegation in the clinical setting; title: The health care organization and patterns of nursing care delivery; title: Economics of the health care delivery system; title: Political action in nursing; title: Collective bargaining: traditional and non-traditional approaches; title: Ethical issues; title: Legal issues; title: Cultural and spiritual awareness; title: Quality patient care; title: Nursing informatics; title: Using nursing research in practice; title: Workplace issues.