This easy-to-read text introduces you to the issues and trends you're likely to encounter in any nursing practice setting. Each stand-alone chapter introduces and explores a specific topic and gives insightful discussions of issues such as the health care delivery system, profes…
This easy-to-read text introduces you to the issues and trends you're likely to encounter in any nursing practice setting. Each stand-alone chapter introduces and explores a specific topic and gives insightful discussions of issues such as the health care delivery system, profes…
Nursing practice: knowledge and care
'Nursing Practice' is the essential, textbook to support you throughout your entire nursing degree, from your first year onwards. It explores all the clinical and professional issues that you need to know in one complete volume.
The text encompasses evolving health care policy and reform in the U.S., Canada, and internationally, addressing its impact on advanced practice nursing, APRN roles, care for special populations, health care quality, and patient safety.
This view of health policy from the perspective of APRN practice is a call to action for advanced practice nurses to learn about the impact and implications of current initiatives in health policy. This knowledge will assist them in determining how they define and create positiv…
Health policy and advanced practice nursing
"'Nursing school did not adequately prepare me for this role' and 'Why didn't anyone tell me about this when I was a student?' are commonly heard complaints from new nurses during their first two 'rite of passage' years following graduation. But this transition to professional p…
"'Nursing school did not adequately prepare me for this role' and 'Why didn't anyone tell me about this when I was a student?' are commonly heard complaints from new nurses during their first two 'rite of passage' years following graduation. But this transition to professional p…
This is the first book to describe the key business, policy, medical, and operational considerations necessary for successfully running and operating nurse-led health facilities.
""Complex topics ... expertly shared through the knowledge, skill, and understanding of the authors who are both nurses and attorneys."--Penny Brooke, APRN, JD College of Nursing, University of Utah" "This book serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding the legal and ethic…