Nursing today: transitions and trends. / [edited by] JoAnn Zerwekh, Jo Carol Claborn.
Material type: TextPublisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders, c2003Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi, 619 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0721696929 (pbk.)Subject(s): Nursing -- Vocational guidance | Nursing -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 610.73/06/9 LOC classification: RT82.N87Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY nursing | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY | RT82.N87(4e) (Browse shelf) | Available | KSN/442/19 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. Role transitions -- 2. Nursing: a developing profession : Historical perspectives: Influences of the past -- Image of nursing: influences of the present -- Nursing education --3. Nursing management: Challenges of nursing management -- Group process and tea m building -- Effective communication -- Conflict management -- Time management -- Delegation in the clinical setting -- Using nursing research in practice -- 4. Health care delivery system: The health care organization and patterns of nursing care delivery -- Health in community: Nursing's role -- Complementary and alternative therapies in nursing and health care -- Trends and economics in the health care delivery system -- Nursing Informatics -- Political action in nursing -- A collective voice in the workshop -- 5. Ethical and legal issues in nursing: Ethical issues -- Legal issues -- 6. In search of employment: finding your niche in the world: Employment considerations: opportunities and resumes -- Interviewing for employment -- 7. Thriving...not just surviving: Self-care strategies -- NCLEX-RN and the new graduate --
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