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Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities, Fourth Edition Carol J. Huston, MSN, MPA, DPA 978-1-4963-3439-8 • February 2016 • Softbound • 7” x 9” • 448 pp. • 9 Illus.

Professional Issues inNursing:Challenges andOpportunities features contemporary and enduring issues in professional nursing. Designed to be used in both pre- and post-licensure nursing programs, the text has an undiluted focus on professional issues in nursing and includes many timely workplace issues, workforce issues, legal and ethical issues, nursing education, and issues related to professional power and furthering the nursing profession. Unlike other “issues and trends” textbooks that cover everything from nursing research to nursing theory, this text is devoted to the “hot topics” of the time which allows students to begin to prepare for the realities of nursing practice. Features Student Resources • Journal Articles with critical thinking questions • Case Studies Instructor Resources • Journal Articles with critical thinking questions • Case Studies • Internet Resources • PowerPoint Presentations • Answers • Test Generator containing NCLEX-style questions: Apple/Windows Versions • LMS Course Cartridges • Learning Objectives • Image Bank • Strategies for Effective Teaching • Audio Glossaries • Glossary of Terms • Internet Resources

Table of Contents I. FURTHERING THE PROFESSION Ch. 1 Entry Into Practice: The Debate Rages On Ch. 2 Evidence-Based Practice Ch. 3 Developing Effective Leaders to Meet 21st Century Health Care Challenges Ch. 4 Advanced Practice Nursing: Where is the DNP Today? II. WORKFORCE ISSUES Ch. 5 Is There a Nursing Shortage Ch. 6 Importing Foreign Nurses Ch. 7 Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Registered Nurse Ch. 8 Diversity in the Nursing Workforce III. WORKPLACE ISSUES Ch. 9 Mandatory Minimum Staffing Ratios: Are They Working? Ch. 10 Mandatory Overtime in Nursing: How Much? How Often? Ch. 11 Violence in Nursing: The Expectations and the Reality Ch. 12 The Use of Social Media in Nursing: Pitfalls and Opportunities Ch. 13 Medical Errors: An Ongoing Threat to Quality Health Care IV. NURSING EDUCATION ISSUES Ch. 14 Using Simulation to Teach Nurse Ch. 15 Can Clinical Reasoning Be Taught? Ch. 16 New Graduate RN Transition to Practice Programs (Nurse Residencies) Ch. 17 MOOCS and Virtual Learning Spaces: A Withering of the Traditional Classroom Ch. 18 Academic Integrity in Nursing Education: Is it Declining? Ch. 19 Whistle-Blowing in Nursing

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Leadership & Management • Issues & Trends