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Definitions of Nursing
Overview: The Richness of Nursing	p. 2
What Is Nursing	p. 5
Staff Nurses: Who Are They, What Do They Do, and What Challenges Do They Face?	p. 15
Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners: Who Are They, What Do They Do, and What Challenges Do They Face?	p. 19
Nurse Administrators: Who Are They, What Do They Do, and What Challenges Do They Face?	p. 26
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Nurse Researchers: Who Are They, What Do They Do, and What Challenges Do They Face?	p. 38
Nurse Entrepreneurs: Who Are They, What Do They Do, and What Challenges Do They Face?	p. 43
International Nursing Leaders: Who Are They, What Do They Do, and What Challenges Do They Face?	p. 49
Nursing Knowledge
Overview: The Connecting Link	p. 58
Is Nursing Research Used in Practice?	p. 61
The Nursing Theory-Nursing Practice Connection	p. 76
The Primacy of Practice in Nursing	p. 82
The Nursing Theory-Nursing Research Connection	p. 87
The Reorganization of Nursing Knowledge	p. 92
Patient Classification Schemas: Do We Still Need Them?	p. 104
Why the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)?	p. 113
Nursing Diagnosis Taxonomy Development: Overview and Issues	p. 123
Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC): Defining Nursing Care	p. 129
Nursing-Focused Patient Outcomes: Challenge for the Nineties	p. 136
The International Classification of Nursing	p. 143
Changing Education
Overview: The Need for Educational Reform	p. 150
Diversity in Nursing Education: Does It Help or Hinder the Profession?	p. 153
Recruitment of Students into Nursing	p. 158
The Changing Pool of Students	p. 163
Partnerships in Nursing Education: Expanding the Boundaries	p. 170
Community College-Nursing Home Partnerships	p. 177
Graduate Education: Making the Right Choice	p. 182
The Changing Face of Graduate Education: A Viewpoint	p. 188
National Initiatives for Change	p. 196
Development of Models of International Exchange to Upgrade Nursing Education	p. 202
Changing Practice
Overview: Change Creates Opportunities	p. 208
Should Nurses Use Assistants?	p. 212
Changes in the Hospital As a Place of Practice	p. 220
Developing Community Partnerships: Shifting Power from Health Professionals to Citizens	p. 226
Leadership for Change in Public and Community Health Nursing	p. 233
Midwifery: A Nursing Challenge	p. 241
Long-Term Care: Meeting Obligations to the Elderly	p. 248
Nurses and Case Management: To Control or to Collaborate?	p. 254
Flextime and Self-Scheduling: Benefits and Difficulties	p. 261
Death of the Care Plan	p. 267
The Computer-Based Patient Record and How It Will Affect the Nurse's Practice	p. 270
Primary Health Care in Developing Countries	p. 276
Quality Improvement
Overview: Multifaceted Approaches to Quality Improvement	p. 284
How Can We Assure Health Care Quality?	p. 287
Measuring Quality: A Systematic Integrative Approach	p. 295
Quality Assurance in Long-Term Care	p. 303
The Status of Quality Assurance in Home Health Care	p. 310
Standards and Guidelines: How Do They Assure Quality?	p. 316
TQM/CQI: What Is It? Does It Work?	p. 321
Nursing Certification: A Matter for the Professional Organization	p. 327
Validating Clinical Competence: Old and New Approaches	p. 336
How Can the Quality of Nursing Practice Be Measured?	p. 342
Self-Care As a Concept to Guide Quality Nursing Practice in Latin American Countries	p. 350
Governance
Overview: Shedding Dependency	p. 358
Does Nursing Have the Power to Change the Health Care System?	p. 361
Why Are We Seeing More Unionization?	p. 373
Community Nursing Centers: Implications for Health Care Reform	p. 382
A Guide to Nursing Organizations: What They Are and How to Choose Them	p. 388
Faculty Governance and Strong Deans: Are They Compatible?	p. 393
Shared Governance in Nursing: What Is Shared, Who Governs, and Who Benefits?	p. 398
International Nursing: The Role of the International Council of Nurses and the World Health Organization	p. 407
Health Care Reform
Overview: The Role of Nursing in Achieving Health Care Reform	p. 418
Solving the Health Care Dilemma: What Will Work?	p. 420
Nursing's Agenda for Health Care Reform	p. 426
Financing of Health Care and Its Impact on Nursing	p. 432
Third-Party Reimbursement Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses in the '90s	p. 437
Nursing and Consumerism: How Can We Get Decision Making Closer to the Consumer?	p. 450
Work Redesign: The Key to True Health Care Reform	p. 460
The Canadian Health Care System: Overview and Issues	p. 467
Health Care Costs
Overview: Nursing's Part In Health Care Costs	p. 474
Can Health Care Costs Be Contained?	p. 477
Costing Out Nursing Services: Is It Happening?	p. 483
Balancing Cost and Quality: A Model for Action	p. 490
Long-Term Care Overpriced and Underrated	p. 501
Paying for Health Care: Trends, Issues and Future Directions	p. 506
The Costs of Safety Precautions to Reduce Risk of Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens	p. 515
The Costs of Cocaine (Crack) Exposure: A Broader Perspective	p. 522
Are Nurses Getting Paid What They Are Worth?	p. 528
How Can Nursing Decrease the Costs of Nursing Education?	p. 534
Who Pays for the Costs of Care in Other Countries?	p. 541
Personal and Professional Assertiveness
Overview: The Winds of Change	p. 546
Career Development: Its Status in Nursing	p. 549
Nursing's Quest for Professionalism	p. 559
Strategies for Changing Nursing's Image	p. 566
Feminism: The New Look in Nursing	p. 572
Collaboration Between Nurses and Physicians: What Is It? Does It Exist?	p. 580
Multidisciplinary Community-Based Education and Practice	p. 586
Nursing in Russia: Impact of Recent Political Changes	p. 595
Role Conflict
Overview: Choosing Our Conflicts	p. 604
Can There Be One Nursing Organization?	p. 607
Has the Frontline Nurse Been Abandoned?	p. 616
What Are the Sources of Stress for Nurses?	p. 623
Nurses and Physician Assistants: Issues and Challenges	p. 632
Entering Collegial Relationships: The Demise of Nurse as Victim	p. 638
Conflict and Nursing Professionalization	p. 643
Traditional Roles for Women and the Impact on Nursing Services in Brazil	p. 650
Cultural Diversity
Overview: Addressing the Imbalances	p. 656
Cultural Diversity in Nursing: How Much Can We Tolerate?	p. 658
Cultural Diversity in the Student Body Revisited	p. 665
Nurses and Unpopular Clients	p. 671
Increasing the Pool of Minority Students	p. 676
Why Aren't There More Men in Nursing?	p. 683
Woman's Health: A Global Perspective	p. 692
Ethics
Overview: Ethics of Caring Decisions	p. 702
Do We Have Health Care Rationing?	p. 705
The Oregon Model of Decision Making and Its Implications for Nursing Practice	p. 711
Indigent Care	p. 718
The Evolving HIV-AIDS Pandemic: A Study in Stigmatization and Its Ethical Challenges for Nursing	p. 725
Child Abuse: What Is Nursing's Role?	p. 731
Maintaining Personhood in the Context of Assisted Reproductive Technology	p. 742
Knowledge Technology: Costs, Benefits, and Ethical Considerations	p. 746
Advance Directives: Implications for Nursing	p. 752
Tutor or Tyrant?	p. 758
What Are the Ethical Issues from a Worldwide Viewpoint?	p. 763
Concluding Notes and Future Directions	p. 769
Index	p. 771
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