Nursing in Today's World

by: Ellis, Janice Rider; Hartley, Celia Love

ISBN 13:
9780781741088
ISBN 10:
0781741084
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/03/2003
Publisher: LWW
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Summary

This vibrant full-color issues and trends text presents basic concepts underlying professional nursing along with contemporary issues affecting the profession, including educational preparation, health care finance, legal responsibilities, and ethics/bioethics. Critical Thinking exercises are embedded throughout the chapters. Key terms and concepts are highlighted in bold. The Eighth Edition features focus questions, more leadership and management content, web resources, and updated cartoon images. Instructor's resources include a CD-ROM with an instructor's manual, test generator and the "Connection" Website, connection.LWW.com/go/ellis.

UNIT I Economic and Political Aspects of Health Care Delivery

(104)

1 Understanding the Health Care Environment

(32)

Classification of Health Care Agencies

(5)

Understanding Today's Hospital

(3)

The Long-Term Care Facility

(3)

Ambulatory Care Settings

(1)

Community Agencies

(2)

Colleagues in Health Care

(6)

Complementary and Alternative Health Care

(11)

2 Health Care Finance and Control

(34)

Financing Health Care for Individuals

(8)

Patterns of Payment

(4)

Cost Control in Health Care

(7)

Access to Health Care

(2)

Accreditation of Health Care Institutions and Agencies

(1)

Evaluation of Health Care

(3)

Power in the Health Care System

(3)

Implications for Nurses

(4)

3 The Political Process and the Nursing Profession

(36)

Relevance of the Political Process for Nurses

(1)

Influencing the Political Process

(11)

The Federal Government's Role in Health Care

(3)

The State Government's Role in Health Care

(2)

Local Political Concerns

(1)

Health Care Reform

(1)

Nursing Organizations

(17)

UNIT II Appreciating the Development of Nursing as a Profession

105

(132)

4 Exploring Nursing's Origins

106

(42)

Health Care in Ancient Cultures

107

(8)

Historical Perspectives of Nursing

115

(9)

The Nightingale Influence

124

(1)

The Military Influence

125

(8)

Early Schools in the United States

133

(5)

The Beginning of Nursing Organizations

138

(3)

The Development of Hospitals and Nursing Homes in the United States

141

(7)

5 The Development of Nursing as a Profession

148

(43)

Nursing Defined

150

(6)

Characteristics of a Profession

156

(5)

Differentiating Between the Terms "Profession" and "Professional"

161

(1)

The Image of Nursing Today

162

(3)

Nursing's Image and the Nursing Shortage

165

(2)

Studies For and About Nursing

167

(8)

Defining a Language for Nursing

175

(6)

Traditions in Nursing

181

(10)

6 Educational Preparation for Nursing

191

(46)

The Nursing Assistant

193

(1)

Practical Nurse Education

194

(2)

Diploma Education

196

(1)

Associate Degree Education

197

(4)

Baccalaureate Education

201

(2)

Master's and Doctoral Programs That Prepare for Licensure

203

(2)

Similarities Among Entry-Level Programs

205

(3)

Other Forms of Nursing Education

208

(4)

Nursing Education at the Graduate Level

212

(1)

Articulated Programs

213

(1)

Nondegree Programs

214

(1)

Residencies and Structured Orientation for the New Graduate

215

(1)

Factors Influencing Nursing Education

216

(2)

The American Nurses Association Position Paper

218

(4)

Differentiated Practice

222

(3)

Forces for Change in Nursing Education

225

(4)

Continuing Education

229

(8)

UNIT III Legal and Ethical Responsibility and Accountability for Practice

237

(170)

7 Credentials for Health Care Providers

238

(34)

Types of Credentials in Health Care

239

(4)

Nursing Licensure in the United States

243

(9)

Obtaining a Nursing License

252

(5)

Multistate Licensure

257

(2)

Revocation or Limitation of a License

259

(1)

Sunset Laws

260

(1)

Licensure of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools

261

(1)

International Nursing Licensure

262

(1)

Certification in Nursing

262

(5)

The Future of Credentialing in Health Care

267

(5)

8 Legal Responsibilities for Practice

272

(40)

Understanding the Scope of the Law

273

(1)

Sources of Law

274

(2)

Other Factors Affecting Legal Decisions

276

(2)

Classification of Laws

278

(1)

Criminal Law and Nursing

279

(1)

Civil Law and Nursing

280

(3)

Liability

283

(3)

Liability Insurance

286

(3)

National Data Bank

289

(1)

Legal Issues Common in Nursing

289

(13)

Factors That Contribute to Malpractice Claims

302

(2)

Preventing Malpractice Claims

304

(2)

Elements of a Legal Action

306

(1)

The Nurse as Witness

307

(5)

9 Ethical Concerns in Nursing Practice

312

(46)

Understanding the Concept of Ethics

313

(3)

Basic Ethical Concepts

316

(6)

Ethical Theories

322

(1)

Factors That Influence Ethical Decision-Making

322

(13)

Factors in the Work Environment That Affect Ethical Decision-Making

335

(2)

A Framework for Ethical Decision-Making

337

(2)

Specific Ethical Issues Related to the Profession of Nursing

339

(10)

The Chemically Impaired Professional

349

(4)

Boundary Violations

353

(5)

10 Bioethical Issues in Health Care

358

(49)

Major Areas Where Bioethics Are Applied

359

(3)

Bioethical Issues Related to the Beginning of Life

362

Bioethical Issues Concerning Death

316

(72)

Bioethical Concerns Related to Sustaining Quality of Life

388

(10)

Other Bioethical Issues

398

(9)

UNIT IV Career Opportunities and Professional Growth

407

(144)

11 Beginning Your Career as a Nurse

409

(45)

Employment Opportunities Today

410

(2)

Competencies of the New Graduate

412

(4)

Personal Career Goals

416

(2)

Making Goals Reality

418

(16)

Problems Experienced by Nurses in the Workplace

434

(7)

Discrimination in Nursing

441

(5)

Workplace Safety and Health for Nurses

446

(8)

12 Preparing for Workplace Participation

454

(36)

Understanding Organizations

456

(2)

Organizational Relationships

458

(5)

Shared Governance

463

(1)

Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery

464

(4)

Collective Bargaining

468

(22)

13 Initiating the Leadership/Management Role

490

(29)

Understanding Leadership and Management

491

(1)

Understanding Accountability and Authority

492

(5)

The Concept of Power

497

(5)

Developing Your Leadership Style

502

(2)

Communicating Effectively

504

(1)

Using Communication Skills in the Leadership Role

505

(2)

Performance Appraisal

507

(6)

Time Management

513

(6)

14 Working With Others for Patient Care

519

(32)

Transdisciplinary Health Care

520

(6)

Team Building

526

(2)

Motivating Others

528

(2)

Delegating

530

(7)

Managing Change

537

(5)

Managing Conflict

542

(9)

Appendix A Commonly Used Acronyms

551

(4)

Index

555

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