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I |
FURTHERING THE PROFESSION |
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Chapter 1 |
Entry into Practice: The Debate Rages On |
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Chapter 2 |
Evidence Based Practice |
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Chapter 3 |
21st Century Leadership Challenges for Nurses |
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Chapter 4 |
Using Simulation to Teach Nurses |
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II |
WORKFORCE ISSUES |
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Chapter 5 |
The Current Nursing Shortage: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions |
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Chapter 6 |
Importing Foreign Nurses |
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Chapter 7 |
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Registered Nurse |
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Chapter 8 |
Socialization and Mentoring |
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Chapter 9 |
Diversity in the Nursing Workforce |
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Chapter 10 |
Residencies for New Graduate Nurses As a Transition to Practice |
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III |
WORKPLACE ISSUES |
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Chapter 11 |
Mandatory Minimum Staffing Ratios: Are They Working? |
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Chapter 12 |
Mandatory Overtime in Nursing: How Much? How Often? |
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Chapter 13 |
Violence in Nursing: The Expectations and the Reality |
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Chapter 14 |
Technology in the Health Care Workplace: Benefits, Limitations, and Challenges |
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Chapter 15 |
Medical Errors: An Ongoing Threat to Quality Health Care |
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IV |
LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES |
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Chapter 16 |
Whistle-Blowing in Nursing |
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Chapter 17 |
Impaired Nursing Practice – What Are We Doing About It? |
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Chapter 18 |
Collective Bargaining and the Professional Nurse |
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Chapter 19 |
Assuring Provider Competency through Licensure, Continuing Education, and Certification |
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V |
PROFESSIONAL POWER |
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Chapter 20 |
The Nursing Profession’s Historic Struggle to Increase Its Power Base |
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Chapter 21 |
Professional Identity and Image |
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Chapter 22 |
Advanced Practice Nursing: Challenges of Role Definition, Recognition, and Reimbursement |
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Chapter 23 |
Nursing and Public Policy: The Need for Healthcare Reform |
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Chapter 24 |
Nursing’s Professional Associations |
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