9781605473956

Table of Contents


	Contributors	v
	Reviewers	vii
	Preface	ix
1	FURTHERING THE PROFESSION	1
Chapter 1	Entry into Practice: The Debate Rages On Carol J. Huston	1
Chapter 2	Evidence-Based Practice Suzanne S. Prevost and Sheron Salyer	19
Chapter 3	Blending the New Essentials of Baccalaureate Education and Distance Learning Education Models Catherine Wilde McPhee	33
Chapter 4	Using Simulation to Teach Nurses Sherry D. Fox and Rebekah Damazo	51
2	WORKFORCE ISSUES	71
Chapter 5	The Current Nursing Shortage: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions Carol J. Huston	71
Chapter 6	Importing Foreign Nurses Carol J. Huston	93
Chapter 7	Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Registered Nurse Carol J. Huston	117
Chapter 8	Socialization and Mentoring Jeanne Madison	131
Chapter 9	Diversity in the Nursing Workforce Carol J. Huston	145
3	WORKPLACE ISSUES	165
Chapter 10	Mandatory Minimum Staffing Ratios: Are they Working? Carol J. Huston	165
Chapter 11	Mandatory Overtime in Nursing: How Much? How Often? Carol J. Huston	181
Chapter 12	Violence in Nursing: The Expectations and the Reality Charmaine Hockley	197
Chapter 13	Technology in the Health Care Workplace: Benefits, Limitations, and Challenges Carol J. Huston	215
Chapter 14	Medical Errors: An Ongoing Threat to Quality Health Care Carol J. Huston	235
4	LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES	259
Chapter 15	Whistle-Blowing in Nursing Carol J. Huston	259
Chapter 16	Impaired Nursing Practice�What are the Issues? Jennifer Lillibridge	275
Chapter 17	Collective Bargaining and the Professional Nurse Carol J. Huston	287
Chapter 18	Assuring Provider Competence through Licensure, Continuing Education, and Certification Carol J. Huston	303
5	PROFESSIONAL POWER	321
Chapter 19	The Nursing Profession�s Historic Struggle to Increase its Power Base Carol J. Huston	321
Chapter 20	Professional Identity and Image Carol J. Huston	337
Chapter 21	Advanced Practice Nursing: The Latest Issues and Trends Margaret Rowberg	355
Chapter 22	Nursing and Public Policy: Getting Involved Catherine J. Dodd and Clarilee Hauser	375
Chapter 23	Nursing�s Professional Associations Marjorie Beyers	403