Now in full-color, this best-selling, easy-to-read text introduces you to the issues and trends you're likely to encounter in any nursing practice setting. Each stand-alone chapter explores a specific topic and gives insightful discussions of issues such as the health care delivery system, professionalization in nursing, standards and scope of practice, socialization and nursing theories surrounding the profession, and political action facing nurses.

• Case studies help you empathize with real patients.
• Critical thinking questions and challenges enable you to apply chapter-relevant information to scenarios and envision a personal philosophy of nursing.
• Evidence-based Practice boxes offer insight and highlight research that affects patient care.
• News Notes tie information from the text to real-life nursing situations.
• Cultural Consideration Challenges help you develop cultural sensitivity and familiarize you with cultural influences.
• Interview boxes explore the issues of culture and faith from the perspectives of practicing nurses.

• Updated content on topics such as the socialization of nursing, nursing activism, evidence-based practice, and nursing education degree programs, ensures that you have the most up-to-date and relevant information for your career.
• A variety of student activities for each chapter on the Evolve companion website help you apply topics presented in the text.