Professional issues in nursing / challenges and opportunities / Carol J. Huston

UNIT 1 FURTHERING THE PROFESSION
ch. 1 Entry Into Practice: The Debate Rages On
ch. 2 Evidence-Based Practice
ch. 3 Developing Effective Leaders to Meet 21st-century Health Care Challenges
ch. 4 Advanced Practice Nursing: Where is the DNP Today?
UNIT 2 WORKFORCE ISSUES
ch. 5 Is There a Nursing Shortage?
ch. 6 Importing Foreign Nurses
ch. 7 Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Registered Nurse
ch. 8 Diversity in the Nursing Workforce
UNIT 3 WORKPLACE ISSUES
ch. 9 Mandatory Minimum Staffing Ratios: Are They Needed?
ch. 10 Mandatory Overtime in Nursing: How Much? How Often?
ch. 11 Violence in Nursing: The Expectations and the Reality
ch. 12 The Use of Social Media in Nursing: Pitfalls and Opportunities
ch. 13 Medical Errors: An Ongoing Threat to Quality Health Care
UNIT 4 NURSING EDUCATION ISSUES
ch. 14 Using Simulation to Teach Nurses
ch. 15 Can Clinical Reasoning Be Taught?
ch. 16 New Graduate RN Transition to Practice Programs
ch. 17 MOOCS and Virtual Learning Spaces: A Withering of the Traditional Classroom
ch. 18 Academic Integrity in Nursing Education: Is it Declining?
UNIT 5 LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
ch. 19 Whistle-Blowing in Nursing
ch. 20 Impaired Nursing Practice: Is Progress Being Made?
ch. 21 Collective Bargaining and the Professional Nurse
ch. 22 Assuring Provider Competence Through Licensure, Continuing Education, and Certification
UNIT 6 PROFESSIONAL POWER
ch. 23 The Nursing Profession's Historic Struggle to Increase Its Power Base
ch. 24 Professional Identity and Image
ch. 25 Nursing, Policy, and Politics: Understanding the Connection: Nurses' Role in the Policy Process
ch. 26 Professional Nursing Associations