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Issues and Trends in Nursing synthesizes the scientific, technical, ethical, and organizational issues that are essential for nurses to understand in order to work in today's ever-evolving healthcare arena. Arranged into four major units to provide a comprehensive examination of issues impacting the nursing metaparadigm--person, environment, health, and nursing, this relevant, timely text covers issues pertinent to everyday practice, including safety, confidentiality, technology, regulatory compliance, and global health.
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Roux (Loyola U. Chicago, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing) and Halstead's (Indiana U. School of Nursing, Indianapolis) undergraduate nursing textbook covers the range of issues new nurses encounter when entering today's healthcare arena. Twenty-two chapters by 33 American health care academics and practitioners are organized into sections reflecting the four key concepts of the profession--nursing, environment, person, health--and cover key issues in the professional aspects of nursing,safety, quality management, performance outcomes in the workplace, emergency preparedness, global health issues, the legal and ethical issues in nursing care, urban and rural health care issues, informatics, and the future of nursing. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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