Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780443123566)

Get the big picture on professional nursing issues and prepare for leadership and management! Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 10th Edition ensures that you are prepared for the complex and rapidly changing world of today's nursing. Coverage of key topics includes nursing theories and evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality care, clinical judgment, delegation and supervision, communication and interdisciplinary collaboration, and working within a multicultural and multigenerational environment. Written by noted nursing educators Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob, this text not only prepares you for success on the NCLEX-RN^(R) examination but for a role as an effective nursing manager and leader.

• NEW! Information on COVID-19 covers its impact on the nursing workforce, including travel nursing, as well as self-care and PTSD in post-pandemic nursing.
• NEW! Coverage of emerging issues includes cultural humility, health disparities, and social determinants of health.
• NEW! Workforce advocacy updates address the nursing shortage, the Nurses Bill of Rights, and whistleblower protection.
• NEW! Updated NCLEX-RN(R) Examination information includes the latest on the Next Generation NCLEX(R) exam, question types, and the new test plan.
• NEW! Chapter summaries close the loop from the opening questions at the beginning of the chapter to the summary of key content.
• NEW! Updates on information technology include health-related wearable technologies including sensors, biosensors, and remote monitoring, as well as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual and augmented reality technologies.
• NEW! Updates on nursing leadership and management include expanded content on bullying and incivility, communication with different generations, and the use of social media.
• NEW! Updated national patient safety goals include content on nursing quality indicators, AHRQ's 2023 Making Healthcare Safer report, and the role of professional nurses in quality improvement guided by the AACN 2021 Essentials.
• NEW! Updates on health policy and politics include information from the Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030 and content on reducing disparities to achieve health equity.
• Current Issues in Health Care unit covers the rising costs of health care, legal and ethical issues, cultural competency, complementary and alternative healing, palliative care, workforce advocacy, collective bargaining, emergency preparedness, and more.
• Leadership and Management in Nursing unit guides you through management skills such as budgeting, delegation, staffing, communication and conflict resolution, and health policy and politics.
• Career Management unit describes how to make the transition from student to professional nurse, time management, career opportunities, and tips on how to pass the NCLEX-RN(R) examination.
• Colorful, humorous cartoons depict the themes in each chapter, and full-color illustrations demonstrate concepts.
• Case studies help you apply theory to clinical practice and to build clinical judgment skills.
• Vignettes at the beginning of each chapter personalize nursing history and practice, and help you understand your place in the profession.
• Questions to Consider While Reading This Chapter follow, reflecting back on the Vignettes and focusing on the topic to be discussed.
• Key terms, learning outcomes, and chapter overviews also begin each chapter, helping you organize and focus your study, and a summary at the end of each chapter reinforces the key points to remember.

Author: Barbara Cherry
ISBN-10: 044312356X
ISBN-13: 9780443123566
Publisher: Elsevier
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2025
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs