Contemporary Nursing

Get the big picture on professional nursing issues and prepare for leadership and management! <b>Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, Tenth Edition </b>ensures that you are prepared for the complex and rapidly changing world of today&rsquo;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^® examination but for a role as an effective nursing manager and leader.<ul><li><b>NEW! Information on COVID-19</b> covers its impact on the nursing workforce, including travel nursing, as well as self-care and PTSD in post-pandemic nursing</li><li><b>NEW! Coverage of emerging issues </b>includes cultural humility, health disparities, and social determinants of health</li><li><b>NEW! Workforce advocacy updates</b> address the nursing shortage, the <i>Nurses Bill of Rights</i>, and whistleblower protection</li><li><b>NEW! Updated NCLEX-RN</b>®<b> Examination information </b>includes the latest on the Next Generation NCLEX® exam, question types, and the new test plan</li><li><b>NEW! Chapter summaries</b> close the loop from the opening questions at the beginning of the chapter to the summary of key content</li><li><b>NEW! Updates on information technology </b>include health-related wearable technologies including sensors, biosensors, and remote monitoring, as well as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual and augmented reality technologies</li><li><b>NEW! Updates on nursing leadership and management</b> include expanded content on bullying and incivility, communication with different generations, and the use of social media</li><li><b>NEW! Updated national patient safety goals </b>include content on nursing quality indicators, AHRQ&rsquo;s 2023 <i>Making Healthcare Safer </i>report,<i> </i>and<i> </i>the role of professional nurses in quality improvement guided by the AACN 2021 <i>Essentials</i></li><li><b>NEW! Updates on health policy and politics </b>include information from the <i>Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030 </i>and content on reducing disparities to achieve health equity</li><li><b><i>Current Issues in Health Care </i></b><b>unit </b>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</li><li><b><i>Leadership and Management in Nursing</i></b> <b>unit </b>guides you through management skills such as budgeting, delegation, staffing, communication and conflict resolution, and health policy and politics</li><li><b><i>Career Management</i></b> <b>unit </b>describes how to make the transition from student to professional nurse, time management, career opportunities, and tips on how to pass the NCLEX-RN® examination</li><li><b>Colorful, humorous</b> <b>cartoons </b>depict the themes in each chapter, and full-color illustrations demonstrate concepts</li><li><b>Case studies</b> help you apply theory to clinical practice and to build clinical judgment skills</li><li><b><i>Vignettes</i></b><b> at the beginning of each chapter</b> personalize nursing history and practice, and help you understand your place in the profession</li><li><b><i>Questions to Consider</i></b><i> <b>While Reading This Chapter</b> </i>follow, reflecting back on the <i>Vignettes</i> and focusing on the topic to be discussed</li><li><b>Key terms</b>,<b> learning outcomes, and chapter overviews </b>also begin each chapter, helping you organize and focus your study, and a <b>summary</b> at the end of each chapter reinforces the key points to remember</li></ul>