Current issues in nursing / Joanne McCloskey Dochterman, Helen Kennedy Grace.

Previous ed.: 1997.

35. The problems with health care customer satisfaction surveys--36. Licensure in nursing: Old vs. New approaches--37. Performance evaluation: Measuring clinical competencies--SECTION 6: GOVERNANCE:- Overview: Challenges to nursing leadership in a changing nursing practice world:Debate: 38. The increasing use of unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP): The erosion and devotion of nursing--Viewpoints: 39. Leadership in transition--40. Nurses in nonnursing leadership positions--41. Community-based academic health centers--42. Nursing centers: New opportunities and continuing challenges--43. Better together: Developing education-community linkages to enhance professional practice for the 21st century--44. Shared governance models in nursing: What is shared, who governs, and who benefits?--SECTION 7: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS:- Overview: system reform: Opportunity or threat?--Debate: 45. From a medical care system for a few to a comprehensive health care system for all--Viewpoints: 46. Business coalitions in an electronic age: Surviving in local and global markets--47. Nursing in a political era--48. The corporatization of Health Care: Mergers and acquisitions--49. Nurse practitioners: Issues within a managed care environment--50. Contracting for nursing services--SECTION 8: HEALTH CARE COSTS:- Overview: A Concern for costs-- Debate: 51. Controlling health care costs: Regulation vs. competition--Viewpoints: 52. Managed care, Prospective payment, and reimbursement trends: Impact and implications for nursing--53. Cost of home care for persons with disability--54. Paradigm shift: Taking care of patients and taking care of business--55. Reimbursement for alternative providers--56. Financial management for patient care managers--SECTION 9: ROLE TRANSITIONS:- Overview: Colleagues and conflict:- Debate-57. Collaboration between nurses and physicians in the 21st century: What is it? Does it exist? Why does it matter?--Viewpoints: 58. Feminism and nursing: Reclaiming nightingale's vision--59. Entering collegial relationships: The demise of nurse as victim--60. Collaboration between medical and nursing education in community-based settings--61. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants: Separated at birth--62. Conflict and collaboration: Relationships and challenges--63. Some reflections on conflict resolution in nursing: The implications of negotiating at an uneven table--SECTION 10: CULTURAL DIVERSITY:- Overview: Diversity in nursing: A formidable challenge--Debate: 64. Why isn't nursing more diversified?--Viewpoints: 65. Minority representation in nursing education programs: increasing cultural competence--66. Finally we have arrived: men in nursing--67. Bridging cultures: African americans and nursing--68. Bridging cultures: Asians and Pacific islanders and nursing--69. Bridging cultures: Hispanics / Latinos and nursing--70. Bridging cultures: American indians and nursing--SECTION 11: ETHICS, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES:- Overview: Ethical, legal and social concerns in a changing health care world--Debate: 71. The ethics of health care reform: should rationing strategies target the elderly?--Viewpoints: 72. Legal implications for professional practice--73. Ethical issues and resources for nurses across the continuum--74. Sexual harrassment--75. Pediatric nursing and TV viewing: An opportunity to affect children's health--76. Child neglect preventive interventions: Nursing's role--77. Alzheimer's disease: Legal, Ethical and moral considerations--78. Advance directives: Challenges for nurses and patients--79. Just Managing: Ethical obligations and the managed health care marketplace--SECTION 12: INTERNATIONAL NURSING:- Overview: Nursing around the world--Viewpoints: 80. An overview of health care and nursing Education and practice in southern africa--81. An overview of health care and nursing education and practice in canada--82. An overview of health care and nursing Education and practice in britain--83. An overview of health care and nursing education and practice in Japan--84. An overview of health care and nursing education and practice in latin america--85. An overview of health care and nursing education and practice in Russia--Concluding notes and future direction.

SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS OF NURSING:-Overview: The richness of Nursing--Debate: 1. What is nursing?--Viewpoints: 2. Staff nurses working in hospitals: Who are they, what do they do, and what challenges do they face?--3. Clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners: Who are they, what do they do, and what challenges do they face?--4. Nurse executives: Who are they, what do they do, and what challenges do they face?--5. Nursing faculty: Who are they, what do they do, and what challenges do they face?--6. Nurse researchers: Who are they, what do they do, and what challenges do they face?--SECTION 2: CHANGING INFORMATION:- Overview: Data, Information, knowledge--Debate: 7. Nursing theory, nursing research, and nursing practice: connected or separate?--Viewpoints: 8. Standardized terminologies and integrated information systems: building blocks for transforming data into nursing knowledge--9. Evidence-based practice: a tool for clinical and managerial decision making--10. Benchmarking: A tool for management decision making--11. Use of distance technology for education, practice, and research--12. Electronic information exchange in the year 2010--SECTION 3: CHANGING EDUCATION:- Overview: Nursing education in transition--Debate: 13. The century ahead: Old traditions and new challenges for nursing education--Viewpoints: 14. Changing methods of education--15. International graduate nursing education: A modest proposal--16. Broadening clinical education in basic nursing programs--17. Broadening clinical education in APN Graduate education programs--18. Critical thinking: What is it and how do we teach it?--19. Collaborative institutional approaches to nursing education--SECTION 4: CHANGING PRACTICE:- Overview: A nurse is not a nurse is not a nurse . . .: Debate: 20. Moving the care: From hospital to home, from nurses to whom?--Viewpoints: 21. Ambulatory care nursing: Challenges for the 21st century--22. Current issues in emergency nursing 2000--23. Recent changes and current issues in Gerontological nursing--24. Hospice care: Underutilized and misunderstood--25. Recent changes and current issues in adult health / medical-surgical nursing practice--26. Recent changes and current issues in parish nursing--27. Recent changes and current issues in perinatal nursing--28. Recent changes and current issues in perioperative nursing--29. Recent changes and current issues in Psychiatric nursing--30. Alternative and complementary therapies: An overview and issues--SECTION 5: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT:- Overview: Preserving quality in an era of cost control--Debate: 31. Can quality of care be maintained in a managed care system?--Viewpoints: 32. Standards and guidelines: Have they made any difference?--33. The use of clinical pathways: Do they improve quality?--34. Outcomes management for quality improvement--

Chapters in this text are grouped into sections focusing on major themes. Each section features an overview, a debate chapter and several viewpoint chapters. This format gives students the opportunity to analyse conflicting viewpoints.