Using a thought-provoking approach that fosters critical thinking and values clarification, this textbook examines the full range of professional issues facing contemporary nursing. Coverage includes critical issues such as the nursing shortage, mandatory staffing ratios, violence in nursing, legal and ethical issues, plus the latest HIPAA regulations, career advancement and evaluations, and best practices for today and the future. Chapters are grouped into five categories—furthering the profession, workforce issues, workplace issues, legal and ethical issues, and professional power. Each chapter presents multiple perspectives on a topic and ends with thought-provoking discussion questions. Comprehensive lists of electronic, news/media, and print resources help students find supplemental information.

Product Description: This management textbook/workbook is designed to help students to apply management concepts and theories to real-life situations. The case studies, based on varied health-care settings and nursing care delivery systems, are broken down into pieces, in order to allow the student to "learn to think" by critically analyzing each situation in a safe, pressure-free environment...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Management Decision Making for Nurses: 101 Case Studies Marquis, Bessie L.; Huston, Carol J.