Product Description: AJN Book of the Year 2009 Noted nursing professionals and educators share their expertise...on the evolution of the APN’s role from a historical perspective to the present, the non-clinical knowledge necessary for professional success, and future issues and challenges...read more

The book addresses the evolution of the Advance Practice Nurse (APN) role over time, the environment in which APNs practice, APN core competencies, evolving issues, challenges, and basic organizational and business skills that will allow the APN to survive and thrive. The author and her stellar list of contributors tackle the topics that all nursing graduate students need to be familiar with to function as an APN, such as: evidence-based practice, ethical decision-making, basic teaching skills, starking a practice and practice management, court cases involving the APN, and much more.

Product Description: *Reviews all material critical to the Introduction to Nursing Courses (Trends and Issues) *New edition details the changing roles of registered nurses within managed care and institutional settings *Covers career management, including consulting, retaining, and continuing educatio...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)