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ISSUES AND TRENDS ONLINE FOR NURSING TODAY: TRANSITION & TRENDS (USER GUIDE AND ACCESS CODE)
Issues and Trends Online for Nursing Today: Transition & Trends (User Guide and Access Code)
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By
JoAnn Zerwekh, MSN, EdD, RN, MSN, EdD, RN. Executive Director, Nursing Education Consultants, Ingram, TX; Nursing Faculty - Online Campus, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Jo Carol Claborn, MS, RN, MS, RN. Executive Director, Nursing Education Consultants, Ingram, TX

Description
Designed specifically for Issues and Trends courses within the nursing curriculum, this one-of-a-kind, revolutionary online course includes a total of 25 modules that correspond directly to each chapter of the bestselling, Nursing Today: Transition and Trends, 5th Edition. All of the modules are consistently organized with each including a lively cartoon, key chapter objectives, content screens that offer web quests, reading/writing assignments, in-depth case studies, learning activities, discussion questions, full-color animations, and video clips. It's the online solution for the most-up-to-date, relevant information on the challenges and opportunities students will face upon graduation. There's nothing else like it! Also included is a user's guide with complete instructions on how to get started with the online course, a sample course syllabus, a full description of each asset/feature available, and how to work through each section of the course.

Contents
1. Reality Shock

2. Self-care Strategies

3. Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes and Interviewing

4. Mentoring and Preceptorship

5. NCLEX-RN and the New Graduate

6. Historical Perspectives: Influences of the Past

7. Nursing Education

8. Nursing Theories

9. Image of Nursing: Influences of the Present

10. Challenges of Nursing Management

11. Effective Communication & Team Building

12. Conflict Management

13. Time Management

14. Delegation in the Clinical Setting

15. The Health Care Organization and Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery

16. Economics of the Health Care Delivery System

17. Political Action in Nursing

18. Collective Bargaining: Traditional and Non-traditional Approaches

19. Ethical Issues

20. Legal Issues

21. Cultural & Spiritual Awareness

22. Quality Patient Care

23. Nursing Informatics

24. Using Nursing Research in Practice

25. Workplace Issues

Bibliographic details
Network Version, 16 pages, publication date: OCT-2006
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3009-6
ISBN-10: 1-4160-3009-3
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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