From the Book - Fourth edition.
Entry into practice: the debate rages on
Developing effective leaders to meet 21st-Century health care challenges
Advanced practice nursing: where is the DNP today?
Is there a nursing shortage?
Unlicensed assistive personnel and the registered nurse
Diversity in the nursing workforce
Mandatory minimum staffing ratios: are they needed?
Mandatory overtime in nursing: how much? How often?
Violence in nursing: the expectations and the reality
The use of social media in nursing: pitfalls and opportunities
Medical errors: an ongoing threat to quality health care
Using simulation to teach nurses
Can clinical reasoning be taught?
New graduate RN transition to practice programs
MOOCS and virtual learning spaces: a withering of the traditional classroom
Academic integrity in nursing education: is it declining?
Whistle-blowing in nursing
Impaired nursing practice: is progress being made?
Collective bargaining and the professional nurse
Assuring provider competence through licensure, continuing education, and certification
The nursing profession's historic struggle to increase its power base
Professional identity and image
Nursing, policy, and politics: understanding the connection: nurses' role in the policy process
Professional nursing associations.