Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends,&Management, 5th Edition prepares you for the rapidly evolving world of health care. It provides a comprehensive, yet focused overview of nursing topics affecting practice and issues facing today's nurse managers and tomorrow's nurse leaders. Written by well-known educators Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob, this edition is fully revised and updated, giving you the most practical, balanced preparation for the issues, trends, and management topics you'll encounter in practice.A full-color design helps illustrate concepts and enhances readability.Colorful, humorous cartoons introduce the chapter themes.Real-life Vignettes at the beginning of each chapter put nursing history and practice into perspective.Questions to Consider While Reading This Chapter reflect on the Vignettes and prepare you for the material to follow.Key Terms, Learning Outcomes, and Chapter Overviews help you study more efficiently.Coverage of leadership and management in nursing prepares you to function effectively in management roles.Coverage of career management provides strategies on how to make the transition from student to practitioner and tips on how to pass the NCLEX-RN® Examination. Safe and effective decision making is emphasized with a new Quality and Safety in Nursing Education (QSEN) chapter that highlights the six core quality competencies for working in a quality-focused system, plus new information on clinical practice guidelines and innovations in health care delivery. A focus on the nursing role includes new content on the jurisprudence examinations now required in many states, and additional content on contemporary ethical issues such as stem cell research, surrogate parenting, abortion, and gene typing.Coverage of teamwork and cultural sensitivity prepares you to work and communicate as team members across gender and cultural divides.Communication skills are promoted with new examples of effective and ineffective e-mail communication and a stronger focus on conflict management among coworkers.Coverage of nursing leadership includes the history, pros, and cons of collective bargaining in a new chapter, and relationships of cost, quality, and value in healthcare including issues such as "never events" and pay-for-performance.Nursing opportunities now include coverage of palliative care.Resources on the companion Evolve website include new Case Studies, interactive Student Learning Activities, and a Resume Builder.

Leading and Managing in Nursing, 5th Edition, by Patricia Yoder-Wise, successfully blends evidence-based guidelines with practical application. The new edition is designed to prepare you for the nursing leadership issues of today and tomorrow, providing just the right amount of information to equip you with the tools you need to succeed on the NCLEX and in practice. This thoroughly updated edition is organized around the issues that are central to the success of professional nurses in today's constantly changing healthcare environment, including patient safety, workplace violence, consumer relationships, cultural diversity, resource management, and many more. Merges theory, research, and practical application for an innovative approach to nursing leadership and management. Offers a practical, evidence-based approach to today's key issues, including patient safety, workplace violence, team collaboration, delegation, managing quality and risk, staff education, supervision, and managing costs and budgets. Features easy-to-find boxes, a full-color design, and new photos that highlight key information for quick reference and effective study. Research and Literature Perspective boxes summarize timely articles of interest, helping you apply current research to evidence-based practice. Includes critical thinking questions in every chapter, challenging you to think critically about chapter concepts and apply them to real-life situations.Provides Chapter Checklists for a quick review and study guide to the key ideas in each chapter, theory boxes with pertinent theoretical concepts, a glossary of key terms and definitions, and bulleted lists for applying key content to practice.Features new chapters on Patient Safety and Workplace Violence, illustrating the nurse manager's role in ensuring patient and worker safety. Includes Need to Know Now, bulleted lists of critical points that help you focus on essential research-based information in your transition to the workforce. Gives current research examples in The Evidence boxes at the end of each chapter, illustrating how to apply research to practice.Provides casrevised Challenge and Solutions case scenarios of real-life leadership and management issues, giving you contemporary scenarios covering current issues in nursing leadership and management.

Covering all advanced practice competencies and roles, this book offers strategies for enhancing patient care and legitimizing your role within today's health care system. It covers the history of advanced practice nursing, the theory behind the practice, and emerging issues. Offering a comprehensive exploration of advanced practice nursing, this edition also adds a focus on topics including the APN scope of practice, certification, and the ethical and legal issues that occur in clinical practice.The development of all major competencies of advanced practice nursing is discussed: direct clinical practice, consultation, coaching/guidance, research, leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision-making.Advanced practice competencies are discussed in relation to all advanced practice nursing and blended CNS-NP roles (case manager, acute care nurse practitioner), highlighting the shared aims and distinctions of each role.In-depth discussions on educational strategies explain how competencies develop as the nurses' practice progresses.A chapter on research competencies demonstrates how to use evidence-based research in practice, and how to promote these research competencies to other APNs.A conceptual framework shows the clear relationship between the competencies, roles, and challenges in today's health care environment.Practical strategies are provided for business management, contracting, and marketing.Comprehensive information covers the essential competencies of the new Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.More exemplars (case studies) provide real-life scenarios showing APN competencies in action.A new chapter shows how to provide reliable and valid data to substantiate your impact and justify equitable reimbursement for APN services, also enhancing your skills in quality improvement strategies, informatics, and systems thinking.Information on telehealth considerations covers the new sources of electronic healthcare information available to patients and describes how to counsel them on using reliable resources.

Quantum Leadership: Advancing Innovation, Transforming Health Care, Third Edition provides leaders in the health care industry with the skills they need to ensure that their organizations are guided accurately and effectively through periods of transformation. As rapid changes continue to affect the health care system, this text offers strategies for handling challenges that arise in health care organizations to better assist leaders in creating a healing environment for both the providers and consumers of health care. The Third Edition has been completely revised and updated and contains two new chapters: Creating Context: Innovation as a Way of Life and Evidentiary Leadership: An Expanded Lens to Determine Healthcare Value.

"Our second book, Retention and Productivity Strategies for Nurse Managers, focused on leadership skills necessary for managers to decrease attrition and increase productivity. This book was directed at the nurse-manager rather than the student. The experience of completing research for the second book, coupled with our clinical observations, compelled us to incorporate more leadership content in our teaching and to write this book. Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing was also influenced by national events in business and finance that led many to believe that a lack of leadership in management was widespread. It became apparent that if managers are to function effectively in the rapidly changing health care industry, enhanced leadership and management skills are needed"--Provided by publisher.

Reflecting rapid changes in the field, the fully updated fourth edition of this successful text focuses on the information students need to make a successful transition from the classroom to practice. It provides a solid understanding of the problems and opportunities professional nurses face, and it details the practical skills essential for success.New and expanded coverage is included on nursing management, the delegation of nursing care, community-based care, and alternative/complementary health care.Specific career management tools - covering communication in the workplace, time management, resume writing and interviewing tips, basics of budgeting, and a full chapter on the NCLEX-RN exam - give readers the practical advice they need to succeed.Lively cartoons, student objectives and exercises, boxed information, and thought-provoking questions keep readers alert and focused on essential information.A solid chapter on delegation by well-known experts provides an in-depth practical introduction to this core component of every nurse's practice.A chapter on conflict resolution and management presents practical content focusing on strategies for "win-win" solutions to conflict.A new chapter on Nursing Informatics focuses on the importance of utilizing and integrating computers and technology in health care.New Faculty and Learning Resources provide web-based, interactive tools that include teaching tips, lecture outlines and illustration PowerPoint slides, test questions in the latest NCLEX format, suggestions for students, activities, and content updates with teaching suggestions.

Teaching in Nursing, 4th Edition is the only nursing text to address all three components of education -- teaching, curriculum, and evaluation. Comprehensive guidelines help you meet the day-to-day challenges of teaching, including curriculum development, the diversity of student learning styles, and developing and using classroom tests. This edition has been updated with information on the latest trends in education including new information on the use of simulations to facilitate learning, the latest on competency-based and concept-focused curricula, developing learner-centered courses, and more. Edited by expert nursing educators Diane M. Billings and Judith A. Halstead, Teaching in Nursing is a past winner of the AJN Book of the Year award, and is an excellent resource for nurses preparing to take the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Exam.The only nursing resource to cover teaching, curriculum, and evaluation of students -- the three essential components of nursing education.Contributing authors are nationally recognized scholars in their fields of expertise.Models of teaching are used to demonstrate clinical teaching, teaching in interdisciplinary setting, how to evaluate students in the clinical setting, and how to adapt teaching for community-based practice.Teaching strategies promote critical thinking and active learning, including evaluation techniques, lesson planning, and constructing examinations.Evidence-based teaching boxes explain how to practice and apply evidence-based teaching, with implications for faculty development, administration, and the institution.End-of-chapter summaries let you draw conclusions based on the chapter content.Open-ended application questions at the end of each chapter are ideal for faculty-guided discussion and online education.Up-to-date research looks ahead to the needs of the future.Updated Clinical Simulations chapter describes the most up-to-date simulation products and includes new information on using simulations to facilitate learning. NEW! Expanded information on using technology to facilitate learning. An emphasis on curriculum includes information on the newest competency-based and concept-focused curricula. NEW Developing Learner-Centered Courses chapter presents new information on learner development and socialization. NEW Accreditation of Nursing Programs chapter provides an overview of how a program attains accreditation status, and explains the importance of having an accredited nursing program. A completely revised media chapter provides new information about classroom response systems, using digital media, and handheld devices in the classroom. The evaluation section has been expanded to be inclusive of program evaluation related to accreditation process. Expanded information on developing and using classroom tests includes specifics on writing effective multiple-choice questions and the importance of item discrimination. The latest distance learning information describes the positives and negatives of video conferencing, webinars, and the latest approaches to engaging learners at a distance. Coverage of online teaching includes examples of how to design a course using Web 2.0 tools.

"Without question, this book should be on every nurse educator's bookshelf, or at least available through the library or nursing program office. Certainly, all graduate students studying to be nurse educators should have a copy." --Nursing Education Perspectives "This [third edition] is an invaluable resource for theoretical and practical application of evaluation and testing of clinical nursing students. Graduate students and veteran nurses preparing for their roles as nurse educators will want to add this book to their library." Score: 93, 4 stars --Doody's "This 3rd edition has again given us philosophical, theoretical and social/ethical frameworks for understanding assessment and measurement, as well as fundamental knowledge to develop evaluation tools for individual students and academic programs." -Nancy F. Langston, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean and Professor Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing All teachers need to assess learning. But often, teachers are not well prepared to carry out the tasks related to evaluation and testing. This third edition of Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education serves as an authoritative resource for teachers in nursing education programs and health care agencies. Graduate students preparing for their roles as nurse educators will also want to add this book to their collection. As an inspiring, award-winning title, this book presents a comprehensive list of all the tools required to measure students' classroom and clinical performance. The newly revised edition sets forth expanded coverage on essential concepts of evaluation, measurement, and testing in nursing education; quality standards of effective measurement instruments; how to write all types of test items and establish clinical performance parameters and benchmarks; and how to evaluate critical thinking in written assignments and clinical performance. Special features: The steps involved in test construction, with guidelines on how to develop test length, test difficulty, item formats, and scoring procedures Guidelines for assembling and administering a test, including design rules and suggestions for reproducing the test Strategies for writing multiple-choice and multiple-response items How to develop test items that prepare students for licensure and certification examinations Like its popular predecessors, this text offers a seamless blending of theoretical and practical insight on evaluation and testing in nursing education, thus serving as an invaluable resource for both educators and students.

Completely updated in a new edition, Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing provides students with the necessary skills to make sound management decisions in a dynamic health care environment. Used worldwide, this award-winning book is now offered in a revised seventh edition to reflect the many changes in health care and nursing. Targeted to both practicing nurses and those in management, this book provides the tools for using the skills presented in each chapter, case studies with a managers checklist, critical thinking questions, key terms, an easy-to-read format, and a link to online instruction. In the ever-changing health care environment, nurses have never needed this information more.