NURSING NOW: TODAY'S ISSUES, TOMORROWS
TRENDS8TH EDITION
BY JOSEPH T. CATALANO LATEST UPDATE.
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT 1: THE GROWTH OF NURSING
1: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
PROFESSION2: HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVES
3: THEORIES AND MODELS OF
NURSING4: THE PROCESS OF
EDUCATING NURSES
5: THE EVOLUTION OF LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND
NURSING ORGANIZATIONSUNIT 2: MAKING THE
TRANSITION TO PROFESSIONAL
6: ETHICS IN
NURSING7:
BIOETHICAL
ISSUES
8: NURSING LAW AND LIABILITY
9: REALITY SHOCK IN THE
WORKPLACEUNIT 3:
LEADING AND MANAGING
10: LEADERSHIP, FOLLOWERSHIP, AND MANAGEMENT
11: COMMUNICATION, NEGOTIATION, AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
12: UNDERSTANDING AND DEALING SUCCESSFULLY
WITH DIFFICULT BEHAVIOR13: HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY
SYSTEMS
14: ENSURING
QUALITY CARE15:
DELEGATION IN
NURSING
16: INCIVILITY: THE ANTITHESIS
OF CARING17: NURSING
INFORMATICS
18: THE POLITICALLY
ACTIVE NURSEUNIT 4:
ISSUES IN DELIVERING
CARE
19: THE HEALTH-CARE DEBATE: BEST ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
FOR THE BEST OUTCOMES20: SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH CARE
21: DIVERSITY
22: IMPACT OF THE AGING POPULATION ON
HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY23: CLIENT EDUCATION:
A MORAL IMPERATIVE
24: NURSING RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-
,BASED PRACTICE25: INTEGRATIVE
HEALTH PRACTICES
26: PREPARING FOR AND RESPONDING
TO DISASTERS 27: DEVELOPMENTS IN
CURRENT NURSING PRACTICE 28:
NCLEX: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
, answers are at the end of each chapter
chapter 1: the growth of nursing
questions
1. nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
that result in injury to the client. this is due to which concept associated with the nursing
profession?
1. autonomy
2. accountability
3. precision
4. specificity
answer:
2. if a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
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care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1. client-based practice
2. physician-based practice
3. evidence-based practice
4. provider-based practice
answer:
3. today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick
and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. this is why
nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
1. altruistic
2. synergistic
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