The updated Second Edition of this successful text includes the latest and most vital professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues affecting Canadian nurses. Chapters by the most influential leaders in Canadian nursing explore a broad range of current issues including the Canadian health care system, the nursing shortage, professional organizations, nursing research, nursing education, workplace realities, and societal challenges such as nursing in First Nations communities. Emphasis is on the process of articulating issues and devising strategies for resolution. Each chapter begins with critical thinking questions and ends with reflections and lists of resources, including Websites.
The updated Second Edition of this successful text includes the latest and most vital professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues affecting Canadian nurses. Chapters by the most influential leaders in Canadian nursing explore a broad range of current issues including the Canadian health care system, the nursing shortage, professional organizations, nursing research, nursing education, workplace realities, and societal challenges such as nursing in First Nations communities. Emphasis is on the process of articulating issues and devising strategies for resolution. Each chapter begins with critical thinking questions and ends with reflections and lists of resources, including Websites.
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Höhe: 232 mm
Breite: 187 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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978-0-7817-6132-1 (9780781761321)
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Part One Nurses, Nursing and the Health Care System Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing Issues: Implications for the Nursing Profession Chapter 2: Advanced Nursing Practice: An Issue Exemplar Chapter 3: Canadian Health Care System Chapter 4: Innovation and Contemporary Nursing Leadership Chapter 5: Health and Nursing Policy: A Matter of Politics, Power and Professionalism Chapter 6: Policy as the Lever for Effecting Change Part Two Regulatory Power Chapter 7: International Council of Nurses Chapter 8: Canadian Nurses Association Chapter 9: Canadian Provincial and Territorial Professional Associations and Colleges Chapter 10: International Regulation: Nursing in Germany and the Netherlands Part Three Nursing Knowledge: How We Come to Know What We Know Chapter 11: Undergraduate Education: Development and Politics Chapter 12: Graduate Education Chapter 13: Nursing Competence: Constructing Persons and a Form of Life Chapter 14: Nursing Technology and Informatics: an Easy or Uneasy Alliance? Chapter 15: The Realities of Canadian Nursing Research Part Four Workplace Realities Chapter 16: Issues Arising From the Nature of Nurses Work/ The Workplace Environment Chapter 17: Unionization: Collective Bargaining in Nursing Chapter 18: Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Chapter 19: Issues of Gender and Power: The Significance Attributed to Nurses' Work Part Five Societal Issues: Challenges for Nursing Practice Chapter 20: The Consumer Movement Chapter 21: Violence and Abuse: Ending the Silence Chapter 22: Environmental Health and Nursing Chapter 23: When Difference Matters: The Politics of Privilege and Marginality Chapter 24: Nursing in First Nations Communities Chapter 25: Spirituality and Nursing Practice Chapter 26: Future of Nursing Issues
