The updated third edition of this successful Canadian 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. The third edition includes the inclusion of coverage of evidence-based nursing, and updates to current legislation and policies.
The updated third edition of this successful Canadian 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. The third edition includes the inclusion of coverage of evidence-based nursing, and updates to current legislation and policies.
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Höhe: 229 mm
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978-0-7817-8981-3 (9780781789813)
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Part 1 - Nurses, Nursing and the Healthcare System Chapter 1 - Nursing Issues: A Call to Political Action Chapter 2 - Rural Nursing in Canada Chapter 3 - Canadian Healthcare System Chapter 4 - Issues in Contemporary Nursing Leadership Chapter 5 - Health and Nursing Policy: A Matter of Politics, Power, and Professionalism Chapter 6 - Policy: The Essential Link in Successful Transformations Part 2 - Regulatory Power Chapter 7 - The Canadian Nurses Association and the International Council of Nurses (New!) Chapter 8 - Canadian Provincial and Territorial Professional Associations and Colleges Chapter 9 - The NP Movement: Recurring Issues Part 3 - Nursing Knowledge: How We Come to Know What We Know Chapter 10 - Challenges and Change in Undergraduate Nursing Education Chapter 11 - Graduate Education Chapter 12 - The Challenges of Holistic Nursing Practice Chapter 13 - Nursing, Technology and Informatics: Understanding the Past and Embracing the Future Chapter 14 - The Realities of Canadian Nursing Research Part 4 - Workplace Realities Chapter 15 - Issues Arising From the Nature of Nurses'Work and Workplaces Chapter 16 - The Nursing Shortage: Assumptions and Realities (New!) Chapter 17 - Taking Power: Making Change and Nurses' Unions in Canada Chapter 18 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Chapter 19 - Issues of Gender and Power: The Significance Attributed to Nurses' Work Chapter 20 - When Difference Matters: The Politics of Privilege and Marginality Chapter 21 - Orientating to Difference: Beyond Heteronormative Sexualities (New!) Chapter 22 - Environmental Healthand Nursing Chapter 23 - Interpersonal Violence and Abuse: Ending the Silence Chapter 24 - Challenges for the New Millenium: Nursing in First Nations Chapter 25 - Opening Conversations: Dilemmas and Possibilities of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Chapter 26 - Looking Back, Moving Forward: Taking Nursing toward 2020
