Nursing today: transitions and trends. / 
[edited by] JoAnn Zerwekh, Jo Carol Claborn. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - St. Louis, Mo. :  Saunders,  c2003. 
 - xvi, 619 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: 1. Role transitions -- 2. Nursing: a developing profession : Historical perspectives: Influences of the past -- Image of nursing: influences of the present -- Nursing education --3. Nursing management: Challenges of nursing management -- Group process and tea m building -- Effective communication -- Conflict management -- Time management -- Delegation in the clinical setting -- Using nursing research in practice -- 4. Health care delivery system: The health care organization and patterns of nursing care delivery -- Health in community: Nursing's role -- Complementary and alternative therapies in nursing and health care -- Trends and economics in the health care delivery system -- Nursing Informatics -- Political action in nursing -- A collective voice in the workshop -- 5. Ethical and legal issues in nursing:  Ethical issues -- Legal issues -- 6. In search of employment: finding your niche in the world: Employment considerations: opportunities and resumes -- Interviewing for employment -- 7. Thriving...not just surviving: Self-care strategies -- NCLEX-RN and the new graduate -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0721696929 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002030914 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing--Vocational guidance.<br/>Nursing--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT82.N87 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73/06/9