TY - BOOK AU - Zerwekh,JoAnn AU - Garneau,Ashley Zerwekh TI - Nursing today: transition and trends. SN - 9781437725674 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - RT82.N87 U1 - 610.7306/9 22 PY - 2011/// CY - St. Louis PB - Elsevier/Saunders KW - Nursing KW - Vocational guidance KW - Social aspects KW - Vocational Guidance N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Professional growth and transition: Role transitions -- Personal management: time and self-care strategies -- Mentorship and preceptorship -- Career development: Employment considerations : opportunities, resumes, and interviewing -- NCLEX-RN(r) examination and the new graduate -- Nursing: a developing profession: Historical perspectives: influences on the present -- Nursing education -- Nursing theory -- Image of nursing: influences of the present -- Nursing management: Challenges of nursing management and leadership -- Building nursing management skills -- Effective communication and team building -- Conflict management -- Delegation in the clinical setting --Current issues in health care: The health care organization and patterns of nursing care delivery -- Economics of the health care delivery system -- Political action in nursing -- Collective bargaining: traditional (union) and nontraditional approaches -- Ethical issues -- Legal issues -- Contemporary nursing practice: Cultural and spiritual awareness -- Quality patient care -- Nursing informatics -- Using nursing research in practice -- Workplace issues -- Emergency preparedness -- ER -