TY - BOOK AU - Huston,Carol Jorgensen TI - Professional issues in nursing: challenges & opportunities SN - 9781605473956 (alk. paper) AV - RT82 .H87 2010 U1 - 610.73 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Nursing KW - United States KW - NMC Nursing Collection, Historical KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Entry into practice : the debate rages on / Carol J. Huston -- Evidence-based practice / Suzanne S. Prevost and Sheron Salyer -- Blending the new essentials of baccalaureate education and distance learning education models / Catherine Wilde McPhee -- Using simulation to teach nurses / Sherry D. Fox and Rebekah Damazo -- The current nursing shortage : causes, consequences, and solutions / Carol J. Huston -- Importing foreign nurses / Carol J. Huston -- Unlicensed assistive personnel and the registered nurse / Carol J. Huston -- Socialization and mentoring / Jeanne Madison -- Diversity in the nursing workforce / Carol J. Huston -- Mandatory minimum staffing ratios : are they working? / Carol J. Huston -- Mandatory overtime in nursing : how much? how often? / Carol J. Huston -- Violence in nursing : the expectations and the reality / Charmaine Hockley --; Technology in the health care workplace : benefits, limitations, and challenges / Carol J. Huston -- Medical errors : an ongoing threat to quality health care / Carol J. Huston -- Whistleblowing in nursing / Carol J. Huston -- Impaired nursing practice : what are the issues? / Jennifer Lillibridge -- Collective bargaining and the professional nurse / Carol J. Huston -- Assuring provider competency through licensure, continuing education, and certification / Carol J. Huston -- The nursing profession's historic struggle to increase its power base / Carol J. Huston -- Professional identity and image / Carol J. Huston -- Advanced practice nursing : the latest issues and trends / Margaret Rowberg -- Nursing and public policy : getting involved / Catherine J. Dodd and Clarilee Hauser -- Nursing's professional associations / Marjorie Beyers ER -