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Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities

Carol Huston · 6th Edition · ISBN 9781975175610 · Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities (6th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 26 chapters.

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Chapter index

Part I: Furthering the Profession

Chapter 1: Entry Into Practice
Chapter 2: Bridging the Academic-Practice Gap in Nursing
Chapter 3: Developing Effective Leaders to Meet Today's Health Care Challenge
Chapter 4: Advanced Practice Nursing: Evolving Roles and Striving for Autonomy
Chapter 5: Evidence-Based Practice

Part II: Workforce Issues

Chapter 6: Is There a Nursing Shortage?
Chapter 7: Foreign Nurse Migration
Chapter 8: Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and the Registered Nurse
Chapter 9: Diversity in the Nursing Workforce
Chapter 10: Disaster Planning: Are We Prepared?

Part III: Workplace Issues

Chapter 11: Mandatory Minimum Staffing Ratios
Chapter 12: Mandatory Overtime in Nursing
Chapter 13: Promoting Civility and Healthy Work Environments in Nursing and Health Care
Chapter 14: The Use of Social Media in Nursing
Chapter 15: Medical Errors
Chapter 16: Resilience and Self-Care in Nursing

Part IV: Legal and Ethical Issues

Chapter 17: Whistleblowing in Nursing
Chapter 18: Substance Use Disorder in Nursing Practice
Chapter 19: Academic Integrity in Nursing Education
Chapter 20: Assuring Provider Competence Through Licensure, Continuing Education, and Certification
Chapter 21: Technology in Health Care
Chapter 22: Health Care Reform: Is the Affordable Care Act the Answer?

Part V: Professional Power

Chapter 23: The Nursing Profession's Historic Struggle to Increase Its Power Base
Chapter 24: Professional Identity and Image
Chapter 25: Health and Public Policy: The Influence and Power of Nursing
Chapter 26: Professional Nursing Associations

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About this study guide

This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities (6th Edition) by Carol Huston. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.