Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Defining nursing from a variety of roles. The richness of nursing / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- What is nursing, why do we ask, and how will nursing be better understood / Meridean L. Maas -- Staff nurses working in hospitals: who are they, what do they do, and what are their challenges? / Ellen Cram -- Clinical nurse specialists: education and practice issues / Kelly A. Goudreau -- Nurse practitioners: taking their place in the health care arena / Kathy J. Morris -- Nurse executives: critical thinking for rapid change / SueEllen Pinkerton and Rose Rivers -- The nurse as chief executive office / Nancy A. Formella -- Nurse educators: issues that affect the profession / Anita M. Stineman and Paula R. Mobily -- Nurse researchers: who are they, what do they do, and what are their challenges? / Nancy A. Stotts and Deidre D. Wipke-Tevis --

2. Changing education. Nursing education in transition / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- Creating the future of nursing education: challenges and opportunities / Theresa M. Valiga and Mary Champagne -- Educational challenges: quality in prelicensure nursing education / Kathryn J. Dolter -- Graduate nursing education: a critical examination from a global perspective / Michele J. Upvall -- International collaborative institutional approaches to nursing education / Tess Judge-Ellis and Connie Trowbridge -- Using academic-service collaborative partnerships to expand professional nursing programs / Christine L. Latham -- Creating the nursing theory-research-practice nexus / Howard K. Butcher -- E-learning / Diane J. Skiba --

3. Changing practice. Nursing specialities / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- Moving the care from hospital to home / Lucille A. Joel -- Adult health nursing practice: recent changes and current issues / Cecelia Gatson Grindel and Mary E. Grindel -- Alternative and complementary therapies: recent changes and current issues / Charlotte Eliopoulos -- Ambulatory care nursing: challenges for the twenty-first century / Sheila A. Haas and Ida M. Androwich -- Gerontological nursing: recent changes and current issues / Kathleen C. Buckwalter -- Hospice and palliative care: one solution for improving U.S. health care? / Jeanne M. Martinez -- Pediatric nursing: recent changes and current issues / Cheryl Rodgers, Marilyn J. Hockenberry, and Rosalind Bryant -- Perinatal nursing: recent changes and current issues / Kathleen Rice Simpson -- Perioperative nursing: recent changes and current issues / Nancy J. Girard -- Psychiatric mental health nursing: recent changes and current issues / Gail W. Stuart -- Forensic nursing: recent changes and current issues / Virginia A. Lynch -- Occupational health nursing: recent changes and current issues / Kennith R. Culp and Sandra L. Ramey -- Genetics, genomics, and current issues for professional nursing / Debra L. Schutte --

4. Information technology practices. The impact of technology on health care / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- Nursing: a profession evolving with the use of informatics and technology / Marisa L. Wilson -- Standardized terminologies and integrated information systems: building blocks for transforming data into nursing knowledge / Suzanne Bakken and Leanne M. Currie -- Nursing informatics: partnerships at the crossroads of practice and research / Karen A. Monsen and Karen S. Martin -- Sustaining a focus group devoted to standardized language development / Sandra L. Bellinger and Cathy J. Konrad -- Why health information technology standards and harmonization are important? / Audrey E. Dickerson -- Personal health records as a tool for improving the delivery of health care / Mikyoung Lee -- Global challenges of electronic records for nursing / Anne Casey --

5. Health care systems and practice. The impact of evolving health care systems on nursing / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- From a medical care system for a few to a comprehensive health care system for all / Mary Margaret Mooney -- The challenge: participate in the era of politics--choose an ideology and lead / Catherine Dodd -- Defining health disparities from three viewpoints: reducing inequality in health care / Joyce Newman Giger -- Magnet designation: creating new synergies / Rose Rivers and SueEllen Pinkerton -- The research imperative for the nurse executive / SueEllen Pinkerton, Kathy A. Jankowski, and Matthew Leshy -- Laying the foundation for evidence-based practice for nurse residents / Colleen J. Goode, Carolyn Sanders, Jo Ann Del Monte, Denis Chon, Alyson Dare, Lee Anne Jones Merrifield, Jennifer Nguyen, and Megan M. Smith -- Determining staffing needs based on patient outcomes versus nursing interventions / Sharen Eck Birmingham, Kate Nell, and Noriko Abe -- Impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Ann M. Rhodes -- Trends in long-term care / Janet Pringle Specht and Geri Kirkbride --

6. Health care organization and finance. Identifying and controlling health care costs / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- Controlling health care costs: balancing public and private solutions / Joseph W. York and Mary M. Gibson -- Business coalitions: shaping health reform through technology and science / Patricia Hinton Walker and Michelle R. Troseth -- Mergers and acquisitions / Marjorie Beyers -- The cost of home health care: changes and challenges / Mary Ann Anderson, Carol Bailey, Gary L. Bargstadt, and O. Ed Reitz -- Drugs are too cheap / Tess Judge-Ellis and Bernard Sorofman --

7. Professional challenges, collaboration, and conflict. Challenges, collaboration, and conflict / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- Collaboration between nurses and physicians: the need for a broader view / Karen Dunn Lopez and Gail Keenan -- Health professions education in community-based settings: a collaborative journey / Joellen B. Edwards, Susan M. Grover, and Joy E. Wachs -- Overcoming polarity in nursing / Elaine S. Scott -- Expanding into the twenty-first century: men in nursing / Todd N. Ingram -- Nursing employment issues: increasing unionization in nursing / Thomas Clancy -- Managing generational issues in nursing: preserving the future of the profession / Sue Moorhead --

8. Cultural inclusiveness. Diversity in nursing: a challenge for the United States / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- Should nursing be more diversified? / G. Rumay Alexander -- Minority representation in nursing: diversity, cultural competency, and racism--the challenge persists / Patricia T. Castiglia -- Bridging cultures: blacks and nursing / Betty Pierce Dennis -- Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and nursing: narrowing the health disparities gap / Hyejin Park and Jillian Inouye -- Bridging cultures: Hispanics/Latinos and nursing / Sara Torres and Helen Castillo -- Bridging cultures: American Indians and nursing / Bette Keltner Jacobs, Debra Smith, and Mechem Slim --

9. Ethical, legal, and social issues. Ethical, legal and social concerns in a changing health care world / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- Ethics of health care reform: should health care be rationed? / Karen Dunn Lopez -- The nurse as patient advocate: is there a conflict of interest? / Karen Markus -- Ethical nursing practice: it's all about relationship / Wendy Austin -- Harassment and discrimination issues in nursing / Anita J. Szczepanski -- Health care for the poor and underserved / Sara Groves -- Legal, ethical, and moral considerations in caring for individuals with diminished capacity / Nancy Edwards -- Nurses' role in patients' advance directives: facilitation or reduction of patient autonomy? / Susan E. Young and Diane K. Kjervik -- Environmental disasters: nurse preparedness for radiation and chemical events / Tener Goodwin Veenema -- All-hazards preparedness: advocating for mothers and babies / Lisa Summers and Robbie Prepas -- Disaster nursing and the American Red Cross / Janice Springer, Cheryl K. Schmidt, and Kay Farrell -- The greening of health care / Barbara Sattler and Denise B. Choiniere --

10. Violence prevention and care : nursing's role. Violence: the expanding role of nursing in prevention and care / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- Child maltreatment: nursing considerations / Perle Slavik Cowen and Jessica P. Cowen -- Nursing care: preventing firearm injuries / Mary Fran Hazinski -- Group interventions with African American women survivors of intimate partner violence / Janette Y. Taylor -- Nursing care: victims of violence--elder mistreatment / Terry Fulmer and Jamie L. Blankenship -- Disaster nursing during terrorist events / Ian Portelli, Terry Fulmer, and Mollie C. Marr -- Nursing practice in emergency management and disaster preparedness / Mary W. Chaffee -- More nurse involvement needed in infectious disease disaster preparedness / Terri Rebmann -- Compassion fatigue in nursing / Charles R. Figley and Maryann Abendroth --

11. Global nursing considerations. Issues abroad / Perle Slavik Cowen and Sue Moorhead -- The global nursing shortage--an issue of social justice / Barbara Anderson and Katherine Camacho Carr -- Nursing in wars / Richard Garfield and Anne-Marie Rafferty -- Nursing at the World Health Organization: the (in)visibility of chief nurses 1951-2009 / Marjorie A. Jueche -- Global health needs and priorities in developing countries / Mary Anne Mercer -- The global health agenda: are nursing and midwifery responding? / Katherine Camacho Carr and Barbara Anderson

"This book fully explore the issues that have changed and are changing the delivery of health care and the nursing profession. It's comprehensive and timely coverage addresses the complex issues affecting nursing education and practice; a total of 26 new chapters have been added to ensure that you have the most up-to-date and relevant information for your career; over 100 well-known and respected nursing leaders offer their expert insights and analysis; unique, consistent format introduces each section with an overview chapter, followed by a debate chapter, and concluding with several viewpoint chapters; debate chapters help you comprehend conflicting viewpoints and synthesize your own thoughts on a variety of topics; and its viewpoint chapters present controversial discussions to encourage you to think critically about the issues."--BOOK JACKET