Fully updated with engaging coverage of today's issues and trends, Nursing in Today's World: Trends, Issues, and Management, Twelfth Edition, delivers the preparation to confidently navigate your role in contemporary nursing practice. This approachable text is logically organized and optimized for learning with entertaining and enlightening features that break up content and help you pragmatically acquire, retain, recall, and apply knowledge to real-life nursing scenarios. Accompanied by a full suite of learning resources, this Twelfth Edition clarifies the complex healthcare realities of today's nursing practice and equips you with the skills and understanding for success. NEW! Updated content throughout the text keeps you current with the latest practical perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic, social determinants of health, the Healthy People 2030 initiative, social justice, and safety in the workplace. NEW! Nursing Concepts lists highlight important nonclinical considerations for successful practice, including leadership, managing care, ethics, communication, advocacy, clinical judgment, legal issues, and more. NEW! Unfolding Case Studies walk you through the real-world application of chapter content and encourage critical thinking through accompanying discussion questions. Daily Ethical Dilemmas boxes offers you the opportunity to apply ethical decision making to real life healthcare situations. Nursing Theory Alerts detail the real-world applications of theoretical concepts with profiles of notable nursing theorists.
Critical Thinking Activities engage you in envisioning clinical judgment. Communication in Action features cultivate your soft skills with models for effective communication in every aspect of nursing. Evidence-Based Practice boxes clarify how research drives positive practice outcomes. Cartoon Curriculum illustrations entertain and encourage reflection. Learning Outcomes keep you focused on essential chapter takeaways. Key Terms help you build a vocabulary for successful nursing practice. Want to Know More? Boxes direct you to tools for additional learning. Key Concepts boost your retention of important chapter content.
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