UNIT 1.�The Development of Nursing
1.�The evolution of professional nursing
The renaissance and the reformation period
2.�The contemporary image of professional nursing
The enduring public concern with nursing
The reality of the contemporary staff nurse
Facts about today’s registered nurse
Creating the image of twenty-first century nursing
3.�The influence of contemporary trends and issues on nursing education
Trends and issues in contemporary nursing education
Diversity in nursing education programs
Flexible education, mobility, and distance-learning programs
4.�Nursing licensure and certification
The history of nursing licensure
Components of nurse practice acts
Role of regulatory boards to ensure safe practice
Revision of nurse practice acts
Delegation of authority to others
5.�Theories of nursing practice
Florence nightingale: The first nursing theorist
Survey of selected nursing theories
Future of nursing theories and theorists
6.�Nursing research and evidence-based practice
Definition of nursing research
Components of the research process
Evidence-based practice and research utilization
Ethical issues related to research
UNIT 2.�Current Issues in Health Care
7.�Paying for health care in America: Rising costs and challenges
History of health care financing
Access to health care—the problem of the uninsured and underinsured
The patient protection and affordable care act
Implications for nurses: Managing cost-effective, high-quality care
8.�Legal issues in nursing and health care
Sources of law and nursing practice
Intentional torts in nursing practice
9.�Ethical and bioethical issues in nursing and health care
Values formation and moral development
Bioethical dilemmas: Life, death, and dilemmas in between
10.�Cultural competency and social issues in nursing and health care
Attitudes toward culturally diverse groups
Diversity in the health care workforce
Cultural competence in nursing education
Practice issues related to cultural competence
11.�Complementary and alternative healing
Use of complementary and alternative healing methods
Principles underlying alternative healing
Overview of popular CAM healing therapies
Nursing and complementary and alternative medicine therapies
The natural course of serious illness
Key elements of palliative care
Professional issues in palliative care
Legal concern: Right to refuse treatment
13.�Workforce advocacy for a professional nursing practice environment
Promoting workforce advocacy and a professional practice environment
Nursing shortages and workforce challenges
Magnet recognition program and pathways to excellence
14.�Collective bargaining and unions in today’s workplace
Development of collective bargaining in america
The collective bargaining process
Unions and professional nursing
15.�Information technology in the clinical setting
Health information technology across the globe
Information literacy for nurses
Consumer health information technology
Future health information technology trends
16.�Emergency preparedness and response for today’s world
The national imperative for emergency preparedness
The basics of emergency preparedness and response
Lessons learned from mass casualty incidents
Biologic causes of mass casualty
Human causes of mass casualty: Active shooter events
UNIT 3.�Current Issues in Health Care
17.�Nursing leadership and management
Leadership and management defined and distinguished
Leadership skills and practices
Roles of the nurse leader and manager
Creating a caring and respectful environment
18.�Budgeting basics for nurses
Cost concepts related to budgeting
Improving the cost and quality of clinical care
19.�Effective communication and conflict resolution
Verbal versus nonverbal communication
Positive communication techniques
Negative communication techniques
Written and electronic communication
Special influences on communication
Social media—warning! warning! warning!
Understanding and managing conflict
20.�Effective delegation and supervision
Delegation and supervision in the health care system
What should and should not be delegated?
Developing safe delegation practices
Building delegation and supervision skills
21.�Staffing and nursing care delivery models
Choosing a nursing care delivery model
Future nursing care delivery models
22.�Quality improvement and patient safety
The urgent case for quality improvement in the U.S. health care system
Principles of quality improvement
Advancing quality through regulation and accreditation
Clinical indicators and process improvement tools and skills
Understanding, improving, and standardizing care processes
Breakthrough thinking to improve quality
The professional nurse and patient safety
QSEN (quality and safety education in nursing) competencies
Role of professional nurses in quality improvement
23.�Health policy and politics: Get involved!
Nurses’ involvement in health policy and political action
How is health policy developed?
Health policy through regulation
Health policy and politics: A key connection
Grassroots political strategies
The american nurses association
24.�Making the transition from student to professional nurse
Impact of shock in novice nurses
Causes of shock in novice nurses
Special needs of novice nurses
Keys to survival during transition
Meeting special needs of the novice nurse
25.�Managing time: The path to high self-performance
26.�Contemporary nursing roles and career opportunities
Nursing—much the same, but bigger and better
Nurses today: Who are they, and what are they doing?
27.�Job search: Finding your match
28.�The NCLEX-RN ® examination
Are you prepared for the NCLEX-RN examination?
Cognitive domains and the NCLEX-RN examination
Components of the NCLEX-RN test plan