Ethics & issues in contemporary nursing : nursing ethics for the 21st century / Margaret A. Burkhardt and Alvita K. Nathaniel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2020]Copyright date: Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 378 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780323697330
  • 032369733X
Other title:
  • Ethics and issues in contemporary nursing: nursing ethics in the 21st century
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2 23
LOC classification:
  • RT85 .B766 2020
NLM classification:
  • WY 85
  • WY 85
Contents:
Part I. Guides for principled behavior. Social, philosophical, and other historical forces influencing the development of nursing ; Ethical theory ; Ethical principles -- Part II. Developing principled behavior. Values clarification ; Values development ; Ethical decision making -- Part III. Principled behavior in the professional domain. Legal issues ; Professional issues ; Professional relationship issues ; Practice issues related to technology ; Practice issues related to patient self-determination ; Scholarship issues -- Part IV. Global issues that interface with nursing practice. Global consciousness in the twenty-first century ; Health policy issues ; Economic issues ; Social issues ; Gender issues ; Transcultural and spiritual issues -- Part V. The power to make a difference. Empowerment for nurses ; Facilitating patient empowerment.
Summary: Learn how to think beyond the theoretical in any environment. "Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing, 1st Edition" examines the latest trends, principles, theories, and models in patient care to help you learn how to make ethically sound decisions in complex and often controversial situations. Written from a global perspective, examples throughout the text reflect current national and international issues inviting you to explore cases considering socio-cultural influences, personal values, and professional ethics. Historical examples demonstrate how to think critically while upholding moral and professional standards, as well as the law. Key topics throughout explore advocacy and rights, diversity, nurse burnout, mass casualty events, social media, violence in the workplace, medication error prevention, opioid and other substance use, HIPAA, and healthcare reform. In addition, this new title contains supplemental case studies and review questions to further challenge and prepare you to make morally sound decisions in any healthcare setting. -- From product description.
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"We are pleased to introduce to you this new edition of Ethics & issues in contemporary nursing, published for the first time by Elsevier"--Page ix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Guides for principled behavior. Social, philosophical, and other historical forces influencing the development of nursing ; Ethical theory ; Ethical principles -- Part II. Developing principled behavior. Values clarification ; Values development ; Ethical decision making -- Part III. Principled behavior in the professional domain. Legal issues ; Professional issues ; Professional relationship issues ; Practice issues related to technology ; Practice issues related to patient self-determination ; Scholarship issues -- Part IV. Global issues that interface with nursing practice. Global consciousness in the twenty-first century ; Health policy issues ; Economic issues ; Social issues ; Gender issues ; Transcultural and spiritual issues -- Part V. The power to make a difference. Empowerment for nurses ; Facilitating patient empowerment.

Learn how to think beyond the theoretical in any environment. "Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing, 1st Edition" examines the latest trends, principles, theories, and models in patient care to help you learn how to make ethically sound decisions in complex and often controversial situations. Written from a global perspective, examples throughout the text reflect current national and international issues inviting you to explore cases considering socio-cultural influences, personal values, and professional ethics. Historical examples demonstrate how to think critically while upholding moral and professional standards, as well as the law. Key topics throughout explore advocacy and rights, diversity, nurse burnout, mass casualty events, social media, violence in the workplace, medication error prevention, opioid and other substance use, HIPAA, and healthcare reform. In addition, this new title contains supplemental case studies and review questions to further challenge and prepare you to make morally sound decisions in any healthcare setting. -- From product description.

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