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Fast Facts about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Nursing by
Awarded third place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Nursing Education/Continuing Education/Professional Development Delivers a comprehensive toolbox for understanding race and racism at structural, institutional, and individual levels This nursing handbook introduces and defines key terms about race and racism for nurses, nursing students, and nurse educators. It addresses how race and racism act as structural and core social determinants of health and propel health inequities. It moves beyond a focus on multicultural approaches for understanding inequity toward a recognition of the broader impact that both systemic and structural racism have had on inequality in health and life opportunities. Through a social justice lens, the book underscores how nurses, as frontline health professionals, need to understand racism as a factor behind these inequities and its significance to their working environment and nursing practice. In concise chapters with brief paragraphs and bulleted information, this practical handbook offers strategies for how to productively engage in a dialogue about race and racism. It considers the history of racism in the United States and then breaks down how it operates at structural, institutional, and individual levels. Case studies illustrate such concepts as microaggressions, implicit bias, power, privilege, and intersectionality in order to foster understanding and provide opportunities for both self-reflection and collective conversation. Key Features: Delivers clear and easy-to-read content in concise, bulleted format Empowers nurses to initiate conversations about race and racism in the workplace and classroom with confidence and ease Provides an historical context for understanding how racism contributes to inequities in health and economic opportunities Illustrates concepts with case studies and reflection questions Features "Fast Facts" boxes that highlight essential information at a glance Promotes the concepts of antiracism, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
Call Number: Main Collection RT41 .D355 2023ISBN: 9780826177254Publication Date: 2023
Nursing Today by
Ensure you thoroughly understand the most important issues you'll face when entering practice! Loved for its humor, readability, and inviting cartoons, Nursing Today: Transitions and Trends, 10th Edition helps you to prepare for the NCLEX-RN® - while giving you valuable information to succeed throughout your career. It reflects current issues and trending topics that nurses will face, ensuring that you not only graduate with patient care skills, but also with career development skills such as resume writing, finding a job, and effective interviewing. The 10th Edition features major content updates on Workplace Issues, Nursing Informatics, Cultural and Spiritual Awareness and Ethical Issues, and evidence-based practice boxes throughout to help you focus on the research evidence that supports clinical practice. Additionally, it includes test-taking tips for the NCLEX-RN® Examination and updated Evolve Resources for students with new review questions and case studies. An emphasis on transitioning into the workplace is included in chapters such as NCLEX-RN® and the New Graduate, Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes, and Interviewing, Mentorship and Preceptorship, and Nurse Residency Programs. Thorough coverage of all the most important issues faced by the new nurse, preparing you for a professional career. An engaging approach features lively cartoons, chapter objectives, bibliographies, and colorful summary boxes. Critical Thinking boxes in every chapter offer questions and exercises asking you to apply what they have learned to clinical practice. Evidence-Based Practice boxes, and evidence-based practice content throughout, focus your attention on the research evidence that supports clinical practice. QSEN competencies related to effective communication, team building, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and quality assurance highlighted throughout. NEW! Personal Management chapter revised and expanded to include information about mindfulness and tips for practicing mindfulness. UPDATED! NCLEX®-RN information reflects the 2019 Exam with information on the enhanced nurse licensure (eNLC) compact and the next generation NCLEX-RN project. UPDATED! Nursing Education chapter includes information about current trends in academic progression with a focus on concurrent enrollment programs. NEW! Conflict Management chapter includes expanded content about sexual harassment, in the workplace setting. NEW! Expanded Workplace Issues chapter has been expanded on the subjects of bullying and incivility and safe patient handling. NEW! Nursing Informatics chapter greatly expanded to include emerging information and communication technologies (patient engagement, robotics, and artificial intelligence) used in healthcare. UPDATED! Cultural and Spiritual Awareness chapter includes strategies for building cultural and linguistic competency skills and practicing cultural sensitivity in the workplace setting. NEW! Expanded Ethical Issues chapter includes content on involuntary commitment and professional boundaries as current issues impacting nursing.
Call Number: Reserves - ask at Service DeskISBN: 9780323642088Publication Date: 2020
Emergency Nursing: The Profession, The Pathway and The Practice by
Emergency nursing defined
The traditional role of the emergency nurse
Unique roles of the emergency nurse
Education of the emergency nurse
The emergency nurse as a professional
Self-care and the emergency nurse
Types of emergency departments
Common areas within the emergency department
Key players in the emergency department
The emergency nurse in the role of triage
Common challenges faced by emergency nurses
Risk management and quality issues affecting the emergency nurse
Emergency nursing throughout the lifespan
Challenging patient populations encountered by the emergency nurse
The emergency nurse and the abused patient
The emergency nurse caring for diverse cultures and ethnicities.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781940446486Publication Date: 2016
