Elsevier Mosby</br></br>Product Description</br></br><p>Thoroughly prepare for the rapidly evolving world of nursing with <b>Contemporary Nursing: Issues Trends & Management 7<SUP>th</SUP>?Edition</b>. Expert authors Barbara Cherry and Susan Jacob combine their own expertise from both academics and practice as they cover the relevant issues affecting todays nurses. In 28 chapters including a new chapter on palliative care this comprehensive new edition takes readers through the evolution of nursing the role of the nurse today safe and effective decision-making collaboration and communication leadership job opportunities and a number of timely issues affecting healthcare and nursing practice today.</p><ul><b><li>Full-color design</b>?enhances the narrative?with?a?clear visually appealing explanation of concepts.</li><li><b>Humorous cartoons?</b>open each chapter to illustrate?the?chapter themes.</li><li><b>Vignettes?</b>at the beginning of each chapter personalize nursing?history and practice and help readers understand their place in the profession.??<i>Questions to Consider?While Reading This Chapter?</i>follow the vignettes and prepare?the reader for the topic to be discussed.</li><li><b>Key terms</b>??<b> learning outcomes?? chapter overviews?? and chapter summaries</b>?help readers focus their learning experience.?</li><li>Unit on <b>Leadership and Management in Nursing</b>?includes content to prepare nurses to effectively function in the management roles expected of the professional nurse.</li><li>Unit on <b>Career Management</b>?provides strategies on how to make the transition from student to practitioner and tips on how to pass the NCLEX-RN Examination.</li><li><b>Case studies</b>?help readers apply theory to clinical practice.</li></ul><ul><b><li>NEW! Chapter on palliative care </b>focuses on how to best provide patients with relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness?? and how to improve the quality of life for both the patien