Nursing Today: Transition and Trends by Jo Carol Claborn, JoAnn Zerwekh

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This bestselling issues & trends textbook gives you a broad understanding of the problems and opportunities you will face as you make the transition from student to practicing nurse. While most of your studies have focused on learning how to care for the patient, this text teaches you the practical skills essential to managing the business side of your nursing career, including tips on resume writing and interviewing techniques, how to prepare for the NCLEX™-RN exam, and effective ways to communicate and handle conflict in the work place. This new edition includes two new chapters on Emergency Preparedness and Building Nursing Management Skills plus numerous chapters that have been updated with the most relevant topics necessary for today's nursing student.

• Each chapter features lively cartoons, chapter objectives and exercises, boxed information, and critical thinking questions to keep you focused on pertinent information.
• The Role Transitions chapter orients you to the content and leads off the topics covered in the textbook.
• Continued coverage of current issues in the Workplace Issues chapter includes updated content on sexual harassment, needle stick injury and other topics.
• Employment Considerations chapter combines in-depth coverage on seeking employment, resume writing and interviewing techniques.
• NCLEX™-RN and the New Graduate is an entire chapter featuring valuable tips on how to prepare for and successfully pass the exam.
• Evolve companion website includes Case Studies, Test Taking Strategies, a sample NCLEX™ Test Tutorial, a sample NCLEX™ Test, plus access to Resume Maker templates for creating professional resumes andcover letters.

• UNIQUE! New Emergency Preparedness chapter provides an in-depth look at bioterrorism and rapid response teams.
• UNIQUE! The revised and newly titled Building Nursing Management Skills chapter focuses on how to manage your time, get organized, develop and use communication skills, and delegate.
• UNIQUE! New Evidence-Based Practice boxes convey the research element in the topics covered.
• Updated chapter on Personal Management: Time and Self-care Strategies includes information on how to manage and balance your personal and professional time.
• Updated Nursing Education chapter includes current information on credentialing, registration and licensing, certification and accreditation.
• Updated Image of Nursing: Influences of the Present chapter describes the nurse's role, the traditional role of the nurse, and nurses as advocates, teachers, colleagues and managers.
• Updated Table of Contents improves the flow of material covered to make it easier for you to quickly find and learn important topics.

Betsy Frank

This book is the third edition of a popular issues and trends text. The editors have revised and updated the chapters and added several new chapters -- ""Health in the Community: Nursing's Role"" and ""Alternative and Complementary Health Care."" In response to the demand for more management content, the editors include a chapter entitled ""Group Process and Team Building."" The editors state that the purpose is to help the student who is about to graduate become aware of the transition process involved in coping with the realities of a rapidly changing practice environment. The text is for use in the typical transition course offered in the senior or final year of a pre-licensure registered nurse program. Certainly such a text is needed to help students prepare for their entrance into the practice arena. The primary audience is students in Associate Degree, Diploma, or Baccalaureate programs who are in the final phases of their educational careers. The editors provide an overview of many topics, and this book could also be used as a reference for the new graduate who is faced with a multiplicity of transition issues. However, an in-depth study of any one issue would require further reading in other sources such as journal articles or other texts. The conversational writing style makes this book exceptionally easy to read. Important points are highlighted and thoughtful questions and exercises are included. Cartoons add a humorous approach to illustrating the content. The Internet references provide on-line sites for further exploration of issues, and the web site, when activated, will provide faculty with frequent updates of content. Currently, faculty receive updates via asemi-annual newsletter. This updated text will be quite useful in transitions/issues and trends courses for pre-licensure students.

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Reviewer:Betsy Frank, RN, PhD, ANEF (Indiana State University School of Nursing)
Description:This book is the third edition of a popular issues and trends text. The editors have revised and updated the chapters and added several new chapters — "Health in the Community: Nursing's Role" and "Alternative and Complementary Health Care." In response to the demand for more management content, the editors include a chapter entitled "Group Process and Team Building."
Purpose:The editors state that the purpose is to help the student who is about to graduate become aware of the transition process involved in coping with the realities of a rapidly changing practice environment. The text is for use in the typical transition course offered in the senior or final year of a pre-licensure registered nurse program. Certainly such a text is needed to help students prepare for their entrance into the practice arena.
Audience:The primary audience is students in Associate Degree, Diploma, or Baccalaureate programs who are in the final phases of their educational careers. The editors provide an overview of many topics, and this book could also be used as a reference for the new graduate who is faced with a multiplicity of transition issues. However, an in-depth study of any one issue would require further reading in other sources such as journal articles or other texts.
Features:The conversational writing style makes this book exceptionally easy to read. Important points are highlighted and thoughtful questions and exercises are included. Cartoons add a humorous approach to illustrating the content.The Internet references provide on-line sites for further exploration of issues, and the web site, when activated, will provide faculty with frequent updates of content. Currently, faculty receive updates via a semi-annual newsletter.
Assessment:This updated text will be quite useful in transitions/issues and trends courses for pre-licensure students.

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