CHAPTER 3 Developing a culture of inquiry to sustain evidence-based practice Sonya Osborne, Glenn Gardner 3.1 Learning objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: 1. describe important…
Chapter 19 Ethical Issues Peter Melenovich, MS, RN, CCRN-CSC, CNE People of Orphalese, you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command…
Chapter 8 Nursing Theory Ashley Zerwekh Garneau, MS, RN The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. —SOCRATES (469 BC-399 BC) There are many nursing theories available to…
Chapter 16 Economics of the Health Care Delivery System Mary Ellen Murray, PhD, RN Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhuman. —MARTIN…
Chapter 18 Collective Bargaining Traditional (Union) and Nontraditional Approaches Joann Wilcox, RN, MSN, LNC It is time for a new generation of leadership to cope with new problems and new opportunities….
Chapter 7 Nursing Education Gayle P. Varnell, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC Education should not be a destination—but a path we travel all the days of our lives. —ANONYMOUS Education is the ability…
Chapter 21 Cultural and Spiritual Awareness Tim J. Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE [10 People, 10 Colors] —JAPANESE PROVERB Thanks to the previous author of this chapter—Valerie Eschiti, PhD, RN, CHTP, AHN-BC….
Chapter 9 Image of Nursing Influences of the Present Margi Schultz, PhD, RN, CNE, PLNC The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his…
Chapter 24 Using Nursing Research in Practice Mary Mackenburg-Mohn, RN, PhD, CNP The new challenge is for nurses to use research methods that can clearly explicate the essential nature, meanings and…
Chapter 6 Historical Perspectives Influences on the Present JoAnn Zerwekh, MSN, EdD, RN History repeats itself because each generation refuses to read the minutes of the last meeting. —ANONYMOUS Nursing has…
