Professional issues in nursing : challenges & opportunities / Carol J. Huston.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.

Entry into practice : the debate rages on / Carol Huston -- Evidence-based practice / Suzanne Prevost and Sheron Salyer -- Blending the new essentials of baccalaureate education and distance learning education models / Catherine McPhee -- Using simulation to teach nurses / Sherry Fox and Rebekah Damazo -- The current nursing shortage : causes, consequences, and solutions / Carol Huston -- Importing foreign nurses / Carol Huston -- Unlicensed assistive personnel and the registered nurse / Carol Huston -- Socialization and mentoring / Jeanne Madison -- Diversity in the nursing workforce / Carol Huston -- Mandatory minimum staffing ratios : are they working? / Carol Huston -- Mandatory overtime in nursing : how much? how often? / Carol Huston -- Violence in nursing : the expectations and the reality / Charmaine Hockley --

Technology in the health care workplace : benefits, limitations, and challenges / Carol Huston -- Medical errors : an ongoing threat to quality health care / Carol Huston -- Whistleblowing in nursing / Carol Huston -- Impaired nursing practice : what are the issues? / Jennifer Lillibridge -- Collective bargaining and the professional nurse / Carol Huston -- Assuring provider competency through licensure, continuing education, and certification / Carol Huston -- The nursing profession's historic struggle to increase its power base / Carol Huston -- Professional identity and image / Carol Huston -- Advanced practice nursing : the latest issues and trends / Margaret Rowberg -- Nursing and public policy : getting involved / Catherine Dodd and Clarilee Hauser -- Nursing's professional associations / Marjorie Beyers.