Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing

Softbound: 576 pages
ISBN 1418042749
978-1418042745
Delmar Cengage Learning
March 2008
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Practicing nurses, students and professionals alike have utilized this dynamic resource to apply legal and ethical decision making to the complex issues affecting their practice.

Now, this highly praised book has been updated to include the latest trends, principles, theories, and models that serve as guides for ethically sound behavior in contemporary nursing care.

With real world examples like Hurricane Katrina and the Schiavo case, chapter concepts are naturally applied to the practice setting. Critical thinking examples and exercises challenge you through self-reflection.

Considering the complexities created by scientific and technological advances, client diversity, and various practice settings, this text emphasizes the importance of moral action in personal and professional situations.

Margaret a. Burkhardt, Ph.D., RN, CS, FNP is currently Director of Healing Matters, Beckley WV, and Family Nurse Practitioner at Gulf Family Practice, Sophia, West Virginia. She has practiced holistic nursing for over twenty years, and is an active memeber of the American Holistic Nurses Association. She has published numerous articles and co-authored two books on spirituality and holistic care.

Alvita Nathaniel is a Lecturer at the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University, School of Nursing.

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