Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges (3rd Edition) by Kay Kittrell Chitty

The new third edition of this popular text offers a complete and current introduction to the nursing profession. It demonstrates to students how they can be active participants in their own professional development and examines the driving issues shaping the field of nursing, including the very latest changes in the health care delivery system. Interviews with real, practicing professionals offer insight on current issues in nursing and Research Notes relay the importance of evidence-based practice. This new edition also features discussion of nursing informatics, including classification systems,violence inthe workplace, genetics and cloning, and much more! New web resources are provided for further research.