{"product_id":"the-nursing-profession-9781118028810","title":"The Nursing Profession","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Nursing Profession: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to be a resource for those who are interested in or touched by nursing. This book is designed in part to complement the report by the Institute of Medicine on the future of nursing. Readers--whether researchers or practitioners, foundation or government officials, students, or simply lay people interested in nursing--should use this volume to gain a better understanding of the nursing profession and the issues with which those in the field and related fields are grappling. Major topics include: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe history of nursing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe nursing profession\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCurrent issues and challenges, including the nursing shortage, educating and training nurses, utilizing advanced practice nurses to their fullest, quality and cost, long-term care, community-based care, gender and power, and new areas for nursing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA vision for the future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book begins with a comprehensive review of the nursing field by Diana Mason, the Rudin Professor of Nursing at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, City University of New York, and former Editor-in-Chief of the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Nursing\u003c\/i\u003e. Mason's chapter is followed by reprints of twenty-five of the most influential or significant articles on nursing--some of them classic pieces dating back to Florence Nightingale, others presenting more current thinking on critical issues. This kind of source material is rarely found in one place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen L. Isaacs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118028810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiana J. Mason, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the Rudin Professor of Nursing at Hunter College, City University of New York, where she co-directs the Center for Health, Media, and Policy. She is the former editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Nursing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen L. Isaacs, JD, is a partner in Isaacs\/Jellinek, a San Francisco- based consulting firm, and president of Health Policy Associates, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid C. Colby, PhD, is vice president of research and evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40677853855859,"sku":"9.78112E+12","price":143.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_61db92e3-0a7f-4f84-88fa-7f050d0c81a5.jpg?v=1674571882","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-nursing-profession-9781118028810","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}