The Nurse's Reality Shift: Using History to Transform the Future

by Leslie Neal-Boylan

Despite dramatic scientific and technological advances since the advent of professional nursing in the 19th century, a close analysis shows that modern nurses face many of the same challenges as earlier nurses, including: - inconsistent educational and licensing standards - incomplete or inconsistent facility-based training, including technology - excessive patient loads - staffing shortages - long shifts and overtime - colleague bullying These and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193883562X
• ISBN13: 9781938835629
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: SIGMA Theta Tau International
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"