Quick Look Nursing: Ethics and Conflict: Ethics and Conflict - Softcover

Ouimet Perrin, Kathleen; McGhee, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449603300 ISBN 13: 9781449603304

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2010

Synopsis

Quick Look Nursing: Ethics and Conflict, Second Edition presents ethical issues and case studies from the perspective of nurses. It guides nurses on what to do when patients, family, and physicians have varying perspectives on what care should be provided and when and how they should intervene to protect an elderly person from a hazardous living situation. This text is the ideal quick reference to prepare nurses for health care ethical dilemmas of health care in today's complex environment.

Topics include:

* Justice in the allocation of health care services (including nursing services)
* Patient safety addressed with a discussion of how to respond to errors made by members of the health care team
* Issues inherent in group decision making for a patient

Important pedagogical features:

* Critical thinking questions and multiple case studies in each chapter
* Quick look at chapter ahead
* Highlighted key points
* NCLEX-Style Questions

About this title

About the Author:

Professor, Nursing, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1449603300
• ISBN 13: 9781449603304
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 257