Charting Nursing's Future: Agenda for the 1990's Book

A study of the issues and challenges that nursing faces in the coming decade, including the nursing shortage, preventive health care, payment and reimbursement issues, credentialing, advanced nursing practice, professional nursing in various practice settings, nursing needs of vulnerable groups and factors influencing the future of nursing. This book outlines the policies and practices that will shape nursing's direction in the future; how nurses in various settings and specialities can sort out their options and formulate effective strategies for improving the delivery of care; the cost implications of preventive care and nursing's financial impact on the health care system; how nursing can deal with the challenge of caring for those most vulnerable to the social and economic forces that buffet society - the newborn and the elderly, the homeless, the abused and those with AIDS and finally; the book outlines future opportunities that can be generated by nursing education, research, government policy and reimbursement options.Read More