In today's complex healthcare landscape, nurses face ethical challenges that go far beyond textbook scenarios. Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing serves as your essential companion for navigating these difficult situations with confidence and integrity. This comprehensive guide bridges the gap between theory and practice, helping you develop the critical thinking skills needed to make sound decisions when it matters most.
What makes this resource truly valuable is its global perspective and real-world relevance. Unlike traditional ethics texts that feel distant from daily practice, this book examines current national and international issues that nurses actually encounter. You'll explore cases considering socio-cultural influences, personal values, and professional ethics through examples that reflect today's healthcare environment.
The book's unique approach combines historical context with contemporary challenges, showing how ethical principles have evolved while maintaining their core importance. Key topics include advocacy and patient rights, diversity considerations, nurse burnout prevention, mass casualty events, social media dilemmas, workplace violence, medication error prevention, substance use issues, HIPAA compliance, and healthcare reform.
Each chapter is designed to engage and challenge you through Think About It boxes that present provocative questions, integrated Ask Yourself questions that connect concepts to your practice, and comprehensive Summary and Highlights sections. The straightforward, conversational writing style makes complex material accessible while maintaining academic rigor.
What sets this edition apart is its practical focus on decision-making. With NEW case presentations from the United States and around the world, you'll develop the analytical skills needed to approach ethically complex situations systematically. The supplemental case studies and review questions help you apply theoretical concepts to practice, building the confidence needed to navigate any healthcare setting with ethical integrity.
Whether you're a nursing student preparing for clinical practice or an experienced nurse facing new ethical dilemmas, this guide provides the tools you need to think critically while upholding moral and professional standards. Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Legal/Ethical, this resource represents the gold standard in nursing ethics education.
