Includes bibliographical references and index.

Entry into practice : the debate rages on / Carol Huston -- Evidence based practice / Suzanne Prevost -- Developing effective leaders to meet 21st century healthcare challenges / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Kathy Malloch, and Lynn Gallagher-Ford -- Using simulation to teach nurses / Sherry D. Fox and Rebekah Damazo -- The current nursing shortage : causes, consequences, and solutions / Carol Huston -- Importing foreign nurses / Carol Huston -- Unlicensed assistive personnel and the registered nurse / Carol Huston -- Socialization and mentoring / Jeanne Madison -- Diversity in the nursing workforce / Carol Huston -- New graduate RN transition to practice programs / Deloras Jones and Nikki West -- Mandatory minimum staffing ratios : are they working? / Carol Huston -- Mandatory overtime in nursing : how much? how often? / Carol Huston -- Violence in nursing : the expectations and the reality / Charmaine Hockley -- Technology in the health care workplace : benefits, limitations, and challenges / Carol Huston -- Medical errors : an ongoing threat to quality health care / Carol Huston -- Whistle-blowing in nursing / Carol Huston -- Impaired nursing practice : what are we doing about it? / Jennifer Lillibridge -- Collective bargaining and the professional nurse / Carol Huston -- Ensuring provider competency through licensure, continuing education, and certification / Carol Huston -- The nursing profession's historic struggle to increase its power base / Carol Huston -- Professional identity and image / Carol Huston -- Advanced practice nursing : the latest issues and trends / Margaret Rowberg -- Nursing, policy, and politics : understanding the connection and importance of getting involved / Donna M. Nickitas -- Nursing's professional associations / Marjorie Beyers.