Sigma Theta Tau International
Author
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Professional etiquette reaches far beyond which fork to use at a formal dinner. In fact, from handling business meetings to using smart devices to cultivating one's career, professional etiquette is critical to personal and professional success for everyone from new graduates to seasoned nurses. This updated edition will prepare nurses handle awkward and challenging situations. This preparation will increase the reader's confidence, enhance their...
Author
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This is the fully revised and updated second edition of STTI's popular handbook for nurse managers. Nurse managers deal with the economic reality of patient-staffing ratios, reports, and accountants. Acronyms such as FTEs and ADCs can feel like a foreign language many new managers haven't learned yet. This book provides practical tools, tips, and strategies that will help one be a successful nurse manager, including details about how key legislation...
Author
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Nursing is more than a job. It is a profession that attracts those who value compassion, want to make a difference in other people's lives, and want to do greater good in the world. While the profession provides endless options of practice, settings, and flexibility, nurses are burning out due to schedules, long shifts, mental and physical exhaustion, workload, conflict and bullying, challenging patients, rapid advances in technology, and lack of...
Author
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 2011, The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International's editors asked 30 global nurse leaders to identify 10 of the most critical issues in the profession. The results was the first edition of the Power of Ten, a collection of essays and data - and talking points that explored the obstacles nurses faced. The book challenged long-held beliefs that were stymying progress and invited readers to join the conversation about how to move nursing...
Author
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International/Honor Society of Nursing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Nurse's Law provides nursing students and practicing professional nurse with practical guidance concerning prevailing laws, regulations, and considerations in nursing practice. Using a case-based, question-and-answer format, the authors present and illustrate the legal context for nursing practice.
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With over 136.3 million patient visits to the Emergency Department, emergency nurses are not only in high demand but a continuously growing segment of the nursing profession. Emergency nurses find themselves in high-risk, faced-paced, physically and emotionally demanding, and difficult situations on a constant bases, which many nurses will describe as both stressful and surprisingly, extremely fulfilling. But there are so many variables, moving pieces,...
Author
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Nurse managers and nurse administrators at all levels are frequently confronted by the need to manage employee issues arising from interpersonal relationships. These include: conflict (relational aggression or covert bullying), cynicism (negative work attitudes), and calamity (drama and overt antagonism). As a much needed follow up to When Nurses Hurt Nurses (STTI, 2011), this book offers numerous concrete strategies for common employee challenges...
Author
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Victims of violence are unfortunately ever-present in healthcare today. Regardless of the setting, nurses are often the first to interact with victims and regularly must step into uncomfortable or difficult situations. To ensure patient and provider safety and enable the best possible outcomes, every nurse should be well- versed in forensic and theoretical issues of violence. A Practical Guide to Forensic Nursing is an evidence-based guide to understanding...
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Written specifically for nurses who are at the front lines of health care in hospitals, outpatient clinics, surgery centers, home health care settings, etc., this author emphasizes real world ethical challenges for nurses. The book provides guidelines on current and future ethical challenges, how to have moral courage and project the readers own voice, and an overall guide to communication and ethics consultation. Author Connie Ulrich, a clinical...
15) The career handoff: a healthcare leader's guide to knowledge & wisdom transfer across generations
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sigma Theta Tau International
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The focus of this book is mentoring within educational and health care settings, where nursing students and professional nurses must learn how to assess and negotiate multiple systems. Entering a new system, whether it is an educational environment or a health care environment, is conceptualized as a new culture. This book discusses various perspectives of mentoring, and, as the individual reader reflects upon the provided TIPS (thoughts, ideas, possible...