Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management

Just as described

This really is a pretty good book with an excellent overview of many issues faced by today's nurses and student nurses. However there was a lot of repetition, for which it received 4 stars, (but perhaps the authors did this on purpose to drill what I found to be fairly dry reading into our heads?). This book may not go completely in depth into the subject materials as it seems to be more of a broad based introductory reading but it more than makes up with the abundant offerings of outside sources it provides for one to be able to fully explore any further issues or questions that have caught your attention.

This is terribly written book. The first and second chapters about the history of nursing were so poorly written and researched, with apparently no vetting for accuracy, that I was astonished. E.g., they listed the incorrect name for the nurse who was part of the Tuskegee experiment. (I guess they thought watching the movie was enough.); was a Nazi nurse the best "compassionate" image they could come up for the WWII era?; a typo that puts the Middle Ages as starting in 476 BC instead of 476 AD (pretty sloppy for the 7th edition); using the long debunked term "Dark Ages" and then incorrectly dating the Dark Ages from 146 BC to 476 AD when 476 AD was about when they STARTED, not ended. Using a figure from the Roman empire for their section on the Middle Ages (only about 700 years off); placing the Crusades about 500 years too early; using the examples of New Testament figures of noblewomen Dorcas and Phoebe as nurses (do they have a different Bible than I do?); implying that females weren't allowed to help in the birthing of children during the Middle Ages when it was the MEN who couldn't participate; and on and on and on. What a disaster.

This book was highly recommended for my online bsn program it provided quality information for my discussion boards and papers

I received this book very fast. First time trying Amazon Rentals for textbooks. I have it the entire semester. It is in great condition too. I'm unable to say whether or not it is a great book just yet, hence 4 stars out of 5....class starts in 2 weeks.

This book is required for my class in nursing school. The book isn't too big and the chapters are relatively short (15-20 pages). It's easy to read and not too boring. I like all the colors and highlighting the authors used when creating the layout of the book.

Delivered in 3 days - with regular shipping - great time and much better price than the school bookstore! The book is compact and smaller than a regular textbook but the print is large enough for easy reading. This book has the same outline and formatting as the other nursing books in the Elsevier/Evolve series.

very informative! every nurse should have their own copy as a reference!