"Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends and Management" is currently one of the leading Issues and Trends text on the market! The fourth edition will continue to be a popular choice for undergraduate nursing students. Barbara Cherry and Susan Jacob, who continue to combine their own expertise from both the academic and practice worlds, thoroughly cover topics based on today's trends in nursing practice. Starting with the evolution of nursing, this text discusses nursing licensure and certification, work place advocacy, emergency preparedness, health policy and budgeting issues facing nurses. The authors have reorganized the content by combining similar topics to avoid redundancy and ensure more cohesiveness throughout all the chapters.