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Several standard chapter features are utilized throughout the text, which provide the reader with a consistent format for learning and an assortment of resources for understanding and applying the knowledge presented. Chapter features include the following:

 Health care or nursing quote related to chapter content

 Objectives that state the chapter's learning goals

 Opening scenario, a mini entry‐level nursing case study that relates to the chapter, with critical thinking questions, which are discussed at the end of each chapter

 Photos, Figures, and Tables to clarify chapter content

 Key Concepts, a listing of the primary understandings the reader is to take from the chapter

 Key Terms, a listing of important new terms defined in the chapter

 NCLEX‐RN style Review Questions at the end of each chapter. Answers available to students at the end of each chapter

 Review Activities, a reflection of chapter content applied to entry‐level real‐world nursing situations

 Discussion Points, critical thinking elements for discussion in student groups and/or the classroom

 Exploring the Web, websites related to chapter content

 Informatics, website exercise to develop informatics skill of student, including one website exercise that takes the student to the Quality and Safety in Nursing (QSEN) website, www.qsen.org

 Lean Back, questions related to chapter that encourage reflective thinking

 References for chapter

 Suggested Reading for further development of thinking related to chapter

Special elements are sprinkled throughout the chapters to enhance student learning and encourage critical thinking. These include:

 Evidence from the Literature with synopsis of key findings from nursing and health care literature

 Real World Interviews with health care leaders and managers, including nursing staff, clinicians, administrators, quality improvement staff, faculty, nursing and medical practitioners, patients, nursing assistive personnel (NAP), librarians, and lawyers

 Critical Thinking exercises regarding an ethical, legal, cultural, spiritual, delegation, or quality improvement nursing or health care topic

 Case Studies to provide the entry‐level nurse with a clinical nursing leadership/management situation calling for critical thinking to solve a health care problem