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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 quotes 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 are available to students at the end of the chapter‐no more flipping back and forth for answers!

 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 the chapter content.

 Informatics: website exercises to develop the 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 the chapter that encourage reflective thinking.

 References for the chapter.

 Suggested Readings for further development of thinking related to the 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.