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Preface..

Acknowledgement...

The Editors.

The Contributers.

Part One: Past, Present, And Future: Trends In Health Care And The Nursing Workforce .

The Changing Health Care Environment (Edward O'Neil).

The Nursing Workforce and Nursing Education: An Overview of Trends (Janet Coffman, Noelle Blick, and Sabrina Wong).

Projecting the Future Supply and Demand for Registered Nurses (Edward Salsberg, Paul Wing, and Carol S. Brewer).

Part Two: The Changing Nature of Nurses' Work: Demand For Nurses In Specific Employment Settings.

The Impact of Managed Care and Intregrated Delivery Systems on Registered Nurse Education and Practice (Barbara Balik).

How is Demand for Registered Nurses In Hospital Settings Changing? (Maryann F. Fralic).

Nurses in Long-Term Care Facilities in the United States (Charlene Harrington).

Changing Roles, Responsibilities, and Employment Patterns of Registered Nurses in Ambulatory Care Settings (Janis P. Bellack).

Community Health Nursing: Exploring New Frontiers While Reclaiming Old Territory(Marjorie K. Bauman).

Part Three: Enhanced And Emerging Roles For Registered Nurses.

How Is the Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse Changing? (Catherine L. Gilliss and Mary O'Neil Mundiniger).

From Case Management to Medical Care Management: Implications for Nursing Education (Barry R. Greene and Debra L. Kelsey).

Part Four: Recommendations For Nursing Education And Practice.

Nursing in the Next Century (Edward O'Neil).

Name Index.

Subject Index.

"Vital information for everyone seeking to prepare the numbers and types of registered nurses required to meet the public's needs in the emerging health care environment." —Mary Fry Rapson, Ph.D. RN, CS, national program director, Colleagues in Caring: Regional Collaboratives for Nursing Workforce Development

"A unique synthesis written by an outstanding group of experts in nursing education, practice, and policy." —Shirley S. Chater, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, regents' professor, Institute for Health and Aging, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco

"Strategies for the Future of Nursing is mandatory reading for all health professionals if they are going to be prepared to deal with the explosive changes occurring within health care." —Barbara A. Donaho, MA, RN, FAAN, president, American Academy of Nursing