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To compete competitively in the health care job market, nurses must understand the economic and financial realities affecting the health care delivery system, such as effective resource allocation, cost containment measures, and quality management efforts that promote high-quality client-centered nursing care. Economics and Nursing presents in an easy-to-read, clinically applicable format a comprehensive analysis of economic realities and issues relevant to nursing.
Sylvia A. Price, PhD, RN, former Professor, University of Tennessee, College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee Cyril F. Chang, PhD, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Memphis; Department of Preventative Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee Susan K. Pfoutz, PhD, RN, Professor, Eastern Michigan University, Department of Nursing Education, Ypsilanti, Michigan