Roux (Loyola U. Chicago, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing) and Halstead's (Indiana U. School of Nursing, Indianapolis) undergraduate nursing textbook covers the range of issues new nurses encounter when entering today's healthcare arena. Twenty-two chapters by 33 American health care academics and practitioners are organized into sections reflecting the four key concepts of the profession--nursing, environment, person, health--and cover key issues in the professional aspects of nursing,safety, quality management, performance outcomes in the workplace, emergency preparedness, global health issues, the legal and ethical issues in nursing care, urban and rural health care issues, informatics, and the future of nursing. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)