A comprehensive resource for tracking developments in the nursing field. With over 20 new areas of research, and updates of existing entries, this encyclopedia presents key terms and concepts and their application to practice. Entries provide the most relevant and current research perspectives. New topics include NIH-funded research areas, a survey of major nursing research journals, addictions care, palliative care, translational science, simulation, trauma care, family-centered care, mild cognitive impairment, active surveillance for cancer care, workplace and empowerment research, nurse engagement, nurse-physician collaboration, CAM and empowerment research, spirituality, synthesis and action research, mixed-methods research, systematic review, ethnopharmacology, and more.--From publisher description.