Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing,9780803628069

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Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing

by Kearney-Nunnery, Rose

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5th

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9780803628069

ISBN10:

0803628064

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

2/1/2012

Publisher(s):

DAVIS F A COMPANY

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Summary

Advance your career to the next level of professional practice with the guidance you'll find in the New Edition of this popular text. Build upon your prior nursing experiences with all of the concepts you need to progress from RN to BSN and beyond. From new and timely topics such as JCAHO's safety initiatives to health care reform and global issues, this text is ideal for pursuing ongoing education and reaching the next level of professional practice.Thoroughly revised and updated, the 5th Edition encourages you, the practicing nurse, to master the theories that are changing nursing. Apply them to the situations you'll encounter in practice today. and to the challenges in which you'll play a pivotal role in facing as a nurse tomorrow.Perfect for both classroom-based and online courses!

Professional Bases for Practice
Your Professional Identity	p. 2
Theory as the Basis for Practice	p. 22
Evolution and Use of Formal Nursing Knowledge	p. 38
Health, Illness, and Holism	p. 64
Evidence-Based Practice	p. 87
Critical Abilities in Professional Nursing Practice
Effective Communication	p. 108
Critical Thinking	p. 126
Working with Groups	p. 140
The Teaching-Learning Process	p. 155
Managing and Leading in the Organization	p. 177
Change and Innovation	p. 206
Professional Ethics	p. 227
Quality Care for Individuals, Families, and Groups
Quality and Safety in Health Care	p. 242
Healthy Initiatives for At-Risk Population	p. 266
Informatics and Documenting Outcomes	p. 290
Healthcare Economics	p. 309
The Politically Active Nurse: An Imperative	p. 335
Healthcare Reform and Global Issues	p. 350
Expanding the Vision	p. 362
Professional Nursing Organizations	p. 379
Nursing Diagnoses Categorized by Major Functional Health Patterns	p. 283
Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classifications (NOC) Systems	p. 386
Index	p. 397
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