Advanced Practice Nursing

by Barker, Anne M.

• ISBN13: 9780763748999
• ISBN10: 0763748994
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-06
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Advanced Practice Nursing is the perfect text for any course that serves as an introduction to the profession. It follows the nation nursing accreditation standards and ensures that curriculum is built on professional standards.

Table of Contents

Professional Roles for Advanced Nursing Practice	p. 1
The Slow March to Professional Practice	p. 7
Advanced Practice Nursing: Moving Beyond the Basics	p. 23
The Evolution of Doctoral Education in Nursing	p. 31
Leadership Development Through Mentorship and Professional Development Planning	p. 43
Managing Personal Resources: Time and Stress Management	p. 53
The Health Care Delivery System and Health Care Policy	p. 65
A Distinctive System of Health Care Delivery	p. 71
Beliefs, Values, and Health	p. 93
The Evolution of Health Services in the United States	p. 129
Financing Health Care	p. 163
Managing Financial Resources	p. 203
Managed Care	p. 219
The Future of Health Services Delivery	p. 241
Advanced Practice Nurses and Public Policy, Naturally	p. 275
Making the Political Process Work	p. 305
Quality and Information for Advanced Nursing Practice	p. 317
Health Care Quality	p. 323
Contributions of the Professional, Public, and Private Sectors in Promoting Patient Safety	p. 347
Information Technology for Advanced Nursing Practice	p. 361
Theoretical Foundation and Research for Advanced Nursing Practice	p. 373
Theory-Based Advanced Nursing Practice	p. 379
Values-Based Practice and Evidence-Based Care: Pursuing Fundamental Questions in Nursing Philosophy and Theory	p. 399
Fundamental Patterns or' Knowing in Nursing	p. 409
Patterns of Knowing: Review, Critique, and Update	p. 419
Multiple Paradigms of Nursing Science	p. 433
Research: How Health Care Advances	p. 451
Knowledge Development in Nursing: Our Historical Roots and Future Opportunities	p. 471
Other Core Knowledge for the Advanced Practice of Nursing	p. 487
Moving Toward a Culturally Competent Profession	p. 491
Race, Race Relations, and the Emergence of Professional Nursing, 1870-2004	p. 505
Introduction to Ethics	p. 517
The Role of Codes of Ethics in Nursing's Disciplinary Knowledge	p. 543
Index	p. 559
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