Dimensions of Professional Nursing

by Kelly, Lucie Young; Joel, Lucille A.

• ISBN13: 9780070344402
• ISBN10: 007034440X
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-24
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Incorporated

Summary

Coherently brings together the latest trends in nursing and health care and the most important issues affecting professional nurses including nursing history, ethics and patient rights, nursing and the law, health care delivery system, career management, workplace issues, the role of government, leadership and change, and much more. Important additions to this edition include extended chapter summaries and objectives, expanded coverage of students' rights, a review of recent legislation as it impacts the nursing profession, and two new chapters: Skills in Contemporary Practice and Credentialing in Nursing and Health Care.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
PART I Development of Modern Nursing	1	(2)
SECTION ONE EARLY HISTORICAL INFLUENCES	3	(32)
Care of the Sick: A Historical Overview	4	(20)
The Influence of Florence Nightingale	24	(11)
SECTION TWO NURSING IN THE UNITED STATES	35	(62)
The Evolution of the Trained Nurse, 1873--1903	36	(15)
The Emergence of the Modern Nurse, after 1904	51	(16)
Major Studies of the Nursing Profession	67	(30)
PART II Contemporary Professional Nursing	97	(2)
SECTION ONE THE HEALTH CARE SETTING	99	(94)
The Impact of Social and Scientific Changes	100	(31)
Health Care Delivery: Where?	131	(32)
Health Care Delivery: Who?	163	(30)
SECTION TWO NURSING IN THE HEALTH CARE SETTING	193	(60)
Nursing as a Profession	194	(22)
Professional Ethics and the Nurse	216	(26)
Profile of the Modern Nurse	242	(11)
SECTION THREE NURSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH	253	(44)
Major Issues and Trends in Nursing Education	254	(14)
Programs in Nursing Education	268	(16)
Nursing Research: Status, Problems, Issues	284	(13)
SECTION FOUR THE PRACTICE OF NURSING	297	(82)
Opportunities in Modern Nursing	298	(59)
Leadership for an Era of Change	357	(22)
SECTION FIVE LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES	379	(178)
An Introduction to Law	380	(17)
The Legislative Process	397	(19)
Major Legislation Affecting Nursing	416	(33)
Licensure and Health Personnel Credentialing	449	(31)
Nursing Practice and the Law	480	(32)
Health Care and the Rights of People	512	(45)
PART III Professional Components and Career Development	557	(2)
SECTION ONE NURSING ORGANIZATIONS	559	(102)
Organizational Procedures and Issues	560	(15)
National Student Nurses' Association	575	(7)
American Nurses Association	582	(23)
The Tri-Council for Nursing	605	(9)
Other Nursing and Related Organizations in the United States	614	(34)
Major International Organizations	648	(13)
SECTION TWO TRANSITION INTO PRACTICE	661	(46)
Making Choices: Job Selection	662	(17)
Career Management	679	(28)
Author Index	707	(8)
Subject Index	715