Professional Nursing
Concepts & Challenges
By- Beth Black, RN, MSN, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC
- Kay Chitty, RN, EdD, CS, Adjunct Faculty, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
This easy-to-read text introduces you to the issues and trends you're likely to encounter in any nursing practice setting. Each stand-alone chapter introduces and explores a specific topic and gives insightful discussions of issues such as the health care delivery system, professionalization in nursing, standards and scope of practice, socialization and nursing theories surrounding the profession, and political action facing nurses.
Book,
Published: January 2010
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4557-3666-9
Contents
1. Nursing Today
2. The History and Social Context of Nursing
3. The Professionalization of Nursing
4. Legal Aspects of Nursing5. Ethics: Basic Concepts for Nursing Practice
6. Becoming a Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization into Professional Practice7. Educational Patterns in Nursing
8. Critical Thinking, the Nursing Process, and the Development of Clinical Judgment9. Communication and Collaboration in Nursing
10. Illness, Culture, and Caring: Impact on Patients, Families, and Nurses11. The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
12. Conceptual and Philosophical Bases of Nursing13. The Theoretical Basis for Professional Nursing
14. Nursing and Health Care Delivery: System, Roles, and Finance15. Politics and Policy: Nursings Role in Shaping Health Care
16. Nursings Future Challenges
