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Professional Nursing
Concepts & Challenges
- 9th Edition - June 17, 2019
- Author: Beth Black
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 7 6 8 9 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 9 4 7 8 - 3
Discover what it means to be a professional nurse — the history, values and standards, and commitment to life-long learning. Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 9th E… Read more
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Request a sales quoteDiscover what it means to be a professional nurse — the history, values and standards, and commitment to life-long learning. Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition equips you with current professional nursing practices to positively impact your career. This easy-to-read text helps you gain insight into the current state of the profession and benefit from a thorough examination of standards and scope of practice, with new information on the Affordable Care Act, real-life interview narratives, coverage of social justice in nursing, transition into professional practice, health care delivery systems, future challenges for the nursing profession. and more. Valuable learning aids throughout this text include: case studies, cultural challenges, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, interviews, professional profiles, historical notes, nursing research, and ideas for further exploration.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
- Nursing in the United States Today
- Nursing Opportunities Requiring Advanced Degrees
- Employment Outlook in Nursing
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 2. The History and Social Context of Nursing
- Historical Context of Nursing
- Social Context of Nursing
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 3. Nursing’s Pathway to Professionalism
- Characteristics of A Profession
- From Occupation to Profession
- Nursing’s Pathway to Professionalism
- Collegiality in Professional Nursing
- Barriers to Professionalism in Nursing
- Final Comments
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 4. Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care Environment
- Development of Nursing Education in the United States
- Educational Paths to Become A Registered Nurse
- RN-TO-BSN, Accelerated BSN, Distance Learning: Alternate Paths in Nursing Education
- Accreditation: Ensuring Quality Education
- Taking the Next Steps: Advanced Degrees in Nursing
- Becoming Certified: Validating Knowledge and Proficiency
- Maintaining Expertise and Staying Current Through Continuing Education
- Challenges: Faculty Shortages and Quality and Safety Education in Today’s Complex Health Care Environment
- Collaboration in Health Care Education: Interprofessional Education
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 5. Becoming a Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization Into Practice
- Defining Nursing: Harder than it Seems
- Becoming a Nurse: Shaping your Professional Identity
- From Student to Nurse: Facilitating the Transition
- “Just Going Through a Stage”: Models of Socialization
- From Student to Employed Nurse: Socialization Specific to the Work Setting
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 6. Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues
- American Legal System
- State Boards of Nursing, Nursing Practice Acts, and Licensure
- Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
- Confidentiality: The Challenge to Protect Privacy
- Evolving Legal Issues Affecting Nursing
- Protecting Yourself from Legal Problems
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 7. Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice
- Definitions of Basic Concepts in Ethics
- Approaches to Moral Reasoning
- Theories of Ethics
- Six Ethical Principles Based on Human Dignity and Respect
- Codes of Ethics for Nursing
- Navigating The Gray Areas: Ethical Decision Making
- Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
- The Practice of Moral Courage
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 8. Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
- Understanding Systems: Connections and Interactions
- Person: An Open System With Human Needs
- Environment: The Suprasystem in Which Persons Live
- Health: A Continuum
- Nursing: Forming the Meaningful Whole
- Beliefs: Guiding Nursing Behaviors
- Values
- Philosophies and Their Relationship to Nursing Care
- Developing a Personal Philosophy of Nursing
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 9. Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
- Philosophies of Nursing
- Conceptual Models of Nursing
- Theories of Nursing: from Grand to Middle Range
- Using Theory for Nursing Education, Practice, and Research
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas For Further Exploration
- 10. The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
- Science and the Scientific Method
- Nursing Research: Improving Care Of Patients
- Evidence-Based Practice: Evidence, Expertise, Patient Preference
- The Research Process
- The Relationship of Research to Theory and Practice
- Financial Support for Nursing Research
- Advancing the Profession Through the use of Research
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 11. Developing Nursing Judgment through Critical Thinking
- Critical Thinking: Cultivating Intellectual Standards
- Critical Thinking in Nursing
- The Nursing Process: A Universal Intellectual Standard
- Steps of the Nursing Process
- The Dynamic Nature of the Nursing Process
- Developing Clinical Judgment in Nursing
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- Chapter 12. Communication and Collaboration in Professional Nursing
- The Therapeutic use of Self
- Communication Theory
- The Development of Human Communication
- Criteria for Successful Communication
- Developing Effective Communication Skills
- Effective Communication with other Providers
- Interprofessional Collaboration: Prescription for Improved Patient Outcomes
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 13. Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and Culture
- Acute and Chronic Illness
- Adjusting to Illness
- Illness Behaviors
- The Impact of Illness on Patients and Families
- The Impact of Caregiving on Nurses
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 14. Health Care in the United States
- Today’s Health Care System
- Financing Health Care
- Health Care Reform and Universal Access
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 15. Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations, and Government
- Policy and Politics: Not Just in Washington, D.C
- Professional Organizations: Strength in Numbers
- Benefits of Joining a Professional Organization
- Political Activism in Government
- Getting Involved
- Nursing Needs Your Contribution
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- 16. Nursing’s Challenge: To Continue to Evolve
- The Challenge: Caring for Yourself
- The Challenge: Caring for the Profession
- The Challenge: Caring for the Environment
- The Final Challenge: Unite and Act
- Concepts and Challenges
- Ideas for Further Exploration
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Index
- Language: English
- Edition: 9
- Published: June 17, 2019
- Imprint: Saunders
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323676892
- eBook ISBN: 9780323594783
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Beth Black
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina