Professional Nursing

Concepts and Challenges

Kay Kittrell Chitty, Beth Perry Black (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

512 Seiten

2007 | 5th Revised edition
Saunders (Verlag)
978-1-4160-4473-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Introduces you to the issues and trends encountered in any practice setting. This book contains discussions of professionalization in nursing, standards and scope of practice, socialization and nursing theories surrounding the profession, critical thinking, research and evidence-based practice, the health care delivery system.

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An ideal choice for anyone who wants to gain a professional edge in the world of nursing today, the latest edition of this popular book introduces you to the issues and trends you're likely to encounter in any practice setting. Each stand-alone chapter introduces and explores a specific topic, enabling them to be read in any order. You'll find insightful discussions of professionalization in nursing, standards and scope of practice, socialization and nursing theories surrounding the profession, critical thinking, research and evidence-based practice, the health care delivery system, and professional associations and political action facing nurses. Additionally, thought provoking questions, practical strategies, real-life scenarios, self-assessments, and personal viewpoints and interviews help you extend and apply the ideas presented.

Inhalt

1.Nursing Today 2.The History and Social Context of Nursing 3.The Professionalization of Nursing 4.Legal Aspects of Nursing 5.Ethical Aspects of Nursing 6.Becoming a Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization into Professional Practice 7.Educational Patterns in Nursing 8.Critical Thinking, the Nursing Process, and Clinical Judgment 9.Communication and Collaboration in Nursing 10.Illness, Culture, and Caring: Impact on Patients, Families, and Nurses 11.The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice 12.Conceptual and Philosophical Bases of Nursing 13.Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing 14.Nursing and Health Care Delivery: System, Roles, and Finance 15.The Political Activism of Nursing - In Organizations and the Government 16.Nursing's Future Challenges

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.5.2007
• Zusatzinfo: Approx. 100 illustrations (50 in full color)
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 191 x 235 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• ISBN-10: 1-4160-4473-6 / 1416044736
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-4473-4 / 9781416044734
• Zustand: Neuware