Hood, Lucy Jane

Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing / Lucy Jane Hood, Susan Kun Leddy - 5th edition - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams $ Wilkins, c2003 - xvi, 591 p. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Table of contents

Section 1.The Dynamics of Professional Development
1. The Professional Nurse
2. The History Behind the Development of Professional Nursing
3. Contextual and Philosophical Elements of Professional Nursing
4. Socialization into Professional Practice
5. The Professional Self-Concept: Development & Care
Section 2. The Knowledge Bases of Professional Practice
6. Patterns of Knowing and Nursing Science
7. Nursing Models and Theories
8. Developing and Using Nursing Knowledge through Research
9. Professional Nursing Process
10. The Health Process
Section 3. The Changing Health Care Context
11. The Health Care Delivery System
12. The Professional Nurse's Role and Technology
13. The Professionals Nurse's Role in Public Policy
Section 4. Professional Practice Strategies
14. The Professional Nursing Role with Client Systems
15. Professional Nurse Accountability
16. The Professional Nurse's Role and Multiculturalism
17. Professional Communication to Establish Helping and Healing Relationships
18. The Professional Nurse's Role in Teaching and Learning
19. Professional Nursing Leadership
20. The Professional Nurse's Role in Client Care Management
21. The Professional Nurse's Role in Shaping the Future of Nursing

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