Nursing in contemporary society : issues, trends, and transition to practice / Linda C. Haynes, Howard K. Butcher, Teresa A. Boese.
Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004.Description: xv, 591 p. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0130941530
- 9780130941534
- WY 86 H424n 2004
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Health Sciences Library | WY 86 H424n 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22060032 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Unit 1. Evolution and context for professional nursing practice.
1. Turning points in nursing history / M. Patricia Donahue
2. The evolution of nursing education / Melanie Dreher
3. Achieving professionhood through participation in professional organizations / Jean Logan [and others]
4. Nursing's distinctive knowledge / Howard K. Butcher
Unit 2. Professional values and core competencies.
5. Professional values and ethical practice / Linda C. Haynes, Debra Woodard Leners
6. Making caring visible / Howard K. Butcher
7. Reflective clinical reasoning / Daniel J. Pesut
8. Information technology / Toni Hebda, Patricia Czar, Cynthia Mascara
9. Skill acquisition and competency / Janis C. Childs, Frances Strodtbeck, Teresa A. Boese
Unit 3. Issues impacting nursing practice.
10. Cultural diversity in health care / Nancy White [and others]
11. Spirituality / Linda F. Garner
12. Evidence-based practice and nursing research / Lisa Sams, Barbara Ritzert
13. Health promotion / Melanie McEwen.
14. Complementary and alternative therapies in health care / Marilyn Terrado, Jacquelin S. Neatherlin
Unit 4. Health care delivery from an economic, political, and legal perspective.
15. Economic aspects of health care / Joan Carter, Jennie Echols, Leona D. Stoll
16. Policy, politics, and health care delivery / Elizabeth Farren Corbin
17. Legal concepts in nursing practice / Ginny Wacker Guido
Unit 5. Career management and professional growth.
18. Obtaining professional employment / Linda C. Haynes
19. Transition into practice / Linda C. Haynes
20. Licensure / Frances Eason
21. The stress of life and professional survival / Elizabeth Farren Corbin, Linda C. Haynes
22. Advanced practice nursing: lessons of the past, challenges of the future / Debra Woodard Leners
Unit 6. Challenge of management.
23. Collaboration in health care / Jennie Echols
24. The baccalaureate nurse as a leader in health care delivery / Deborah R. Garrison, Merry J. McBryde Foster
25. Legal issues for the nurse manager / Ginny Wacker Guido
Epilogue: toward the future.
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