Professional Nursing Practice: Concepts and Perspectives, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (June 3, 2015) © 2016

  • Kathy Blais
  • Janice S. Hayes University of Northern Colorado
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  • Interviews with Practicing Nurse
  • Critical Thinking Exercises

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For courses in Professional Nursing Practice or Introduction to the Nursing Profession

Professional Nursing Practice helps nursing students explore and understand the nurse's role in the health care environment with coverage on topics including nursing history, theory, ethics, and law, as well as nursing roles, issues, and changes in the profession. Fully updated, this edition includes more information on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN), global health, and nursing theory and research. This resource explores the changing health care system especially related to health care economics, nursing in a culture of violence, and nursing in a culturally and spiritually diverse world.

  • 1. Beginning the Journey
  • Unit I: Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
  • 2. Socialization to Professional Nursing
  • 3. Historical Foundations of Professional Nursing
  • 4. Ethical Foundations of Professional Nursing
  • 5. Legal Foundations of Professional Nursing
  • 6. Knowledge Development in Nursing
  • Unit II: Professional Nursing Roles
  • 7. The Nurse as Health Promoter and Care Provider
  • 8. The Nurse as Learner and Teacher
  • 9. The Nurse as Leader and Manager
  • 10. The Nurse's Role in Evidence-based Health Care
  • 11. The Nurse's Role in Quality and Safety
  • 12. The Nurse's Role as Political Advocate
  • 13. The Nurse as Colleague and Collaborator
  • Unit III: Processes Guiding Professional Practice
  • 14. Communicating
  • 15. Managing Change
  • 16. Technology and Informatics
  • Unit IV: Professional Nursing in a Changing Health Care Environment
  • 17. Nursing in an Evolving Health Care Delivery System
  • 18. Providing Care in the Home and Community
  • 19. Global Health
  • 20. Dimensions of Holistic Health Care
  • 21. Nursing in a Culturally Diverse World
  • 22. Nursing in a Spiritually Diverse World
  • 23. Nursing in a Culture of Violence
  • Unit V: Into the Future
  • 24. Advanced Nursing Education and Practice
  • 25. The Future of Nursing
  • Index

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