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Professional Nursing
Concepts & Challenges
- 10th Edition - October 28, 2022
- Author: Beth Black
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 7 6 6 5 - 3
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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Fundamentals**Discover what it means to be a professional nurse — the history, values and stan… Read more
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Discover what it means to be a professional nurse — the history, values and standards, and commitment to lifelong learning. Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 10th Edition equips you with current professional nursing practices to positively impact your career. This easy-to-read text provides insight into the current state of the profession and thoroughly examines standards and scope of practice, with new information on interprofessional education and practice, nursing roles, Covid-19, the surge of ambulatory and community care, bullying, gender issues, clinical judgment, and more.
- Cognitive rehearsal prepares you for the unlikely threat of lateral violence.
- Social justice in nursing helps you learn to advocate for patients who need your help.
- Interview narratives explore the issues like culture and faith from the perspectives of leaders in those fields.
- Historical Notes highlight little-known stories of heroisms in the nursing profession.
- Tips on documentation include both electronic and paper records.
- Concepts and Challenges and Ideas for Further Exploration at the end of the chapters help with review and test prep.
- Discussions on the implications of social media on nursing, including ethics and boundaries.
- Considering Culture boxes highlight the impact of culture on a nurse's role and responsibilities and the patient's healthcare experience.
- Evidence-Based Practice boxes identify leading findings in nursing topics and trends.
- Case Study boxes feature scenarios involving relevant issues in patient care.
- Nurses Doing Research boxes highlight problems identified in patient care and the ongoing efforts to find patient interventions.
- Professional Profiles boxes provide prospective from nurses in the field.
- Thinking Critically boxes encourage higher-level consideration of potential factors affecting nurses.
- Learning outcomes are presented at the beginning of each chapter.
- Key terms are bolded where defined in the text.
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- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Nursing in Today’s Evolving Healthcare Environment
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- NURSING IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY
- NURSING OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRING ADVANCED DEGREES
- EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK IN NURSING
- RECOGNIZING AN EXEMPLARY NURSE AND HIS CAREER
- CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES
- IDEAS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 2 The History and Social Context of Nursing
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF NURSING
- SOCIAL CONTEXT OF NURSING
- CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES
- IDEAS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 3 Nursing's Pathway to Professionalism
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 4 Nursing Education in an Evolving Healthcare Environment
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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 HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT
- COLLABORATION IN HEALTHCARE EDUCATION: INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
- CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES
- IDEAS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 5 Becoming a Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization In Practice
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- DEFINING NURSING: HARDER THAN IT SEEMS
- BECOMING A NURSE: SHAPING YOUR PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
- “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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 6 Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 7 Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- DEFINITIONS OF BASIC CONCEPTS IN ETHICS
- APPROACHES TO MORAL REASONING
- THEORIES OF ETHICS
- SIX ETHICAL PRINCIPLES BASEDON HUMAN DIGNITY AND RESPECT
- CODES OF ETHICS FOR NURSING
- NAVIGATING THE GRAY AREAS: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING
- EXPLORING ETHICAL DILEMMASIN NURSING
- THE PRACTICE OF MORAL COURAGE
- CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES
- IDEAS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 8 Conceptual and Philosophic Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 9 Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 10 The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 11 Developing Nursing Judgment Through Critical Thinking
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 12 Communication and Collaboration in Professional Nursing
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 13 Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and Culture
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- ACUTE AND CHRONIC ILLNESS
- ADJUSTING TO ILLNESS
- ILLNESS BEHAVIORS
- THE IMPACT OF ILLNESS ON PATIENTS AND FAMILIES
- THE IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVING ON NURSES
- CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES
- IDEAS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 14 Health Care in the United States
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- TODAY’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
- FINANCING HEALTH CARE
- HEALTHCARE REFORM AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS
- CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES
- IDEAS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 15 Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations, and Government
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 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
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 16 Nursing’s Challenge: To Continue to Evolve
- LEARNING OUTCOMES
- THE CHALLENGE: CARING FOR YOURSELF
- THE CHALLENGE: CARING FOR THE PROFESSION
- THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME: CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
- THE FINAL CHALLENGE: UNITE AND ACT
- CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES
- IDEAS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
- REFERENCES
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Index
- No. of pages: 424
- Language: English
- Edition: 10
- Published: October 28, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323776653
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323830010
- eBook ISBN: 9780323827553
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