Advancing Your Career: Concepts for Professional Nursing
ISBN: 9780803618275 | 0803618271
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: F a Davis Co
Pub. Date: 3/3/2008
Why Rent from Knetbooks?
Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
Top 5 reasons to order all your textbooks from Knetbooks:
- We have the lowest prices on thousands of popular textbooks
- Free shipping both ways on ALL orders
- Most orders ship within 48 hours
- Need your book longer than expected? Extending your rental is simple
- Our customer support team is always here to help
Guidance for the RN to BSN adult learner. Includes new and timely topics such as quantum physics and genomics and how they are influencing the delivery of care to domestic violence and the potential impact of bioterrorism. Perfect for both classroom-based and online courses.
Carefully constructed interactive exercises in the book and on the Web help you to use all of your current knowledge to meet the challenges you face on the path to your new career. Outstanding Features: Encompasses all of the critical component... MORE
Carefully constructed interactive exercises in the book and on the Web help you to use all of your current knowledge to meet the challenges you face on the path to your new career. Outstanding Features: Encompasses all of the critical component... MORE
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Your Professional Identity | p. 1 |
| Coping with Returning to School | p. 15 |
| Theoretical Basis of Nursing Practice | p. 33 |
| What is Theory? | p. 33 |
| Evolution and Use of Formal Nursing Knowledge | p. 50 |
| Models for Health and Illness | p. 82 |
| Evidence-Based Practice | p. 103 |
| Critical Components of Professional Nursing Practice | p... MORE |
| Effective Communication | p. 123 |
| Working with Groups | p. 140 |
| Critical Thinking | p. 156 |
| Teaching-Learning Process | p. 170 |
| Leadership | p. 192 |
| Management in Organizations | p. 206 |
| Change | p. 229 |
| Professional Ethics | p. 250 |
| Providing Care | p. 269 |
| Managing and Providing Care | p. 269 |
| Healthy Initiatives for At-Risk Populations | p. 289 |
| Quality Health Care | p. 315 |
| Informatics and Computer Use | p. 334 |
| Health-Care Economics | p. 348 |
| Protecting the Populace | p. 368 |
| The Politically Active Nurse: An Imperative | p. 388 |
| Health-Care Issues in the New Millennium | p. 403 |
| Nursing's Health-Care Agenda | p. 403 |
| Expanding the Vision | p. 417 |
| Professional Nursing Organizations | p. 433 |
| Nursing Classification System | p. 441 |
| Index | p. 461 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
