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| Contributors | p. vii |
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| The Relationship of Theory and Practice in the Acquisition of Skill | p. 1 |
| Entering the Field: Advanced Beginner Practice | p. 25 |
| The Competent Stage: A Time of Analysis, Planning, and Confrontation | p. 61 |
| Proficiency: A Transition to Expertise | p. 103 |
| Expert Practice | p. 137 |
| I... MORE | p. 171 |
| Clinical Judgment | p. 199 |
| The Social Embeddedness of Knowledge | p. 233 |
| The Primacy of Caring and the Role of Experience, Narrative, and Community in Clinical and Ethical Expertise | p. 279 |
| Implications of the Phenomenology of Expertise for Teaching and Learning Everyday Skillful Ethical Comportment | p. 309 |
| The Nurse-Physician Relationship: Negotiating Clinical Knowledge | p. 335 |
| Implications for Basic Nursing Education | p. 369 |
| Implications for Nursing Administration and Practice | p. 405 |
| Background and Method | p. 435 |
| Description of Nurse Informants | p. 463 |
| Background Questions for Interviews and Observations | p. 465 |
| References | p. 471 |
| Index | p. 491 |
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