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This classic text chronicles the non-clinical history, trends, and issues of the nursing profession. Features on-line resources and unique coverage of international issues and guidance on professional writing. New pedagogical features found in the Ninth Edition include chapter summaries, highlighted key information, ethical case vignettes, and new chapters.

Lucille A. Joel, RN, EdD, FAAN, Professor, College of Nursing, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey Dr. Joel co-authored the seventh and eighth editions of Dimensions with Lucie Young Kelly as well as The Nursing Experience, now in its fourth edition. Dr. Kelly (Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Nursing, Columbia University, New York) has now retired and this month has been honored with the American Nursing Association’s Living Legends Award.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

PART I Development of Modern Nursing

Section One Early Historical Influences

3

(34)

Care of the Sick: An Historical Overview

4

(21)

The Influence of Florence Nightingale

25

(12)

Section Two Nursing In The United States

37

(64)

The Evolution of the Trained Nurse, 1873--1903

38

(16)

The Emergence of the Modern Nurse, After 1904

54

(17)

Major Studies of the Nursing Profession

71

(30)

PART II Contemporary Professional Nursing

Section One The Health Care Setting

101

(90)

The Impact of Social and Scientific Changes

102

(32)

Health Care Delivery: Where?

134

(31)

Health Care Delivery: Who?

165

(26)

Section Two Nursing in the Health Care Setting

191

(62)

Nursing as a Profession

192

(21)

Professional Ethics and the Nurse

213

(27)

Profile of the Modern Nurse

240

(13)

Section Three Nursing Education and Research

253

(46)

Major Issues and Trends in Nursing Education

254

(15)

Programs in Nursing Education

269

(16)

Nursing Research: Status, Problems, and Issues

285

(14)

Sections Four The Practice of Nursing

299

(80)

Opportunities in Modern Nursing

300

(55)

Leadership for an Era of Change

355

(24)

Section Five Legal Rights and Responsibilities

379

(180)

An Introduction to the Law

380

(18)

The Legislative Process

398

(20)

Major Legislation Affecting Nursing

418

(33)

Licensure and Health Personnel Credentialing

451

(31)

Nursing Practice and the Law

482

(33)

Health Care and the Rights of People

515

(44)

PART III Professional Components and Career Development

Section One Nursing Organizations

559

(104)

Organizational Procedures and Issues

560

(15)

National Student Nurses' Association

575

(8)

American Nurses Association

583

(24)

The Tri-Council for Nursing

607

(9)

Other Nursing and Related Organizations in the United States

616

(33)

Major International Organizations

649

(14)

Section Two Transition Into Practice

663

(52)

Making Choices: Job Selection

664

(17)

Career Management

681

(34)

Author Index

715

(8)

Subject Index

723

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Kelly's Dimensions of Professional Nursing

Kelly's Dimensions of Professional Nursing

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