Conceptual foundations
Subtitle: the bridge to professional nursing practice
By: [edited by] Joan L. Creasia, Elizabeth E. Friberg
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Elsevier/Mosby
Published: 2011
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780323068697
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical development of professional nursing in the United States / Jennifer Casavant Telford and Arlene W. Keeling; title: Pathways of nursing education / Joan L. Creasia and Kathryn B. Reid; title: Socialization to professional nursing / Karen J. Saewert; title: Professional nursing roles / Sarah A. Delgado, Elke Jones Zschaebitz, and Elizabeth E. Friberg; title: Theories and frameworks for professional nursing practice / Mary Gunther; title: Health policy and planning and the nursing practice environment / Debra C. Wallace and L. Louise Ivanov; title: Economic issues in nursing and healthcare / Mattia J. Gilmartin; title: Communication skills and techniques / Katharine C. Cook; title: Critical thinking, clinical judgment, and the nursing process; title: Challenges in teaching and learning / Tami H. Wyatt; title: Legal aspects of nursing practice / Nayna C. Philipsen and Patricia McMullen; title: Ethical dimensions of nursing and health care / Heather Vallent and Pamela J. Grace; title: Health care informatics / Teresa L. Panniers and Susan Kaplan Jacobs; title: Diversity in health and illness / Cathy L. Campbell and Ishan C. Williams; title: Health and health promotion / Sandra P. Thomas; title: Genetics and genomics in professional nursing / Dale Halsey Lea; title: Rural health concepts / Vickie H. Southall; title: Intimate partner violence as a health care problem / Kathryn Laughon; title: Vulnerable populations / Marilyn Grace O'Rourke; title: Patient safety.