Professional nursing concepts
Subtitle: competencies for quality leadership
By: Anita Finkelman, Carole Kenner
Contributors: Kenner, Carole
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9781449649029
Subjects: Nursing Care; Leadership; Nursing; Nurse's Role
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1: The profession of nursing. The development of professional nursing : history, the profession, and the nursing education experience; title: The essence of nursing : knowledge and caring; title: The image of nursing : what it is and how it needs to change; title: Nursing education, accreditation, and regulation; title: Section 2. The healthcare context. Health policy and political action : critical actions for nurses; title: Ethics and legal issues; title: Health promotion, disease prevention, and illness : a community perspective; title: The healthcare delivery system : focus on acute care; title: Section 3. Core healthcare professional competencies. Provide patient-centered care; title: Work in interprofessional teams; title: Employ evidence-based practice; title: Apply quality improvement; title: IOM core competgency : utilize informatics; title: Section 4. The practice of nursing today and in the future. Critical healthcare issue : why don't we have enough nurses?; title: The future : transformation of nursing practice through leadership.