Professional nursing
Subtitle: concepts & challenges
By: Beth Perry Black
Edition: Eighth edition.
Publisher: Elsevier/Saunders
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780323431125
Subjects: Textbooks; Practice; Nursing
Description: xi, 364 pages : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nursing in today's evolving health care environment; title: The history and social context of nursing; title: Nursing's pathway to professionalism; title: Nursing education in an evolving health care environment; title: Becoming a professional nurse : defining nursing & and socialization into practice; title: Nursing as a regulated practice : legal issues; title: Ethics : basic concepts for professional nursing practice; title: Conceptual and philosophical foundations of professional nursing practice; title: Nursing theory : the basis for professional nursing; title: The science of nursing and evidence-based practice; title: Developing nursing judgment through through critical thinking; title: Communication and collaboration in professional nursing; title: Nurses, patients, and families : caring at the intersection of health, illness, and culture; title: Health care in the United States; title: Political activism in nursing : communities, organizations, government; title: Nursing's challenge : to continue to evolve.