Advancing your career
Subtitle: concepts of professional nursing
By: Rose Kearney-Nunnery, PhD, RN
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780803642034
Subjects: Nursing
Description: Build on your prior nursing experiences. Here are all the theories and concepts you need to progress from RN to BSN and beyond. From timely topics, such as JCAHO's safety initiatives, to healthcare reform and global issues, this popular text helps you continue your education and reach the next level of professional practice. You'll examine the critical components of professional nursing practice, including effective communication, professional ethics, leadership, group theory, teaching/learning, and multicultural issues. Then apply what you've learned to the situations you encounter in practice--and to the challenges you'll encounter tomorrow.--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Your professional identity / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Theory as the basis for practice / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Evolution and use of formal nursing knowledge / Jacqueline Fawcett; title: Health, illness, and holism / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Evidence-based practice / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Effective communication / Lynne Ornes; title: Critical thinking / Genevieve M. Bartol; title: Working with groups / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: The teaching-learning process / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Managing and leading in the organization / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Change and innovation / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Professional ethics / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Quality and safety in health care / Francoise Dunefsky, Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Population health / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Informatics and documenting outcomes / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Economics and health care policy / Rose Kearney-Nunnery, William Himmelsbach; title: The politically active nurse : an imperative / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Healthcare reform and global issues / Sister Rosemary Donley; title: Expanding the vision / Rose Kearney-Nunnery; title: Appendix A: Professional nursing organizations; title: Appendix B: Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classifications (NOC) systems.