Professional nursing
Subtitle: concepts and issues
By: Anita W. Finkelman and Carole Kenner.
Contributors: Kenner, Carole.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett; Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sudbury, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780763754129
Subjects: Nursing -- United States; Nursing -- United States; Nurse's Role -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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: Health policy and political action : critical actions for ethics and legal issues; title: Health promotion, disease prevention, and illness : a continuum of care; title: The healthcare delivery system : focus on acute care; title: Provide patient-centered care; title: Work in interdisciplinary teams; title: Employ evidence-based practice; title: Apply quality improvement; title: Utilize informatics; title: Critical healthcare issue : why don't we have enough nurses?; title: Transformation of nursing practice : roles and issues.