Professional Nursing
Concepts and Challenges
2nd Edition
Published in February 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
536 pages
978-0-7216-6882-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses non-clinical concepts of nursing. It focuses on the process of "becoming" a professional nurse through interactive exercises. The book promotes nursing values, critical thinking, nursing research as a basis for practice, diversity within nursing, and political activism. The purpose of the book is to combine knowledge of self with knowledge of the profession to equip nursing students for professional practice in an era of dramatic changes in healthcare delivery.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
50 illustrations, glossary
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
695 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7216-6882-6 (9780721668826)
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Content
History of Nursing. Educational Patterns in Nursing. The Social Context for Nursing. Professional Associations. Nursing Today. Defining Profession. Defining Nursing. Professional Socialization. Philosophies of Nursing. Major Concepts in Nursing. Theory as a Basis for Professional Nursing. Understanding the Scientific Method and Nursing Research. The Health Care Delivery System. Nursing Roles in the Health Care Delivery System. Essentials of the Nursing Process. Financing Health Care. Illness and Its Impact on Patients and Families. Communication in Nursing. Nursing Ethics. Legal Aspects of Nursing. Nurses and Political Action. Nursing's Future Challenges. Epilogue. Glossary.