Advancing Your Career : Concepts Of Professional Nursing - 4th edition

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
Your Professional Identity Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 1
Coping with Returning to School Bernadette Dorsch Curry, RN, PhD 15
Theoretical Basis of Nursing Practice 33
What is Theory? Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 33
Evolution and Use of Formal Nursing Knowledge Jacqueline Fawcett, PhD, FAAN Barbara Swoyer, MSN, CRNP 50
Models for Health and Illness Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 82
Evidence-Based Practice Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 103
Critical Components of Professional Nursing Practice 123
Effective Communication Jacqueline Owers Favret, RN, MSN 123
Working with Groups Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 140
Critical Thinking Genevieve M. Bartol, RN, EdD 156
Teaching-Learning Process Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 170
Leadership Theresa M. Valiga, RN, EdD Sheila C. Grossman, RN, PhD 192
Management in Organizations Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 206
Change Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 229
Professional Ethics Joseph T. Catalano, RN, PhD 250
Providing Care 269
Managing and Providing Care Vicki L. Buchda, RN, MS 269
Healthy Initiatives for At-Risk Populations Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 289
Quality Health Care Francoise Dunefsky, RN, MS, CNAA 315
Informatics and Computer Use Julia W. Aucoin, RN, PhD 334
Health-Care Economics Cyril F. Chang, PhD Susan K. Pfoutz, RN, PhD 348
Protecting the Populace Robin S. Vogt, RN, PhD, FNP-C 368
The Politically Active Nurse: An Imperative Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD Jimmie E. Nunnery, MA 388
Health-Care Issues in the New Millennium 403
Nursing's Health-Care Agenda Sister Rosemary Donley, RN, PhD, C-ANP, FAAN 403
Expanding the Vision Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD 417
Professional Nursing Organizations 433
Nursing Classification System 441
Index 461