Conceptual Bases of Professional Nursing

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Author(s): Lucy J Hood; Susan Leddy; J Mae Pepper
Edition: Eighth Edition
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters KIluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Year: 2014

Language: English
Pages: 1591

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
In Memory......Page 5
Reviewers......Page 8
Preface......Page 28
Contents......Page 33
Section 1: Exploring Professional Nursing......Page 39
Chapter 1: The Professional Nurse......Page 40
Chapter 2: The History Behind the Development of Professional Nursing......Page 114
Chapter 3: Contextual, Philosophical, and Ethical Elements of Professional Nursing......Page 182
Chapter 4: Establishing Helping and Healing Relationships......Page 248
Chapter 5: Patterns of Knowing and Nursing Science......Page 317
Chapter 6: Nursing Models and Theories......Page 367
Chapter 7: Professional Nursing Processes......Page 436
Chapter 8: The Health Process and Self-Care of the Nurse......Page 497
Section 2: The Changing Health Care Context......Page 565
Chapter 9: Health Care Delivery Systems......Page 566
Chapter 10: Developing and Using Nursing Knowledge Through Research......Page 627
Chapter 11: Multicultural Issues in Professional Practice......Page 690
Chapter 12: Professional Nurse Accountability......Page 744
Chapter 13: Environmental and Global Health......Page 813
Chapter 14: Community Health......Page 878
Chapter 15: Informatics and Technology in Nursing Practice......Page 949
Section 3: Professional Nursing Roles......Page 1018
Chapter 16: Nursing Approaches to Client Systems......Page 1019
Chapter 17: The Professional Nurse’s Role in Teaching and Learning......Page 1085
Chapter 18: Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing......Page 1152
Chapter 19: Quality Improvement: Enhancing Patient Safety and Health Care Quality......Page 1230
Chapter 20: The Professional Nurse’s Role in Public Policy......Page 1303
Section 4: Glimpsing the Future of Professional Nursing......Page 1363
Chapter 21: Career Options for Professional Nurses......Page 1364
Chapter 22: Development of a Professional Nursing Career......Page 1415
Chapter 23: Shaping the Future of Nursing......Page 1463
Appendix: American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Nursing Practice*......Page 1527
Index......Page 1547