Professional nursing concepts and challenges Beth Perry Black

Revised edition of: Professional nursing / Kay Kittrell Chitty, Beth Perry Black. 6th edition [2011].

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Nursing today: a time of transformation -- Status of nursing in the United States -- Nursing opportunities requiring advanced degrees -- Employment outlook in nursing -- 2. The history and social context of nursing -- Historical context of nursing -- Social context of nursing -- 3. Nursing's pathway to professionalism -- Characteristics of a profession -- From occupation to profession -- Nursing's pathway to professionalism -- Collegiality as an attribute of the professional nurse -- Barriers to professionalism in nursing -- Final comments -- 4. Legal aspects of nursing -- American legal system -- Nursing as a regulated practice -- Legal risks in professional nursing practice -- Confidentiality -- Evolving legal issues and the nurse -- Preventing legal problems in nursing practice -- 5. Ethics: basic concepts for nursing practice -- Basic definitions -- Approaches to moral reasoning -- Ethical theories -- Ethical principles -- Nursing codes of ethics -- Ethical decision making -- Navigating ethical dilemmas in nursing -- 6. Becoming a nurse: defining nursing and socialization into professional practice -- Defining nursing: harder than it seems -- Becoming a nurse: shaping your professional identity -- Education and professional socialization -- Models of professional socialization -- Socialization to the work setting -- 7. The education of nurses: on the leading edge of transformation -- Development of nursing education in the United States -- Educational pathways to becoming a registered nurse -- Alternative educational programs in nursing -- Accreditation of educational programs -- Graduate education in nursing -- Certification programs -- Continuing education -- Challenges in nursing education -- 8. Critical thinking, the nursing process, and clinical judgment -- Defining critical thinking -- Critical thinking in nursing -- The nursing process: an intellectual standard -- Phases of the nursing process -- Dynamic nature of the nursing process -- Developing clinical judgment in nursing -- 9. Communication and collaboration in nursing -- Therapeutic use of self -- Communication theory -- How communication develops -- Criteria for successful communication -- Becoming a better communicator -- Communication with professional colleagues -- Interprofessional collaborative practice: prescription for improved patient outcomes -- Final comment -- 10. Illness, culture, and caring: impact on patients, families, and nurses -- Illness -- Adjustment to illness -- The sick role -- Impact of illness on patients and families -- Impact of caregiving on nurses -- 11. The science of nursing and evidence-based practice -- Science and the scientific method -- What is nursing research? -- Evidence-based practice: bridging the gap between research and practice -- The research process -- Relationship of nursing research to nursing theory and practice -- Financial support for nursing research -- Roles of nurses in research -- 12. Conceptual and philosophical bases of nursing -- Systems -- Person -- Environment and suprasystem -- Health -- Putting it all together: nursing -- Beliefs -- Values -- Philosophies and their relationship to nursing care -- Developing a personal philosophy of nursing -- 13. Nursing theory: the basis for professional nursing -- Philosophies of nursing -- Conceptual models of nursing -- Theories of nursing -- The theoretical challenges for nursing education, practice, and research -- 14. Health care in the United States -- Today's health care system -- Financing health care -- Health care reform and universal access -- 15. Political activism in nursing: communities, organizations, government -- Policy and politics -- Professional organizations -- Purpose and activities of organizations -- Benefits of belonging to professional associations -- Political activism in the governmental arena -- Getting involved -- Nursing awaits your contribution -- 16. Nursing's challenge: the call for transformation -- The challenge: care of self -- The challenge: care of the profession -- The challenge: care of the environment -- The final challenge: focus, unite, act.

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