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Section I: Professional bases for practice -- Chapter 1 Your professional identity / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 2 Theory as the basis for practice / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 3 Evolution and use of formal nursing knowledge / Jacqueline Fawcett -- Chapter 4 Health, illness, and holism / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 5 Evidence-based practice / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- |
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Section II: Critical abilities in professional nursing practice -- Chapter 6 Effective communication / Jacqueline Owers Favret -- Chapter 7 Critical thinking / Genevieve M. Bartol -- Chapter 8 Working with groups / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 9 The teaching-learning process / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 10 Managing and leading in the organization / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 11 Change and innovation / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 12 Professional ethics / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- |
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Section III: Quality care for individuals, families, and groups -- Chapter 13 Quality and safety in health care / Francoise Dunefsky and Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 14 Healthy initiatives for at-risk population / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 15 Informatics and documenting outcomes / Rose Kearney-Nunnery and Julia W. Aucoin -- Chapter 16 Healthcare economics / Lynne M. Patzek Miller, Cyril F. Chang, and Susan K. Pfoutz -- Chapter 17 The politically active nurse: an imperative / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Chapter 18 Healthcare reform and global issues / Sister Rosemary Donley -- Chapter 19 Expanding the vision / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Appendix A: Professional nursing organizations -- Appendix B: Nursing diagnoses categorized by major functional health patterns -- Appendix C: Nursing interventions classification (NIC) and Nursing outcomes classifications (NOC) systems. |
| Local note | Laupus-WCP |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011047862 |
| ISBN | 9780803628069 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0803628064 (pbk.) |
