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Hood Lucy J.

Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing/ by Lucy J. Hood, Susan Leddy - 7th.edition - Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health /Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010 - xx, 617 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes Bibliographical references and Index

CONTENTS
Ch.1.Exploring professional nursing --
Ch.2.The history behind the development of professional nursing--
Ch.3.Contextual, philosophical, and ethical elements of professional nursing--
Ch.4.Establishing helping and healing relationships--
Ch.5.Patterns of knowing and nursing science--
Ch.6.Nursing models and theories--
Ch.7.Professional nursing processes--
Ch.8.The health process and self-care of the nurse--
Ch.9.Health care delivery systems --
Ch.10.Developing and using nursing knowledge through research--
Ch.11.Multicultural issues in professional practice--
Ch.12.Professional nurse accountability--
Ch.13.Environmental and global health--
Ch.14.Community health--
Ch.15.Informatics and technology in nursing practice--
Ch.16. Nursing approaches to client systems--
Ch.17.The professional nurse’s role in teaching and learning--
Ch.18.Leadership and management in professional nursing --
Ch.19.Quality improvement and professional nursing--
Ch.20.The professional nurse’s role in public policy--
Ch.21.Career options for professional nurses--
Ch.22.Development of a professional nursing career--
Ch.23.Shaping the future of nursing.

Now in its seventh edition, this text provides nurses with a comprehensive overview of the evolving marketplace, emphasizing the need to develop and maintain sound professionalism

ISBN: 9780781792486 0781792487

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nursing
Nursing Philosophy
Nursing Theory
Nursing trends
Philosophy, Nursing

LC Class. No.: RT41.H66 2010