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| Preface | |
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| Author Profile | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Evolution of Nursing | |
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| Care of the Sick: How Nursing Began | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Care of the Sick in Early Civilizations | |
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| Christianity's Impact on Nursing | |
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| Nursing Care in Early Hospitals | |
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| The Influence of Florence Nightingale | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Nursing in the United States: American Revolution to Nursing Revolution | |
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| Objectives | |
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| The Volunteers | |
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| Nursing Education: The First 60 Years | |
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| Nursing's Early Leaders | |
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| The Nurse in Practice | |
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| Wartime Nursing | |
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| Toward a New Era: Studies and Action | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Helpful Websites for Part 1 | |
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| Nursing in the Health Care Scene | |
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| The Health Care Delivery System | |
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| Objectives | |
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| What Influences Health Care? | |
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| The American People: A Time of Change | |
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| Cost, Quality, Access | |
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| Managed Care | |
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| Health Care Delivery: An Expanding Maze | |
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| Self-Care | |
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| Alternative/Complementary Medicine | |
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| Ambulatory Care | |
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| Ambulatory Care Alternatives to Institutions | |
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| Hospitals | |
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| Government Facilities | |
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| Emergency Medical Services | |
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| Home Health Care | |
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| Long-Term Care | |
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| The Caregivers: A Growing Number | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| The Discipline of Nursing | |
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| Objectives | |
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| The New-Old Question: What Is Nursing? | |
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| Professions and Professionalism | |
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| What Do Nurses Do??? | |
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| The Nursing Process and Classification Systems | |
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| Major Nursing Theories | |
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| Attitudes of Nurses and about Nurses | |
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| The Media Image of Nursing | |
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| The Reality: Facts, Figures, Guesses | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Helpful Websites for Part 2 | |
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| Nursing Practice | |
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| Education and Research for Practice | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Program Commonalities | |
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| The Nursing Assistant | |
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| Programs for Practical Nurses | |
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| Diploma Programs | |
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| Associate Degree Programs | |
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| Baccalaureate Nursing Programs | |
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| Other Programs Leading to RN Licensure | |
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| Graduate Education | |
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| Open Curriculum Practices | |
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| Distance Education | |
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| Continuing Education | |
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| Trends and Issues in Education | |
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| Nursing Research | |
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| Responding to an Inevitable Future | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Career Opportunities | |
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| Objectives | |
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| A Time of Unlimited Opportunities | |
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| Nursing: Shortages and Surplus | |
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| What Employers Expect from a New Graduate | |
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| Hospital Patient Care Positions | |
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| Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice | |
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| Assignments for Delivering Care | |
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| Assistants to the Nurse | |
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| Differentiated Practice/The Clinical Ladder | |
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| Supplemental Staffing Agencies | |
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| Nursing in Extended and Long-Term Care Facilities | |
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| Subacute Care | |
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| Public Health/Community Health Nursing | |
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| Office Nursing | |
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| Case Management | |
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| Occupational Health Nursing | |
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| Private Duty Nursing | |
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| Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs | |
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| Opportunities in Government | |
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| Other Career Opportunities | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Leadership for an Era of Change | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Nursing Autonomy | |
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| A Leader among Leaders | |
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| Perspectives on Power | |
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| The Constancy of Change | |
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| Obstacles to the Exercise of Power | |
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| Strategies for Action | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Helpful Websites for Part 3 | |
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| Nursing Ethics and Law | |
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| Ethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care | |
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| Objectives | |
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| What Creates Ethical Dilemmas? | |
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| Factors That Influence Ethical Decision Making | |
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| Guidelines for Ethical Decision Making | |
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| Common Ethical Concerns in Nursing Practice | |
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| Access to Care: Ethics and Reality | |
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| Nurses as Advocates | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Patients' Rights; Students' Rights | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Patients' Rights | |
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| Informed Consent | |
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| The Right to Die | |
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| Rights of the Helpless | |
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| Rights of Patients in Research | |
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| Patient Records: Confidentiality and Availability | |
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| Other Aspects of Patients' Rights | |
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| Legal Issues Related to Reproduction | |
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| Transplants | |
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| Rights and Responsibilities of Students | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Politics and Public Policy | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Introduction to Law | |
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| The United States Legal System | |
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| The Legislative Process | |
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| Influencing the Legislative Process | |
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| Nurses and Political Action | |
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| Grassroots Lobbying | |
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| Overview of Federal Agencies | |
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| Major Legislation Affecting Nursing | |
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| What Next? | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Health Care Credentialing and Nursing Licensure | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Credentialing and Its Issues | |
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| NCSBN and ANA | |
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| Content of Nursing Practice Acts | |
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| Procedure for Obtaining a License | |
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| Issues, Developments, and Predictions | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Litigation Trends in Health Care | |
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| Application of Legal Principles | |
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| Major Causes of Litigation | |
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| Legal Problems in Record-Keeping | |
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| The Problem of Short-Staffing | |
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| Standard of Care | |
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| Other Torts and Crimes | |
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| Drug Control | |
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| Good Samaritan Laws | |
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| Professional Liability (Malpractice) Insurance | |
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| In Court: The Due Process of Law | |
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| Risk Management | |
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| Avoiding Legal Problems | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Helpful Websites for Part 4 | |
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| Transition into Practice | |
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| Nursing Organizations and Publications | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Diversity and Differences | |
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| Cooperative Efforts | |
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| American Nurses Association | |
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| International Council of Nurses | |
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| National Student Nurses' Association | |
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| Health-Related Organizations | |
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| The Nursing Literature | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Workplace Choices | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Basic Considerations | |
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| Professional Biographies and Resumes | |
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| Looking Over the Job Market | |
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| Sources of Information about Positions | |
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| Professional Correspondence | |
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| Personal Interview | |
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| Changing Positions | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Career Management | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Resocialization | |
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| Dealing with Reality Shock | |
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| Stress and Strain: The Persisting Occupational Hazard | |
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| The Workplace: Rights and Hazards | |
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| Collective Bargaining: The Process and the Issues | |
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| Career Mapping | |
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| As You Anticipate the Future | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Helpful Websites for Part 5 | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Major Studies of the Nursing Profession | |
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| Major Health Care Personnel | |
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| State Boards of Nursing (2005) | |
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| Major Nursing and Related Organizations | |
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| Specialty Certifications | |
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| Basics of Parliamentary Procedure | |
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| Distinguished Nurses of the Past: Fifty Nurses Who Made a Difference | |
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| Index | |