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Expertise in Nursing Practice Caring, Clinical Judgment and Ethics

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ISBN-10: 0826125441

ISBN-13: 9780826125446

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Patricia E. Benner, Christine A. Tanner, Catherine A. Chesla

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This text examines the nature of clinical knowledge and judgement. The authors present a report of a six-year study of over 1300 hospital nurses, primarily in critical care.
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Book details

List price: $60.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.474

Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Relationship of Theory and Practice in the Acquisition of Skill
Entering the Field: Advanced Beginner Practice
The Competent Stage: A Time of Analysis, Planning, and Confrontation
Proficiency: A Transition to Expertise
Expert Practice
Impediments to the Development of Clinical Knowledge and Ethical Judgment in Critical Care Nursing
Clinical Judgment
The Social Embeddedness of Knowledge
The Primacy of Caring and the Role of Experience, Narrative, and Community in Clinical and Ethical Expertise
Implications of the Phenomenology of Expertise for Teaching and Learning Everyday Skillful Ethical Comportment
The Nurse-Physician Relationship: Negotiating Clinical Knowledge
Implications for Basic Nursing Education
Implications for Nursing Administration and Practice
Background and Method
Description of Nurse Informants
Background Questions for Interviews and Observations
References
Index