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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Profession of Nursing | |
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| The Development of Professional Nursing: History, the Profession, and the Nursing Education Experience | |
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| Introduction | |
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| From Past to Present: Nursing History | |
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| Professionalism: Critical Professional Concepts | |
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| Your Pursuit of a Profession: Making the Most of Your Educational Experience to Reach Graduation and Licensure | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| The Essence of Nursing: Knowledge and Caring | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nursing: How Do We Define It? | |
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| Knowledge and Caring: A Total Concept | |
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| Scholarship in Nursing | |
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| Multiple Nursing Roles and Leadership | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| The Image of Nursing: What It Is and How It Needs to Change | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Visibility: Good or Bad? | |
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| Assessing linage and Increasing Visibility | |
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| Initiatives Thai Impact Image | |
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| Strategies That Impact Image | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| Nursing Education, Accreditation, and Regulation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nursing Education | |
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| Types of Nursing Programs | |
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| Nursing Education Associations | |
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| Quality and Excellence in Nursing Education | |
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| Critical Problems: Faculty Shortage and Access to Clinical Experiences | |
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| Lifelong Learning for the Professional | |
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| Certification and Credentialing | |
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| Transforming Nursing Education | |
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| Accreditation of Nursing Education Programs | |
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| Regulation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| The Healthcare Context | |
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| Health Policy and Political Action: Critical Actions for Nurses | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Importance of Health Policy and Political Action | |
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| Examples of Critical Healthcare Policy Issues | |
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| The Policy-Making Process | |
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| The Political Process | |
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| Healthcare Reform | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| Ethics and Legal Issues | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ethics and Ethical Principles | |
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| Current Ethical Issues | |
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| Legal Issues: An Overview | |
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| Critical Ethical and Legal Patient-Oriented Issues | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Illness: A Community Perspective | |
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| Introduction | |
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| National Initiative to Improve the Nation's Health: Healthy People 2020 | |
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| Public/Community Healthcare Delivery System | |
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| Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | |
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| Important Concepts | |
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| Multiple Perspectives of Public/Community Health Services | |
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| Genetics: Rapid Change with Major Impact on Community Health | |
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| Global Healthcare Concerns and International Nursing | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| The Healthcare Delivery System: Focus on Acute Care | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Corporatization of Health Care: How Did We Get Here? | |
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| The Healthcare Organization | |
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| Healthcare Providers: Who Is on the Team? | |
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| Healthcare Financial Issues | |
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| Organizational Culture | |
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| Changes in Healthcare Delivery | |
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| The Nursing Organization Within the Hospital | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| Core Healthcare Professional Competencies | |
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| Provide Patient-Centered Care | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The IOM Competency: Provide Patient-Centered Care | |
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| Related Nursing Theories | |
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| Consumerism: How Does It Impact Health Care and Nursing? | |
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| Culture, Diversity, and Disparities in Health Care | |
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| Patient Advocacy | |
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| Care Coordination: A Plan of Care | |
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| Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment | |
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| Self-Management of Care | |
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| Therapeutic Use of Self in the Nurse-Patient Relationship | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| Work in Interprofessional Teams | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The IOM Competency: Work in Interprofessional Teams | |
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| Teamwork and Types of Teams | |
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| Communication | |
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| Collaboration | |
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| Coordination | |
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| Delegation | |
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| Conflict and Conflict Resolution | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| Employ Evidence-Based Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The IOM Competency: Employ Evidence-Based Practice | |
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| Nursing Research | |
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| Evidence-Based Practice | |
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| Evidence-Based Management | |
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| Importance of EBP to the Nursing Profession | |
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| Confusion: Difference in Research, EBP, and Quality Improvement | |
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| Applying EBP as a Student | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| Apply Quality Improvement | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The IOM Competency: Apply Quality Improvement | |
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| Safety in Health Care | |
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| Quality Health Care | |
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| Quality Improvement | |
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| Tools and Methods to Monitor and to Improve Healthcare Delivery | |
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| Patient Outcomes and Nursing Care: We Do Make a Difference | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| IOM Core Competency: Utilize Informatics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The IOM Competency: Utilize Informatics | |
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| Informatics | |
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| Documentation | |
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| A Need: Standardized Terminology | |
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| Systems and Terminologies: Informatics Complexity | |
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| Informatics: Types and Methods | |
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| The Future of Informatics and Medical Technology | |
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| HIPAA: Ensuring Confidentiality | |
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| Telehealth: A Grooving Intervention | |
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| Internet | |
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| High-Touch Care Versus High-Tech Care | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| The Practice of Nursing Today and in the Future | |
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| Critical Healthcare Issue: Why Don't We Have Enough Nurses? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Workforce Profile: Current and Entering Nurses | |
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| The Nursing Shortage | |
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| Staffing: Impact on Care and the Nursing Shortage | |
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| Staffing: What a New Nurse Needs to Know | |
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| Recruitment | |
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| Retention | |
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| Strategies to Resolve the Shortage | |
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| Creating a Healthy Work Environment: Retaining Nurses | |
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| Career Development-First Step: First Nursing Position | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| The Future: Transformation of Nursing Practice Through Leadership | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Leadership in Nursing | |
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| Scope of Practice: A Profession of Multiple Settings, Positions, and Specialties | |
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| Advanced Nurse Practitioners: Changing Scope of Practice | |
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| Professional Practice Models | |
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| Impact of Legislation/Regulation/Policy on Nursing Leadership and Practice | |
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| Economic Value and the Nursing Profession | |
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| The Nursing Work Environment | |
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| Quality Improvement and Nursing Leadership | |
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| Moving the Profession Forward: Students Are the Future of Nursing | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Highlights | |
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| References | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |