Professional Nursing: Concepts and Challenges

Professional Nursing: Concepts and Challenges
ISBN-10
0721640613
ISBN-13
9780721640617
Series
Professional Nursing
Pages
474
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
Saunders
Author
Kay Kittrell Chitty

Description

History of nursing. Educational patterns in nursing. The social context for nursing. Professional Associations. Nursing today. Defining profession. Defining nursing. Professional socialization Philosophies of nursing. Major concepts in nursing. Theory as a basis for professional nursing. Understanding nursing research. The health care delivery system. Financing health care. Nursing care delivery systems. The scientific method. The nursing process Illness and its impact on patients and families. Therapeutic use of self through communication. Nursing ethics. Legal aspects of nursing. Nurses ans political action. Nursing's future challenges

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