Section 1: Exploring Professional Nursing
Chapter 1: The Professional Nurse
Characteristics of Professional Nursing Practice: The Hood Professional Nurse Contributions Model
Core Competencies for Professional Nurses
The Multiple Roles of the Professional Nurse
Challenges of the Professional Nursing Student
Skills for Educational Success
Image and Physical Appearance
Socialization and Resocialization into the Nursing Profession
Developing a Professional Self-Concept
Characteristics of a Profession
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 2: The History Behind the Development of Professional Nursing
Nursing in Ancient Civilizations (Before 1 CE)
Nursing in the Early Christian Era (1–500 CE)
Nursing in the Middle Ages (500–1500)
The Establishment of Nursing in Europe, England, and the New World (1500–1819)
The Movement of Nursing to a Respectable Profession (1820–1917)
The Birth of Formal Nursing Education
The American Public Health Movement
Nursing During the Early 20th Century, the World Wars, and the Post—World War II Era (1890–1960)
Nursing in the Modern Era (1960–1999)
Media Portrayals of Professional Nurses
Nursing in the Early Postmodern Era (2000–2010)
Nursing in the Second Decade of the Postmodern Era and Beyond (2010 -20….)
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 3: Contextual, Philosophical, and Ethical Elements of Professional Nursing
Contextual Basis of Nursing Practice
Nursing Philosophy
Morality and Ethics in Nursing Practice
Ethical Decision Making
Major Contextual Elements Affecting Nursing Practice
Chapter 4: Establishing Helping and Healing Relationships
Communication as Interaction
Helping Relationships: The Nurse as Helper
Healing Relationships: The Nurse's Role in Healing
Helping and Healing Relationships with Colleagues and Other Health Care Team Members
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 5: Patterns of Knowing and Nursing Science
The Evolution of Scientific Thought
Philosophy of Knowledge
Patterns of Nursing Knowledge
The Development of Nursing Science
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 6: Nursing Models and Theories
Nursing Models
The Stability Model of Change
The Growth Model of Change
Complexity Theory as a Framework
Nursing Models in Research and Practice
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 7: Professional Nursing Processes
Critical Thinking
Cognitive Nursing Processes
Interpersonal Processes
Psychomotor Processes
Patterning Nursing Processes
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 8: The Health Process and Self-Care of the Nurse
Worldviews of Health
Health Protection and Promotion
Health Patterning
Implications of the Nurse's View of Health for Role Performance
Self-Care of the Nurse
Summary and Significance to Practice
Section 2 : The Changing Health Care Context
Chapter 9: Health Care Delivery Systems
Challenges of Health Care Delivery in the 21st Century
Selected Current Health Care Delivery Systems
Health Care Delivery Settings
The Interdisciplinary/Interproessional Health Care Team
Nursing Care Delivery Models
Nursing Challenges Related to Health Care Delivery Systems
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 10: Developing and Using Nursing Knowledge Through Research
The Research Processes in Nursing
Nursing Research Utilization and Evidence-Based Practice
Creating a Public Image of the Nurse as Scholar
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 11: Multicultural Issues in Professional Practice
Diversity and Assimilation in a Shrinking World
Establishing Cultural Competence
Strategies and Challenges for Multicultural Nursing Practice
Creating a Multicultural Nursing Profession
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 12: Professional Nurse Accountability
Definition of Accountability and Related Concepts
Professional Accountability
The Groundwork for Accountability
Accountability in an Era of Cost Containment
Accountability in the Future
Checklist for Accountability
Chapter 13: Environmental and Global Health
The Global Environment
The Community Environment
The Work Environment
The Home Environment
Comprehensive Environmental Health Assessment
The Nurse’s Role in Disaster Planning, Mitigation and Recovery
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 14: Informatics and Technology in Nursing Practice
Informatics and Health Care
The Informatics Nurse Specialist
Consumer Health Informatics in Practice
Educational Informatics
Technology in the Acute Care Clinical Setting
Technological Changes Affecting Nursing Practice and Health Care
Challenges in Managing Health-Related Informatics and Technology
Summary and Significance to Practice
Section 3: Professional Nursing Roles
Chapter 15: Nursing Approaches to Client Systems
The Individual as Client
The Family as Client
The Community as Client
Community Level Nursing Interventions
Career Opportunities in Community Health Nursing
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 16: The Professional Nurse's Role in Teaching and Learning
Health Literacy
Philosophical Assumptions About Teaching and Learning
Teaching—Learning Process Approaches
Teaching—Learning as a Responsibility of the Advocate
Learning Theories
Implications of Change Theory on Teaching—Learning
Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning
Specific Client Education Activities
Client Education as an Interdisciplinary Process
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 17: Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing
Conceptual and Theoretical Approaches to Nursing Leadership and Management
Leadership Development
Key Leadership and Management Skills for Nurses
Leadership Effectiveness
Evaluating Leadership Effectiveness
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 18: Quality Improvement: Enhancing Patient Safety and Health Care Quality
History of Quality Improvement in Health Care
The Need for Improved Patient Safety and Care Quality
Quality Improvement Approaches
Implementing Continuous Quality Improvement and Total Quality Management
Efforts to Improve the Quality of Health Care
Professional Nursing Roles in Quality Improvement
An Integrated Approach to Quality Improvement and Safety in Health Care
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 19: The Professional Nurse's Role in Public Policy
The Kingdon Model for Political Processes
The Nurse's Role in Influencing Public Policy
Current Political and Legislative Issues Affecting Professional Nursing Practice and Health Care
Examples of Nurses Influencing Public Policy
Opportunities to Learn the Art of Influencing Public Policy
Summary and Significance to Practice
Section 4 : Envisioning and Creating the Future of Professional Nursing
Chapter 20: Career Options for Professional Nurses
Universal Job Skills
Levels of Nursing Practice
General Nursing Career Opportunities
Advanced Nursing Practice Career Options
Opportunities for APRNs
Indirect Client Care Advanced Nursing Career Options
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 21: Development of a Professional Nursing Career
Values and Career Goals
Discovering Your Passion in Nursing
Envisioning Your Nursing Career
Networking
Mentoring
Career Development Strategies
Making a Nursing Career Change
Summary and Significance to Practice
Chapter 22: Shaping the Future of Nursing
A Conceptual Approach to the Future
Future Scenarios for Society and Health Care
Future Scenarios for Health Care Delivery
Evolving Health Care Needs and Health Care Delivery
The Future of Professional Nursing Practice
The Future of Nursing Education
The Future of Nursing Scholarship
Summary and Significance to Practice
Appendix
Index