Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice
Author: Kathleen MastersOVERVIEW
Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice, Sixth Edition, is a comprehensive resource to guide students along their journey as professional nurses. It focuses on the foundations of professional nursing practice, including career development, as well as the management of quality and safe patient care. Through theory, classroom activities, and case studies, the text explores topics such as teamwork and collaboration, communication, leadership, evidence-based practice, patient-centered care, informatics, and ethical and legal issues—essential knowledge and competencies that nursing students need for a successful career.
Features and Benefits
- Coverage of the revised AACN competencies for pre-licensure nursing
- Updated content on topics such as conflict resolution and other workplace challenges
- Abstract nursing theory and its application to practice
- Ethical theories which reflect the diversity of concepts in the practice of nursing
- Expanded content on organizational theory and healthcare organizations/systems
- New content focused on leadership in nursing practice and competencies
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Unit I Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 1 A History of Health Care and Nursing
- Chapter 2 Frameworks for Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 3 Philosophy of Nursing
- Chapter 4 Competencies for Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 5 Education and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role
- Chapter 6 Advancing and Managing Your Professional Nursing Career
- Chapter 7 Social Context and the Future of Professional Nursing
- Unit 2 Professional Nursing Practice and the Management of Patient Care
- Chapter 8 Safety and Quality Improvement in Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 9 Evidence-Based Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 10 Patient Education and Patient-Centered Care in Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 11 Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 12 Leadership and Systems-Based Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 13 Teamwork, Collaboration, and Communication in Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 14 Ethics in Professional Nursing Practice
- Chapter 15 Law and the Professional Nursing Practice
