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f Practice for the LPN/LVN
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7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper
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Chapters 1 - 20 f f f
,Nursing fLeadership, fManagement, fand fProfessional fPractice ffor fthe fLPN/LVN f7th
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Table fof fContent
Unit f1 fThe fNursing fProfession fIn fToday's fHealth-Care fEnvironment
1 fHistorical fPerspective fand fCurrent fTrends
Professionalism
The fBeginning fof fNursing
Dark fAges fand fIntroduction fof fChristianity
Renaissance fPeriod
Era fof fIndustrialization
Early fHealth fCare fin fthe fUnited fStates
The fBeginning fof fModern fNursing
History fof fthe fLicensed fPractical fand fVocational fNurse
Current fTrends fand fIssues
2 fCaring fas fa fPersonal fand fProfessional fBehavior
What fIs fCaring?
Applying fCaring fTheory fin fYour fPersonal fLife
Understanding fNursing fModels
Applying fCaring fTheory fin fYour fProfessional fLife
Setting fPriorities fUsing fTranspersonal fCaring
Caring ffor fFamily fand fSignificant fOthers
Caring fIncludes fEveryone
Personal fMotivation
3 fUnderstanding fthe fChanging fRoles fin fNursing
Paradigm fThinking fDefined
Critical fThinking fConcepts
Theoretical fFrameworks ffor fManagement
Basic fPrinciple fof fPatient fAdvocacy
4 fHealth-Care fEnvironment
Health-Care fSystems
Roles fand fTasks fof fthe fLicensed fPractical fNurse fin fthe fHealth-Care fSystem
Health-Care fAgencies
5 fNursing fand fInformatics
Looking fat fthe fPast
Looking fat fToday
Nursing fInformatics
Looking fForward
Unit f2 fFrom fStudent fto fNurse
6 fFulfill fYour fRole fas fa fStudent
,Knowing fYourself fand fUnderstanding fNurses' fWays fof fKnowing
Learning fin fthe fClassroom
You fas fa fStudent fin fthe fClinical fArea
Communication fin fthe fClinical fSetting
Successful fStudy fStrategies
Understanding fTest fQuestions
Managing fTest fAnxiety
Writing fSuccessful fPapers
Conclusion
7 fThe fImportance fof fCritical fThinking
What fIs fCritical fThinking?
Thorough fThinking
Thorough for fCritical fThinking fas fApplied fto fScience
Thorough for fCritical fThinking fas fApplied fto fNursing
Creative fThinking
Critical fThinking
8 fEntry fInto-Practice
Nurse fPractice fAct
Finding fthe fPerfect fJob
Mentoring
Other fStrategies
9 fEmployment fProcess
Employer fExpectations
Application fProcess
Preparing ffor fthe fInterview
Letter fof fResignation
10 fLeadership fand fManagement fas fa fProfessional fConcept
Leadership fVersus fManagement
Historical fOverview fof fNursing fLeadership fand fManagement fRoles
Where fIs fthe fLicensed fPractical fNurse fin fThis fHistorical fPicture?
Leadership fStyles
What fType fof fLeader fAre fYou?
The fSuccessful fNurse fLeader
11 fCommunication fSkills fin fLeadership fand fManagement
Styles fof fCommunication
Failed fCommunication
Communication fin fthe fClinical fSetting
Types fof fCommunication
Other fForms fof fCommunication
, 12 fUnderstanding fthe fBenefits fof fChange
What fIs fChange?
Effective fDecision fMaking fDuring fthe fChange fProcess
Kurt fLewin's fChange fTheory
Role fof fthe fLicensed fPractical fNurse fas fChange fAgent
Transitions
Final fThoughts
13 fSetting fMeaningful fPriorities
Setting fPersonal fPriorities
Setting fPriorities
Need ffor fPriority fSetting
It fStarts fWith fthe fAbility fto fMake fGood fDecisions
14 fHandling fConflict fin fthe fNursing fProfession
Types fof fConflict
Resolving fConflict
Conflict fResolution
15 fDealing fWith fChaos
Understanding fthe fChanges
Understanding fNewtonian fPhysics for fthe fScientific fAge
Understanding fQuantum fPhysics for fthe fNew fScience
Chaos fTheory
Are fYou fReady?
16 fEthics fand fLaw fin fNursing fManagement
Personal fValues
Understanding fEthics
Legal fIssues
Nurse fPractice fAct
Understanding fthe fLaw
Legal fIssues fSpecific fto fNursing
Safeguards
17 fUnderstanding fUse fof fPower
What fIs fPower?
Types fof fPower
Positive fand fNegative fUses fof fPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18 fMotivating fEmployees
Maslow's fHierarchy fof fNeeds fRevisited
Oppressed fGroup fBehavior