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Table of Content
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Unit1 TheNursing Profession In Today's Health-CareEnvironment
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1Historical Perspective and CurrentTrends
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Professionalism
TheBeginning of Nursing
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Dark Ages and Introduction ofChristianity
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RenaissancePeriod i
Eraof Industrialization
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EarlyHealth Care in the United States
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TheBeginningof Modern Nursing
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Historyofthe Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurse
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Current Trends and Issues i i i
2Caring as a Personal and Professional Behavior
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What Is Caring? i i
ApplyingCaringTheoryin Your Personal Life i i i i i i
UnderstandingNursing Models i i
ApplyingCaringTheoryin YourProfessional Life i i i i i i
SettingPriorities Using Transpersonal Caring
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Caringfor Familyand Significant Others
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CaringIncludes Everyone i i
Personal Motivation i
3 Understanding the Changing Roles in Nursing
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Paradigm ThinkingDefined i i
Critical ThinkingConcepts i i
Theoretical Frameworks forManagement i i i
Basic Principle of Patient Advocacy
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4Health-CareEnvironment
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Health-CareSystems i
Rolesand Tasks ofthe Licensed Practical Nursein the Health-CareSystem
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Health-CareAgencies i
5Nursing and Informatics
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Lookingat thePast i i i
Looking at Today i i
Nursing Informatics i
Looking Forward i
Unit 2 From Student to Nurse
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6 Fulfill Your Role as a Student
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,KnowingYourself and Understanding Nurses' Ways of Knowing i i i i i i i
Learningin the Classroom i i i
You as aStudent in theClinical Area
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Communication in theClinical Setting i i i i
Successful StudyStrategies i i
UnderstandingTest Questions i i
ManagingTest Anxiety i i
Writing Successful Papers i i
Conclusion
7 TheImportance of Critical Thinking
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What Is Critical Thinking?
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Thorough Thinking i
Thorough or Critical Thinking as Applied to Science i i i i i i i
Thorough or Critical Thinking as Applied to Nursing i i i i i i i
CreativeThinking i
Critical Thinking i
8Entry Into-Practice
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NursePractice Act i i
Findingthe Perfect Job i i i
Mentoring
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9Employment Process
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EmployerExpectations i
ApplicationProcess i
Preparingforthe Interview i i i
LetterofResignation i i
10Leadership and Management as a Professional Concept
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Leadership Versus Management i i
Historical Overview of Nursing Leadership and Management Roles i i i i i i i
Where Is the Licensed Practical Nursein This Historical Picture?
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LeadershipStyles i
What Type of Leader Are You?
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TheSuccessful Nurse Leader
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11Communication Skills inLeadership and Management
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Styles ofCommunication i i
FailedCommunication i
Communication in theClinical Setting i i i i
Types ofCommunication i i
Other Forms ofCommunication
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, 12 Understanding the Benefits of Change
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What Is Change? i i
Effective Decision Making DuringtheChange Process i i i i i i
Kurt Lewin's ChangeTheory
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Roleofthe Licensed Practical Nurse as ChangeAgent
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Transitions
FinalThoughts i
13Setting Meaningful Priorities
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SettingPersonal Priorities i i
SettingPriorities i
Need for PrioritySetting
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It Starts With the Abilityto MakeGood Decisions
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14Handling Conflict inthe Nursing Profession
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Types ofConflict i i
ResolvingConflict i
Conflict Resolution i
15 Dealing With Chaos
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Understandingthe Changes i i
UnderstandingNewtonian Physics or the Scientific Age i i i i i i
UnderstandingQuantum Physics orthe New Science i i i i i i
Chaos Theory i
AreYouReady?
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16Ethics and Law in Nursing Management
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Personal Values i
UnderstandingEthics i
Legal Issues i
NursePractice Act i i
Understandingthe Law i i
Legal IssuesSpecificto Nursing
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Safeguards
17 Understanding Use of Power
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What Is Power? i i
Types ofPower i i
Positiveand Negative Uses of Power i i i i i
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18Motivating Employees
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Maslow's Hierarchyof Needs Revisited i i i i
Oppressed Group Behavior i i