Test Bank For Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN 7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper Chapters 1 - 20

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Dahlkemper Test Bank n n n




Tableof Content
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Unit1 TheNursingProfession In Today'sHealth-CareEnvironment
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1Historical Perspective andCurrentTrends
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Professionalism
TheBeginningof Nursing
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Dark Ages and Introduction ofChristianity
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RenaissancePeriod n




Eraof Industrialization
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EarlyHealth Care in the United States
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TheBeginningof Modern Nursing
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Historyof the Licensed Practical andVocational Nurse n n n n n n n




CurrentTrends and Issues n n n




2Caring asa Personal andProfessional Behavior
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What IsCaring? n n




ApplyingCaringTheoryin Your Personal Life n n n n n n




UnderstandingNursing Models n n




ApplyingCaringTheoryin YourProfessional Life n n n n n n




SettingPriorities UsingTranspersonal Caring n n n n




Caringfor Familyand Significant Others n n n n n




CaringIncludes Everyone n n




PersonalMotivation n




3 Understanding the Changing Roles in Nursing
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Paradigm ThinkingDefined n n




Critical ThinkingConcepts n n




TheoreticalFrameworks forManagement n n n




Basic Principle of Patient Advocacy
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4Health-CareEnvironment
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Health-CareSystems n




Roles and Tasks of the Licensed Practical Nursein theHealth-CareSystem
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Health-CareAgencies n




5Nursing andInformatics
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Lookingat thePast n n n




Lookingat Today n n




NursingInformatics n




LookingForward n




Unit 2FromStudent to Nurse
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6 Fulfill YourRole as a Student
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,KnowingYourself and UnderstandingNurses'Ways ofKnowing n n n n n n n




Learningin the Classroom n n n




You as aStudent in theClinical Area
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Communicationin theClinical Setting n n n n




Successful StudyStrategies n n




UnderstandingTest Questions n n




ManagingTest Anxiety n n




WritingSuccessful Papers n n




Conclusion

7 TheImportanceof Critical Thinking
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What Is CriticalThinking?
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Thorough Thinking n




Thorough or Critical Thinkingas Applied to Science n n n n n n n




Thorough or Critical Thinkingas Applied to Nursing n n n n n n n




CreativeThinking n




Critical Thinking n




8EntryInto-Practice
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NursePracticeAct n n




Findingthe Perfect Job n n n




Mentoring
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9Employment Process
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EmployerExpectations n




ApplicationProcess n




Preparingforthe Interview n n n




LetterofResignation n n




10Leadership andManagement asa Professional Concept
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HistoricalOverview ofNursing Leadership and Management Roles n n n n n n n




WhereIs the Licensed Practical Nursein ThisHistorical Picture?
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LeadershipStyles n




What Typeof Leader AreYou?
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TheSuccessful Nurse Leader
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11Communication SkillsinLeadership andManagement
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StylesofCommunication n n




FailedCommunication n




Communicationin theClinical Setting n n n n




Types ofCommunication n n




Other Forms ofCommunication
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, 12 Understanding the Benefits of Change
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What IsChange? n n




Effective Decision MakingDuringtheChangeProcess n n n n n n




Kurt Lewin's ChangeTheory
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Roleofthe Licensed Practical Nurse as ChangeAgent
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Transitions
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13Setting MeaningfulPriorities
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SettingPersonal Priorities n n




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Need for PrioritySetting n n n




It Starts With the Abilityto MakeGood Decisions
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14Handling Conflict inthe Nursing Profession
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Types ofConflict n n




ResolvingConflict n




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15 Dealing With Chaos
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Understandingthe Changes n n




UnderstandingNewtonian Physics or the ScientificAge n n n n n n




UnderstandingQuantum Physics orthe New Science n n n n n n




Chaos Theory n




AreYouReady?
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16EthicsandLaw in Nursing Management
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PersonalValues n




UnderstandingEthics n




LegalIssues n




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Understandingthe Law n n




Legal IssuesSpecificto Nursing
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Safeguards

17 Understanding Use of Power
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Types ofPower n n




Positive and NegativeUses of Power n n n n n




Empowerment
Powerlessness

18MotivatingEmployees
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Maslow's Hierarchyof Needs Revisited n n n n




Oppressed Group Behavior n n