Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN
7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper
Chapters 1 - 20
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1yHistoricalyPerspectiveyandyCurrentyTrends
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ErayofyIndustrialization
EarlyyHealthyCareyinytheyUnitedyStates
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CurrentyTrendsyandyIssues
2yCaringyasyayPersonalyandyProfessionalyBehavior
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ApplyingyCaringyTheoryyinyYouryPersonaly Life
UnderstandingyNursingyModels
ApplyingyCaringyTheoryyinyYouryProfessionalyLife
SettingyPrioritiesyUsingyTranspersonalyCaring
CaringyforyFamilyyandySignificantyOthers
CaringyIncludesyEveryone
PersonalyMotivation
3yUnderstandingytheyChangingyRolesyinyNursing
ParadigmyThinkingyDefined
CriticalyThinkingyConcepts
TheoreticalyFrameworksyforyManagement
BasicyPrincipleyofyPatientyAdvocacy
4yHealth-CareyEnvironment
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RolesyandyTasksyofytheyLicensedyPracticalyNurseyinytheyHealth-CareySystem
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5yNursingyandyInformatics
LookingyatytheyPast
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6yFulfillyYouryRoleyasyayStudent
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UnderstandingyTestyQuestions
ManagingyTestyAnxiety
WritingySuccessfulyPapers
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ThoroughyThinking
ThoroughyoryCriticalyThinkingyasyAppliedytoyScience
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CreativeyThinking
CriticalyThinking
8yEntryyInto-Practice
NurseyPracticeyAct
FindingytheyPerfectyJob
Mentoring
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9yEmploymentyProcess
EmployeryExpectations
ApplicationyProcess
PreparingyforytheyInterview
LetteryofyResignation
10yLeadershipyandyManagementyasyayProfessionalyConcept
LeadershipyVersusyManagement
HistoricalyOverviewyofyNursingyLeadershipyandyManagementyRoles
WhereyIsytheyLicensedyPracticalyNurseyinyThisyHistoricalyPicture?
LeadershipyStyles
WhatyTypeyofyLeaderyAreyYou?
TheySuccessfulyNurseyLeader
11yCommunicationySkillsyinyLeadershipyandyManagement
StylesyofyCommunication
FailedyCommunication
CommunicationyinytheyClinicalySetting
TypesyofyCommunication
OtheryFormsyofyCommunication
, 12yUnderstandingytheyBenefitsyofyChange
WhatyIsyChange?
EffectiveyDecisionyMakingyDuringytheyChangeyProcess
KurtyLewin'syChangeyTheory
RoleyofytheyLicensedyPracticalyNurseyasyChangeyAgent
Transitions
FinalyThoughts
13ySettingyMeaningfulyPriorities
SettingyPersonalyPriorities
SettingyPriorities
NeedyforyPriorityySetting
ItyStartsyWithytheyAbilityytoyMakeyGoodyDecisions
14yHandlingyConflictyinytheyNursingyProfession
TypesyofyConflict
ResolvingyConflict
ConflictyResolution
15yDealingyWithyChaos
UnderstandingytheyChanges
UnderstandingyNewtonianyPhysicsyorytheyScientificyAge
UnderstandingyQuantumyPhysicsyorytheyNewyScience
ChaosyTheory
AreyYouyReady?
16yEthicsyandyLawyinyNursingyManagement
PersonalyValues
UnderstandingyEthics
LegalyIssues
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UnderstandingytheyLaw
LegalyIssuesySpecificytoyNursing
Safeguards
17yUnderstandingyUseyofyPower
WhatyIsyPower?
TypesyofyPower
PositiveyandyNegativeyUsesyofyPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18yMotivatingyEmployees
Maslow'syHierarchyyofyNeedsyRevisited
OppressedyGroupyBehavior