Test Bank For Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN, 7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper | 9780803669857 All Chapters 1-21 LATEST

,Nursing wtLeadership, wtManagement, wtand wtProfessional wtPractice wtfor wtthe wtLPN/LVN wt7th
wtEdition wtDahlkemper wtTest wtBank



Table wtof wtContent
Unit wt1 wtThe wtNursing wtProfession wtIn wtToday's wtHealth-Care wtEnvironment
1 wtHistorical wtPerspective wtand wtCurrent wtTrends
Professionalism
The wtBeginning wtof wtNursing
Dark wtAges wtand wtIntroduction wtof wtChristianity
Renaissance wtPeriod
Era wtof wtIndustrialization
Early wtHealth wtCare wtin wtthe wtUnited wtStates
The wtBeginning wtof wtModern wtNursing
History wtof wtthe wtLicensed wtPractical wtand wtVocational wtNurse
Current wtTrends wtand wtIssues

2 wtCaring wtas wta wtPersonal wtand wtProfessional wtBehavior
What wtIs wtCaring?
Applying wtCaring wtTheory wtin wtYour wtPersonal wt Life
Understanding wtNursing wtModels
Applying wtCaring wtTheory wtin wtYour wtProfessional wtLife
Setting wtPriorities wtUsing wtTranspersonal wtCaring
Caring wtfor wtFamily wtand wtSignificant wtOthers
Caring wtIncludes wtEveryone
Personal wtMotivation

3 wtUnderstanding wtthe wtChanging wtRoles wtin wtNursing
Paradigm wtThinking wtDefined
Critical wtThinking wtConcepts
Theoretical wtFrameworks wtfor wtManagement
Basic wtPrinciple wtof wtPatient wtAdvocacy

4 wtHealth-Care wtEnvironment
Health-Care wtSystems
Roles wtand wtTasks wtof wtthe wtLicensed wtPractical wtNurse wtin wtthe wtHealth-Care wtSystem
Health-Care wtAgencies

5 wtNursing wtand wtInformatics
Looking wtat wtthe wtPast
Looking wtat wtToday
Nursing wtInformatics
Looking wtForward

Unit wt2 wtFrom wtStudent wtto wtNurse
6 wtFulfill wtYour wtRole wtas wta wtStudent

,Knowing wtYourself wtand wtUnderstanding wtNurses' wtWays wt of wtKnowing
Learning wtin wtthe wtClassroom
You wtas wta wtStudent wtin wtthe wtClinical wtArea
Communication wtin wtthe wtClinical wtSetting
Successful wtStudy wtStrategies
Understanding wtTest wtQuestions
Managing wtTest wtAnxiety
Writing wtSuccessful wtPapers
Conclusion

7 wtThe wtImportance wtof wtCritical wtThinking
What wtIs wtCritical wtThinking?
Thorough wtThinking
Thorough wtor wtCritical wtThinking wtas wtApplied wtto wtScience
Thorough wtor wtCritical wtThinking wtas wtApplied wtto wtNursing
Creative wtThinking
Critical wtThinking

8 wtEntry wtInto-Practice
Nurse wtPractice wtAct
Finding wtthe wtPerfect wtJob
Mentoring
Other wtStrategies

9 wtEmployment wtProcess
Employer wtExpectations
Application wtProcess
Preparing wtfor wtthe wtInterview
Letter wtof wtResignation

10 wtLeadership wtand wtManagement wtas wta wtProfessional wtConcept
Leadership wtVersus wtManagement
Historical wtOverview wtof wtNursing wtLeadership wtand wtManagement wtRoles
Where wtIs wtthe wtLicensed wtPractical wtNurse wtin wtThis wtHistorical wtPicture?
Leadership wtStyles
What wtType wtof wtLeader wtAre wtYou?
The wtSuccessful wtNurse wtLeader

11 wtCommunication wtSkills wtin wtLeadership wtand wtManagement
Styles wtof wtCommunication
Failed wtCommunication
Communication wtin wtthe wtClinical wtSetting
Types wtof wtCommunication
Other wtForms wtof wtCommunication

, 12 wtUnderstanding wtthe wtBenefits wtof wtChange
What wtIs wtChange?
Effective wtDecision wtMaking wtDuring wtthe wtChange wtProcess
Kurt wtLewin's wtChange wtTheory
Role wtof wtthe wtLicensed wtPractical wtNurse wtas wtChange wtAgent
Transitions
Final wtThoughts

13 wtSetting wtMeaningful wtPriorities
Setting wtPersonal wtPriorities
Setting wtPriorities
Need wtfor wtPriority wtSetting
It wtStarts wtWith wtthe wtAbility wtto wtMake wtGood wtDecisions

14 wtHandling wtConflict wtin wtthe wtNursing wtProfession
Types wtof wtConflict
Resolving wtConflict
Conflict wtResolution

15 wtDealing wtWith wtChaos
Understanding wtthe wtChanges
Understanding wtNewtonian wtPhysics wtor wtthe wtScientific wtAge
Understanding wtQuantum wtPhysics wtor wtthe wtNew wtScience
Chaos wtTheory
Are wtYou wtReady?

16 wtEthics wtand wtLaw wtin wtNursing wtManagement
Personal wtValues
Understanding wtEthics
Legal wtIssues
Nurse wtPractice wtAct
Understanding wtthe wtLaw
Legal wtIssues wtSpecific wtto wtNursing
Safeguards

17 wtUnderstanding wtUse wtof wtPower
What wtIs wtPower?
Types wtof wtPower
Positive wtand wtNegative wtUses wtof wtPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness

18 wtMotivating wtEmployees
Maslow's wtHierarchy wtof wtNeeds wtRevisited
Oppressed wtGroup wtBehavior