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Chapters 1 - 20 n n n
,Nursing nLeadership,nManagement,nandnProfessionalnPracticenfornthenLPN/LVNn7thnEditionnDahlke
mpernTest nBank
TablenofnContent
Unit n1nThenNursing nProfession nInnToday'snHealth-CarenEnvironment
1nHistoricalnPerspectivenandnCurrent nTrends
Professionalism
ThenBeginning nofnNursing
DarknAgesnandnIntroductionnofnChristianity
RenaissancenPeriod
EranofnIndustrialization
EarlynHealthnCareninnthenUnitednStates
ThenBeginning nofnModernnNursing
HistorynofnthenLicensednPractical nandnVocationalnNurse
CurrentnTrendsnandnIssues
2nCaring nasnanPersonalnandnProfessionalnBehavior
WhatnIsnCaring?
Applying nCaring nTheoryninnYournPersonalnLife
Understanding nNursing nModels
Applying nCaring nTheoryninnYournProfessional nLife
Setting nPrioritiesnUsing nTranspersonal nCaring
Caring nfornFamilynandnSignificantnOthers
Caring nIncludesnEveryone
PersonalnMotivation
3nUnderstanding nthenChanging nRolesninnNursing
ParadigmnThinking nDefined
Critical nThinking nConcepts
Theoretical nFrameworksnfornManagement
BasicnPrinciplenofnPatientnAdvocacy
4nHealth-CarenEnvironment
Health-CarenSystems
RolesnandnTasksnofnthenLicensednPractical nNurseninnthenHealth-CarenSystem
Health-CarenAgencies
5nNursing nandnInformatics
Looking natnthenPast
Looking natnToday
Nursing nInformatics
Looking nForward
Unit n2nFromnStudent ntonNurse
6nFulfillnYournRolenasnanStudent
,Knowing nYourselfnandnUnderstanding nNurses' nWaysnofnKnowing
Learning ninnthenClassroom
YounasnanStudentninnthenClinical nArea
CommunicationninnthenClinical nSetting
SuccessfulnStudynStrategies
Understanding nTestnQuestions
Managing nTestnAnxiety
Writing nSuccessfulnPapers
Conclusion
7nThenImportancenofnCriticalnThinking
WhatnIsnCritical nThinking?
ThoroughnThinking
ThoroughnornCritical nThinking nasnAppliedntonScience
ThoroughnornCritical nThinking nasnAppliedntonNursing
CreativenThinking
Critical nThinking
8nEntry nInto-Practice
NursenPracticenAct
Finding nthenPerfectnJob
Mentoring
Other nStrategies
9nEmployment nProcess
Employer nExpectations
ApplicationnProcess
Preparing nfor nthenInterview
Letter nofnResignation
10nLeadership nandnManagement nasnanProfessionalnConcept
LeadershipnVersusnManagement
Historical nOverviewnofnNursing nLeadershipnandnManagementnRoles
WherenIsnthenLicensednPractical nNurseninnThisnHistoricalnPicture?
LeadershipnStyles
WhatnTypenofnLeader nArenYou?
ThenSuccessfulnNursenLeader
11nCommunication nSkillsninnLeadership nandnManagement
StylesnofnCommunication
FailednCommunication
CommunicationninnthenClinical nSetting
TypesnofnCommunication
Other nFormsnofnCommunication
, 12nUnderstanding nthenBenefitsnofnChange
WhatnIsnChange?
EffectivenDecisionnMaking nDuring nthenChangenProcess
KurtnLewin'snChangenTheory
RolenofnthenLicensednPractical nNursenasnChangenAgent
Transitions
FinalnThoughts
13nSetting nMeaningfulnPriorities
Setting nPersonalnPriorities
Setting nPriorities
Neednfor nPrioritynSetting
ItnStartsnWithnthenAbilityntonMakenGoodnDecisions
14nHandling nConflict ninnthenNursing nProfession
TypesnofnConflict
Resolving nConflict
ConflictnResolution
15nDealing nWithnChaos
Understanding nthenChanges
Understanding nNewtoniannPhysicsnornthenScientificnAge
Understanding nQuantumnPhysicsnornthenNewnScience
ChaosnTheory
ArenYounReady?
16nEthicsnandnLawninnNursing nManagement
PersonalnValues
Understanding nEthics
LegalnIssues
NursenPracticenAct
Understanding nthenLaw
LegalnIssuesnSpecificntonNursing
Safeguards
17nUnderstanding nUsenofnPower
WhatnIsnPower?
TypesnofnPower
PositivenandnNegativenUsesnofnPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18nMotivating nEmployees
Maslow'snHierarchynofnNeedsnRevisited
OppressednGroupnBehavior