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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Table of Content
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Unit 1 The Nursing Profession In Today's Health-Care Environment
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1 Historical Perspective and Current Trends
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Professionalism
The Beginning of Nursing
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Dark Ages and Introduction of Christianity
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Renaissance Period f




Era of Industrialization
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EarlyHealth Care in the United States
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The Beginning of Modern Nursing
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Historyof the Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurse
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Current Trends and Issues f f f




2 Caring as a Personal and Professional Behavior
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What Is Caring? f f




ApplyingCaring Theory in Your Personal Life f f f f f f




Understanding Nursing Models f f




Applying Caring Theory in Your Professional Life f f f f f f




Setting Priorities Using Transpersonal Caring
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Caring for Familyand Significant Others
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Caring Includes Everyone f f




Personal Motivation f




3 Understanding the Changing Roles in Nursing
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Paradigm Thinking Defined f f




Critical Thinking Concepts f f




Theoretical Frameworks for Management f f f




Basic Principle of Patient Advocacy
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4 Health-Care Environment
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Health-Care Systems f




Roles and Tasks of the Licensed Practical Nurse in the Health-Care System
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Health-CareAgencies f




5 Nursing and Informatics
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Looking at the Past f f f




Looking at Today f f




Nursing Informatics f




Looking Forward f




Unit 2 From Student to Nurse
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6 Fulfill Your Role as a Student
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,Knowing Yourself and Understanding Nurses' Ways of Knowing f f f f f f f




Learning in the Classroom f f f




You as a Student in the Clinical Area
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Communication in the Clinical Setting f f f f




Successful StudyStrategies f f




Understanding Test Questions f f




Managing Test Anxiety f f




Writing Successful Papers f f




Conclusion

7 The Importance of Critical Thinking
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What Is Critical Thinking?
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Thorough Thinking f




Thorough or Critical Thinking as Applied to Science f f f f f f f




Thorough or Critical Thinking as Applied to Nursing f f f f f f f




Creative Thinking f




Critical Thinking f




8 Entry Into-Practice
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Nurse Practice Act f f




Finding the Perfect Job f f f




Mentoring
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9Employment Process
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Employer Expectations f




Application Process f




Preparing for the Interview f f f




Letter of Resignation f f




10 Leadership and Management as a Professional Concept
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Leadership Versus Management f f




Historical Overview of Nursing Leadership and Management Roles f f f f f f f




Where Is the Licensed Practical Nurse in This Historical Picture?
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Leadership Styles f




What Type of Leader Are You?
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The Successful Nurse Leader
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11 Communication Skills in Leadership and Management
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Styles of Communication f f




Failed Communication f




Communication in the Clinical Setting f f f f




Types of Communication f f




Other Forms of Communication
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, 12 Understanding the Benefits of Change
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What Is Change? f f




Effective Decision Making During the Change Process f f f f f f




Kurt Lewin's Change Theory
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Role of the Licensed Practical Nurse as Change Agent
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Transitions
Final Thoughts f




13 Setting Meaningful Priorities
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Setting Personal Priorities f f




Setting Priorities f




Need for PrioritySetting
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It Starts With the Abilityto Make Good Decisions
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14 Handling Conflict in the Nursing Profession
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Types of Conflict f f




Resolving Conflict f




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15 Dealing With Chaos
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Understanding the Changes f f




UnderstandingNewtonian Physics or the Scientific Age f f f f f f




Understanding Quantum Physics or the New Science f f f f f f




Chaos Theory f




Are You Ready?
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16 Ethics and Law in Nursing Management
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Personal Values f




Understanding Ethics f




Legal Issues f




Nurse Practice Act f f




Understanding the Law f f




Legal Issues Specific to Nursing
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Safeguards

17 Understanding Use of Power
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What Is Power? f f




Types of Power f f




Positive and Negative Uses of Power f f f f f




Empowerment
Powerlessness

18 Motivating Employees
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Maslow's Hierarchyof Needs Revisited f f f f




Oppressed Group Behavior f f