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7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper
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Chapters 1 - 20 a a a
,Nursing a Leadership, a Management, a and a Professional a Practice a for a the a LPN/LVN a 7th
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Table a of a Content
Unit a 1 a The a Nursing a Profession a In a Today's a Health-Care a Environment
1 a Historical a Perspective a and a Current a Trends
Professionalism
The aBeginning aof aNursing
Dark aAges aand aIntroduction aof aChristianity
Renaissance aPeriod
Era aof aIndustrialization
Early aHealth aCare ain athe aUnited aStates
The aBeginning aof aModern aNursing
History aof athe aLicensed aPractical aand aVocational aNurse
Current aTrends aand aIssues
2 a Caring a as a a a Personal a and a Professional a Behavior
What aIs aCaring?
Applying aCaring aTheory ain aYour aPersonal aLife
Understanding aNursing aModels
Applying aCaring aTheory ain aYour aProfessional aLife
Setting aPriorities aUsing aTranspersonal aCaring
Caring afor aFamily aand aSignificant aOthers
Caring aIncludes aEveryone
Personal aMotivation
3 a Understanding a the a Changing a Roles a in a Nursing
Paradigm aThinking aDefined
Critical aThinking aConcepts
Theoretical aFrameworks afor aManagement
Basic aPrinciple aof aPatient aAdvocacy
4 a Health-Care a Environment
Health-Care aSystems
Roles aand aTasks aof athe aLicensed aPractical aNurse ain athe aHealth-Care aSystem
Health-Care aAgencies
5 a Nursing a and a Informatics
Looking aat athe aPast
Looking aat aToday
Nursing aInformatics
Looking aForward
Unit a 2 a From a Student a to a Nurse
6 a Fulfill a Your a Role a as aa aStudent
,Knowing aYourself aand aUnderstanding aNurses' aWays aof aKnowing
Learning ain athe aClassroom
You aas aa aStudent ain athe aClinical aArea
Communication ain athe aClinical aSetting
Successful aStudy aStrategies
Understanding aTest aQuestions
Managing aTest aAnxiety
Writing aSuccessful aPapers
Conclusion
7 a The a Importance a of a Critical a Thinking
What aIs aCritical aThinking?
Thorough aThinking
Thorough aor aCritical aThinking aas aApplied ato aScience
Thorough aor aCritical aThinking aas aApplied ato aNursing
Creative aThinking
Critical aThinking
8 a Entry a Into-Practice
Nurse aPractice aAct
Finding athe aPerfect aJob
Mentoring
Other aStrategies
9 aEmployment a Process
Employer aExpectations
Application aProcess
Preparing afor athe aInterview
Letter aof aResignation
10 a Leadership a and a Management a as aa aProfessional a Concept
Leadership aVersus aManagement
Historical aOverview aof aNursing aLeadership aand aManagement aRoles
Where aIs athe aLicensed aPractical aNurse ain aThis aHistorical aPicture?
Leadership aStyles
What aType aof aLeader aAre aYou?
The aSuccessful aNurse aLeader
11 a Communication a Skills a in a Leadership a and a Management
Styles aof aCommunication
Failed aCommunication
Communication ain athe aClinical aSetting
Types aof aCommunication
Other aForms aof aCommunication
, 12 a Understanding a the a Benefits a of aChange
What aIs aChange?
Effective aDecision aMaking aDuring athe aChange aProcess
Kurt aLewin's aChange aTheory
Role aof athe aLicensed aPractical aNurse aas aChange aAgent
Transitions
Final aThoughts
13 a Setting a Meaningful a Priorities
Setting aPersonal aPriorities
Setting aPriorities
Need afor aPriority aSetting
It aStarts aWith athe aAbility ato aMake aGood aDecisions
14 a Handling a Conflict a in athe a Nursing a Profession
Types aof aConflict
Resolving aConflict
Conflict aResolution
15 a Dealing a With a Chaos
Understanding athe aChanges
Understanding aNewtonian aPhysics aor athe aScientific aAge
Understanding aQuantum aPhysics aor athe aNew aScience
Chaos aTheory
Are aYou aReady?
16 a Ethics a and a Law a in a Nursing a Management
Personal aValues
Understanding aEthics
Legal aIssues
Nurse aPractice aAct
Understanding athe aLaw
Legal aIssues aSpecific ato aNursing
Safeguards
17 a Understanding a Use aof a Power
What aIs aPower?
Types aof aPower
Positive aand aNegative aUses aof aPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18 a Motivating a Employees
Maslow's aHierarchy aof aNeeds aRevisited
Oppressed aGroup aBehavior