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Table ssof ssContent
Unit ss1 ssThe ssNursing ssProfession ssIn ssToday's ssHealth-Care ssEnvironment
1 ssHistorical ssPerspective ssand ssCurrent ssTrends
Professionalism
The ssBeginning ssof ssNursing
Dark ssAges ssand ssIntroduction ssof ssChristianity
Renaissance ssPeriod
Era ssof ssIndustrialization
Early ssHealth ssCare ssin ssthe ssUnited ssStates
The ssBeginning ssof ssModern ssNursing
History ssof ssthe ssLicensed ssPractical ssand ssVocational ssNurse
Current ssTrends ssand ssIssues
2 ssCaring ssas ssa ssPersonal ssand ssProfessional ssBehavior
What ssIs ssCaring?
Applying ssCaring ssTheory ssin ssYour ssPersonal ssLife
Understanding ssNursing ssModels
Applying ssCaring ssTheory ssin ssYour ssProfessional ssLife
Setting ssPriorities ssUsing ssTranspersonal ssCaring
Caring ssfor ssFamily ssand ssSignificant ssOthers
Caring ssIncludes ssEveryone
Personal ssMotivation
3 ssUnderstanding ssthe ssChanging ssRoles ssin ssNursing
Paradigm ssThinking ssDefined
Critical ssThinking ssConcepts
Theoretical ssFrameworks ssfor ssManagement
Basic ssPrinciple ssof ssPatient ssAdvocacy
4 ssHealth-Care ssEnvironment
Health-Care ssSystems
Roles ssand ssTasks ssof ssthe ssLicensed ssPractical ssNurse ssin ssthe ssHealth-Care ssSystem
Health-Care ssAgencies
5 ssNursing ssand ssInformatics
Looking ssat ssthe ssPast
Looking ssat ssToday
Nursing ssInformatics
Looking ssForward
Unit ss2 ssFrom ssStudent ssto ssNurse
6 ssFulfill ssYour ssRole ssas ssa ssStudent
,Knowing ssYourself ssand ssUnderstanding ssNurses' ssWays ssof ssKnowing
Learning ssin ssthe ssClassroom
You ssas ssa ssStudent ssin ssthe ssClinical ssArea
Communication ssin ssthe ssClinical ssSetting
Successful ssStudy ssStrategies
Understanding ssTest ssQuestions
Managing ssTest ssAnxiety
Writing ssSuccessful ssPapers
Conclusion
7 ssThe ssImportance ssof ssCritical ssThinking
What ssIs ssCritical ssThinking?
Thorough ssThinking
Thorough ssor ssCritical ssThinking ssas ssApplied ssto ssScience
Thorough ssor ssCritical ssThinking ssas ssApplied ssto ssNursing
Creative ssThinking
Critical ssThinking
8 ssEntry ssInto-Practice
Nurse ssPractice ssAct
Finding ssthe ssPerfect ssJob
Mentoring
Other ssStrategies
9 ssEmployment ssProcess
Employer ssExpectations
Application ssProcess
Preparing ssfor ssthe ssInterview
Letter ssof ssResignation
10 ssLeadership ssand ssManagement ssas ssa ssProfessional ssConcept
Leadership ssVersus ssManagement
Historical ssOverview ssof ssNursing ssLeadership ssand ssManagement ssRoles
Where ssIs ssthe ssLicensed ssPractical ssNurse ssin ssThis ssHistorical ssPicture?
Leadership ssStyles
What ssType ssof ssLeader ssAre ssYou?
The ssSuccessful ssNurse ssLeader
11 ssCommunication ssSkills ssin ssLeadership ssand ssManagement
Styles ssof ssCommunication
Failed ssCommunication
Communication ssin ssthe ssClinical ssSetting
Types ssof ssCommunication
Other ssForms ssof ssCommunication
, 12 ssUnderstanding ssthe ssBenefits ssof ssChange
What ssIs ssChange?
Effective ssDecision ssMaking ssDuring ssthe ssChange ssProcess
Kurt ssLewin's ssChange ssTheory
Role ssof ssthe ssLicensed ssPractical ssNurse ssas ssChange ssAgent
Transitions
Final ssThoughts
13 ssSetting ssMeaningful ssPriorities
Setting ssPersonal ssPriorities
Setting ssPriorities
Need ssfor ssPriority ssSetting
It ssStarts ssWith ssthe ssAbility ssto ssMake ssGood ssDecisions
14 ssHandling ssConflict ssin ssthe ssNursing ssProfession
Types ssof ssConflict
Resolving ssConflict
Conflict ssResolution
15 ssDealing ssWith ssChaos
Understanding ssthe ssChanges
Understanding ssNewtonian ssPhysics ssor ssthe ssScientific ssAge
Understanding ssQuantum ssPhysics ssor ssthe ssNew ssScience
Chaos ssTheory
Are ssYou ssReady?
16 ssEthics ssand ssLaw ssin ssNursing ssManagement
Personal ssValues
Understanding ssEthics
Legal ssIssues
Nurse ssPractice ssAct
Understanding ssthe ssLaw
Legal ssIssues ssSpecific ssto ssNursing
Safeguards
17 ssUnderstanding ssUse ssof ssPower
What ssIs ssPower?
Types ssof ssPower
Positive ssand ssNegative ssUses ssof ssPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18 ssMotivating ssEmployees
Maslow's ssHierarchy ssof ssNeeds ssRevisited
Oppressed ssGroup ssBehavior