Practice for the LPN/LVN
7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper
Chapters 1 - 20
,Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN 7th Edition
Dahlkemper Test Bank
Table of Content
Unit 1 The Nursing Profession In Today's Health-Care Environment
1 Historical Perspective and Current Trends
Professionalism
The Beginning of Nursing
Dark Ages and Introduction of Christianity
Renaissance Period
Era of Industrialization
Early Health Care in the United States
The Beginning of Modern Nursing
History of the Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurse
Current Trends and Issues
2 Caring as a Personal and Professional Behavior
What Is Caring?
Applying Caring Theory in Your Personal Life
Understanding Nursing Models
Applying Caring Theory in Your Professional Life
Setting Priorities Using Transpersonal Caring
Caring for Family and Significant Others
Caring Includes Everyone
Personal Motivation
3 Understanding the Changing Roles in Nursing
Paradigm Thinking Defined
Critical Thinking Concepts
Theoretical Frameworks for Management
Basic Principle of Patient Advocacy
4 Health-Care Environment
Health-Care Systems
Roles and Tasks of the Licensed Practical Nurse in the Health-Care System
Health-Care Agencies
5 Nursing and Informatics
Looking at the Past
Looking at Today
Nursing Informatics
Looking Forward
Unit 2 From Student to Nurse
6 Fulfill Your Role as a Student
,Knowing cYourself cand cUnderstanding cNurses' cWays c of cKnowing
Learning cin cthe cClassroom
You cas ca cStudent cin cthe cClinical cArea
Communication cin cthe cClinical cSetting
Successful cStudy cStrategies
Understanding cTest cQuestions
Managing cTest cAnxiety
Writing cSuccessful cPapers
Conclusion
7 cThe cImportance cof cCritical cThinking
What cIs cCritical cThinking?
Thorough cThinking
Thorough cor cCritical cThinking cas cApplied cto cScience
Thorough cor cCritical cThinking cas cApplied cto cNursing
Creative cThinking
Critical cThinking
8 cEntry cInto-Practice
Nurse cPractice cAct
Finding cthe cPerfect cJob
Mentoring
Other cStrategies
9 cEmployment cProcess
Employer cExpectations
Application cProcess
Preparing cfor cthe cInterview
Letter cof cResignation
10 cLeadership cand cManagement cas ca cProfessional cConcept
Leadership cVersus cManagement
Historical cOverview cof cNursing cLeadership cand cManagement cRoles
Where cIs cthe cLicensed cPractical cNurse cin cThis cHistorical cPicture?
Leadership cStyles
What cType cof cLeader cAre cYou?
The cSuccessful cNurse cLeader
11 cCommunication cSkills cin cLeadership cand cManagement
Styles cof cCommunication
Failed cCommunication
Communication cin cthe cClinical cSetting
Types cof cCommunication
Other cForms cof cCommunication
, 12 cUnderstanding cthe cBenefits cof cChange
What cIs cChange?
Effective cDecision cMaking cDuring cthe cChange cProcess
Kurt cLewin's cChange cTheory
Role cof cthe cLicensed cPractical cNurse cas cChange cAgent
Transitions
Final cThoughts
13 cSetting cMeaningful cPriorities
Setting cPersonal cPriorities
Setting cPriorities
Need cfor cPriority cSetting
It cStarts cWith cthe cAbility cto cMake cGood cDecisions
14 cHandling cConflict cin cthe cNursing cProfession
Types cof cConflict
Resolving cConflict
Conflict cResolution
15 cDealing cWith cChaos
Understanding cthe cChanges
Understanding cNewtonian cPhysics cor cthe cScientific cAge
Understanding cQuantum cPhysics cor cthe cNew cScience
Chaos cTheory
Are cYou cReady?
16 cEthics cand cLaw cin cNursing cManagement
Personal cValues
Understanding cEthics
Legal cIssues
Nurse cPractice cAct
Understanding cthe cLaw
Legal cIssues cSpecific cto cNursing
Safeguards
17 cUnderstanding cUse cof cPower
What cIs cPower?
Types cof cPower
Positive cand cNegative cUses cof cPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18 cMotivating cEmployees
Maslow's cHierarchycof cNeeds cRevisited
Oppressed cGroup cBehavior