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for the LPN/LVN
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7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper
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Chapters 1 - 20 n n n
,NursingLeadership, Management, and Professional Practice forthe LPN/LVN7th Edition
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Dahlkemper Test Bank n n n
Tableof Content
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Unit1 TheNursingProfession In Today'sHealth-CareEnvironment
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1Historical Perspective andCurrentTrends
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Professionalism
TheBeginningof Nursing
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Dark Ages and Introduction ofChristianity
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RenaissancePeriod n
Eraof Industrialization
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EarlyHealth Care in the United States
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TheBeginningof Modern Nursing
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Historyof the Licensed Practical andVocational Nurse n n n n n n n
CurrentTrends and Issues n n n
2Caring asa Personal andProfessional Behavior
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What IsCaring? n n
ApplyingCaringTheoryin Your Personal Life n n n n n n
UnderstandingNursing Models n n
ApplyingCaringTheoryin YourProfessional Life n n n n n n
SettingPriorities UsingTranspersonal Caring n n n n
Caringfor Familyand Significant Others n n n n n
CaringIncludes Everyone n n
PersonalMotivation n
3 Understanding the Changing Roles in Nursing
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Paradigm ThinkingDefined n n
Critical ThinkingConcepts n n
TheoreticalFrameworks forManagement n n n
Basic Principle of Patient Advocacy
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4Health-CareEnvironment
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Health-CareSystems n
Roles and Tasks of the Licensed Practical Nursein theHealth-CareSystem
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Health-CareAgencies n
5Nursing andInformatics
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Lookingat thePast n n n
Lookingat Today n n
NursingInformatics n
LookingForward n
Unit 2FromStudent to Nurse
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6 Fulfill YourRole as a Student
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,KnowingYourself and UnderstandingNurses'Ways ofKnowing n n n n n n n
Learningin the Classroom n n n
You as aStudent in theClinical Area
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Communicationin theClinical Setting n n n n
Successful StudyStrategies n n
UnderstandingTest Questions n n
ManagingTest Anxiety n n
WritingSuccessful Papers n n
Conclusion
7 TheImportanceof Critical Thinking
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What Is CriticalThinking?
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Thorough Thinking n
Thorough or Critical Thinkingas Applied to Science n n n n n n n
Thorough or Critical Thinkingas Applied to Nursing n n n n n n n
CreativeThinking n
Critical Thinking n
8EntryInto-Practice
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NursePracticeAct n n
Findingthe Perfect Job n n n
Mentoring
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9Employment Process
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EmployerExpectations n
ApplicationProcess n
Preparingforthe Interview n n n
LetterofResignation n n
10Leadership andManagement asa Professional Concept
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LeadershipVersusManagement n n
HistoricalOverview ofNursing Leadership and Management Roles n n n n n n n
WhereIs the Licensed Practical Nursein ThisHistorical Picture?
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What Typeof Leader AreYou?
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TheSuccessful Nurse Leader
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11Communication SkillsinLeadership andManagement
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FailedCommunication n
Communicationin theClinical Setting n n n n
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Other Forms ofCommunication
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, 12 Understanding the Benefits of Change
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Kurt Lewin's ChangeTheory
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Roleofthe Licensed Practical Nurse as ChangeAgent
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Transitions
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13Setting MeaningfulPriorities
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SettingPersonal Priorities n n
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It Starts With the Abilityto MakeGood Decisions
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14Handling Conflict inthe Nursing Profession
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Types ofConflict n n
ResolvingConflict n
Conflict Resolution n
15 Dealing With Chaos
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Understandingthe Changes n n
UnderstandingNewtonian Physics or the ScientificAge n n n n n n
UnderstandingQuantum Physics orthe New Science n n n n n n
Chaos Theory n
AreYouReady?
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16EthicsandLaw in Nursing Management
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PersonalValues n
UnderstandingEthics n
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Understandingthe Law n n
Legal IssuesSpecificto Nursing
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Safeguards
17 Understanding Use of Power
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Empowerment
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18MotivatingEmployees
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Maslow's Hierarchyof Needs Revisited n n n n
Oppressed Group Behavior n n