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TableofContent
Unit1TheNursingProfessionInToday'sHealth-CareEnvironment
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1HistoricalPerspectiveandCurrentTrends
Professionalism
TheBeginningofNursing
DarkAgesandIntroductionofChristianity
RenaissancePeriod
EraofIndustrialization
EarlyHealthCareintheUnitedStates
TheBeginningofModernNursing
HistoryoftheLicensedPracticalandVocationalNurse
CurrentTrendsandIssues
2CaringasaPersonalandProfessionalBehavior
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WhatIsCaring?
ApplyingCaringTheoryinYourPersonalLife
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UnderstandingNursingModels
ApplyingCaringTheoryinYourProfessionalLife
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SettingPrioritiesUsingTranspersonal Caring
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CaringforFamilyandSignificantOthers
CaringIncludesEveryone
PersonalMotivation
3UnderstandingtheChangingRolesinNursing
ParadigmThinkingDefined m
CriticalThinkingConcepts
TheoreticalFrameworksforManagement
BasicPrincipleofPatient Advocacy h
4Health-CareEnvironment
Health-CareSystems
Rolesand TasksoftheLicensedPracticalNurseintheHealth-CareSystem
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Health-CareAgencies
5Nursing andInformatics m
LookingatthePast
LookingatToday
NursingInformatics
LookingForward
Unit2FromStudenttoNurse
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6FulfillYourRoleasaStudent
,KnowingYourselfandUnderstandingNurses'WaysofKnowing
LearningintheClassroom
YouasaStudentintheClinicalArea
CommunicationintheClinicalSetting
SuccessfulStudyStrategies
UnderstandingTestQuestions
ManagingTestAnxiety
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WritingSuccessfulPapers
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Conclusion
7TheImportanceofCriticalThinking
WhatIsCriticalThinking?
ThoroughThinking
ThoroughorCriticalThinkingasAppliedtoScience
ThoroughorCriticalThinkingasAppliedtoNursing
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CreativeThinking
CriticalThinking
8EntryInto-Practice
NursePracticeAct
FindingthePerfectJob
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Mentoring
OtherStrategies
9EmploymentProcess
EmployerExpectations
ApplicationProcess
PreparingfortheInterview
LetterofResignation
10LeadershipandManagementasaProfessionalConcept
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LeadershipVersusManagement
HistoricalOverviewofNursingLeadershipandManagementRoles
WhereIstheLicensedPracticalNurseinThisHistoricalPicture?
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LeadershipStyles
WhatTypeofLeaderAreYou?
TheSuccessfulNurseLeader
11CommunicationSkillsinLeadershipandManagement
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StylesofCommunication
FailedCommunication
CommunicationintheClinicalSetting
TypesofCommunication
OtherFormsofCommunication
, 12UnderstandingtheBenefitsofChange
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WhatIsChange?
EffectiveDecisionMakingDuringtheChangeProcess
KurtLewin'sChangeTheory
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RoleoftheLicensedPracticalNurseasChangeAgent
Transitions
FinalThoughts
13SettingMeaningfulPriorities
SettingPersonalPriorities
SettingPriorities
NeedforPrioritySetting
ItStartsWiththeAbilitytoMakeGoodDecisions
14Handling Conflict intheNursingProfession
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TypesofConflict
ResolvingConflict
ConflictResolution
15DealingWithChaos
UnderstandingtheChanges
UnderstandingNewtonian PhysicsortheScientificAge
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UnderstandingQuantum PhysicsortheNewScience
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ChaosTheory
AreYouReady?
16EthicsandLawinNursingManagement
PersonalValues
UnderstandingEthics
LegalIssues
NursePracticeAct
UnderstandingtheLaw
LegalIssuesSpecificto Nursing
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Safeguards
17UnderstandingUseofPower
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WhatIsPower?
TypesofPower
PositiveandNegativeUsesofPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18MotivatingEmployees
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Maslow'sHierarchyofNeedsRevisited
OppressedGroupBehavior