TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black,Beth Perry
TI  - Professional nursing: concepts & challenges 
SN  - 9780323431125 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - RT82 .P755 2017
U1  - 610.73068 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Maryland Heights, Missouri
PB  - Elsevier/Saunders
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Vocational Guidance
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Nursing in today's evolving health care environment -- The history and social context of nursing -- Nursing's pathway to professionalism -- Nursing education in an evolving health care environment -- Becoming a professional nursingnurse : defining nursing & and socialization into professional practice -- Nursing as a regulated practice : legal issues -- Ethics : basic concepts for professional nursing practice -- Conceptual & and philosophical foundations of professional nursing practice -- Nursing theory : the the basis for professional nursing -- The science of nursing and evidence-based practice -- Developing nursing judgment through through critical thinking -- Communication and collaboration in professional nursing -- Nurses, patients, and families : caring at the intersection of health, illness, and culture -- Health care in the United States -- Political activism in nursing : communities, organizations, government -- Nursing's challenge : to continue to evolve
ER  -