|
Product Description
Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 5th Edition provides the background you need to succeed in your role as a professional nurse. It discusses the concepts that define the nursing profession, covering everything from the history of nursing to current challenges in the profession. Expert educators Joan L. Creasia, PhD, RN, and Elizabeth E. Friberg, MSN, RN, bring together the best minds of nursing for an in-depth look at the profession's major theories, practices, and principles.
- Vignettes, each written by a practicing nurse, open each chapter with a specific scenario and application of professional behaviors.
- Critical Thinking Exercises at the end of each chapter help you to use and apply what you've learned.
- Objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide a framework for study.
- Key points at the end of each chapter help you focus on important information.
- New Patient Safety chapter prepares you for expanded nursing responsibility for patient safety, adherence to regulatory requirements of the Joint Commission, and the implementation of best practices to create health care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered.
- New Genetics and Genomics in Professional Nursing chapter defines the nurse's role in family history assessment and genetic testing, explains how genetic testing is used in clinical practice, and identifies ethical issues related to this emerging practice.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care
- Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice
- Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 6th Edition
- Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing (9th Edition)
- Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities
- Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered States
- Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition
- Abrams' Clinical Drug Therapy: Rationales for Nursing Practice & Photo Atlas of Medication Administration
- Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community
*If this is not the "Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link. Details were last updated on Nov 19, 2024 21:06 +08.