Conceptual Foundations : The Bridge to Professional Nursing

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CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE focuses on the professional nursing role and the concepts which form the basis of professional nursing practice today. This edition focuses on the concepts important for professional nursing practice. Part I, The Context of Professional Nursing Practice, discusses the history and current status of nursing education, socialization into professional nursing, nursing theory, the nursing process, client systems, nursing roles, and health care delivery. Part II, Dimensions of Professional Nursing Practice, discusses the political, economic, legal, ethical, social, and cultural influences on nursing and health care. Part III, Themes in Professional Nursing Practice, includes topics that are directly relevant to patient care such as caring, health promotion, teaching and learning interpersonal communication, critical thinking, change, research, and information technology.

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Conceptual Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice

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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.

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Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice

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By focusing on the role and concepts of professional nursing, Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 4th Edition provides an in-depth look at nursing in the real world. Written specifically for students who are already RNs, it acknowledges the education and experience they already have while introducing new and exciting topics. The text covers everything from the history of nursing to modern issues in nursing, all of which will benefit students in the field. • Current professional practice topics are covered such as political, economic, and legal issues. • Discusses the role of the professional nurse and the socialization of the nurse into a professional role. • Profile in Practice boxes feature real nurses sharing their experiences related to the content in the chapter. • Research findings, integrated throughout, reinforce the importance of research to practice. • Encourage analysis and synthesis of the material with Critical Thinking Exercises. • Key Points in every chapter allow students to focus on important information. • Four new chapters: Communication Skills and Techniques; Rural Health Considerations; Violence as a Health Care Problem; and Vulnerable Populations, provide an even more thorough look at nursing and health care. • An expanded and revised chapter on Critical Thinking, Clinical Judgment, and the Nursing Process helps students gain a better understanding of the role of critical thinking in clinical judgment and the nursing process. • An expanded Challenges in Teaching and Learning chapter compares major theories, practices, and principles of effective experiences, the role of technology in nursing, and design in teaching and learning for groups and individuals.

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Best known for its conceptual approach to nursing practice, Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 6th Edition gives you the foundation you need to prepare for your role as a professional nurse. Expert educators Elizabeth E. Friberg and Joan L. Creasia bring together the best minds of nursing for a unique in-depth look at the profession's major theories, practices, and principles. Complete with three all-new chapters and updated content throughout, this expanded sixth edition challenges you to think critically and conceptually. In addition, new Evolve resources mean you can do more online than ever before. • Critical thinking exercises at the end of each chapter help you use and apply what you have learned. • Case studies throughout the text provide you with opportunities to develop your analytical skills. • Objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide a framework for study. • Profile in Practice scenarios at the beginning of each chapter introduce real-life situations that accompany the professional behaviors covered in the text. • Key points at the end of each chapter reinforce learning objectives and help you focus on important information. • NEW! Three all-new chapters bring you the latest information on telehealth in nursing practice, information management, and global rural nursing practice. • UPDATED! Integrated and updated information on Health Care Reform Initiatives. • UPDATED! Health Policy and Practice and the Nursing Practice Environment chapter features new content on the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act. • UPDATED! 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Future of Nursing (FOM) recommendations discussed in Beyond Professional Socialization chapter. • UPDATED! Patient Safety chapter offers expanded coverage of QSEN competencies, including Nursing Quality Indicators. • UPDATED! Health and Health Promotion chapter now covers the Healthy People 2020 and 2020 National Health Promotion Initiative. • UPDATED! Concept of "group think" added to Think Like a Nurse: Essential Thinking Skills for Professional Nurses chapter. • UPDATED! Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice chapter features the most up-to-date content on delegation, transferring authority, responsibility, accountability, nurse fatigue, criminalization of unintentional errors, use and abuse of social media and lateral violence.

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Issues and Trends Online is an interactive and evaluative learning system designed to support Creasia/Parker: Conceptual Foundations: A Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 4th Edition. This comprehensive course package consists of 15 modules that tie directly to many of the chapters in the main textbook. All of the modules are consistently organized throughout the course to keep the learner focused on pertinent information. The general module structure provides student objectives, required reading, notes from the instructor, learning activities/exercises, summary, additional resources on the Internet and critical thinking questions. • Each module is organized in a consistent format and features an introduction, student objectives, reading assignment, learning activities/exercises, summary, test your knowledge, additional resources on the Internet, and critical thinking questions to keep readers focused on pertinent information. • Features student objectives that provide clear, visual explanations of concepts. • Offers reading assignments to link online content to the text. • Features learning activities/exercises using a variety of engaging exercises designed to test content knowledge and critical thinking skills. • Offers a summary to provide a wrap-up of the content in each module to keep the reader focused on pertinent information. • Includes a test your knowledge quiz to wrap up the content at the end of every module. • Includes additional resources on the Internet requiring students to do further research to incorporate into online assignments. • Provides critical thinking questions to help the student to adequately apply knowledge of key concepts. • Includes a user's guide with complete instructions on how to get started with the online course, a full description of each feature available, and how to work through each section of the course. • Also available packaged with Creasia/Parker: Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 4th Edition.

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Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 5e by Joan L. Creasia PhD RN (2010-10-07)

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Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 5e

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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.

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