TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black, Beth Perry.
TI  - Professional nursing: concepts and challenges 
SN  - 9780323431125 [paperback]
PY  - 2017///
CY  - St. Louis, Missouri
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Nursing schools
KW  - Vocational guidance
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: 1 Nursing in today's evolving health care environment -- 2 The history and social context of nursing -- 3 Nursing's pathway to professionalism -- 4 Nursing education in an evolving health care environment -- 5 Becoming a professional nurse: defining nursing and socialization into practice -- 6 Nursing as a regulated practice: legal issues -- 7 Ethics: basic concepts for professional nursing -- 8 Conceptual and philosophical foundations of professional nursing practice -- 9 Nursing theory: the basis for professional nursing -- 10 The science of nursing and evidence-based practice -- 11 Developing nursing judgement through critical thinking -- 12 Communicating and collaboration in professional nursing -- 13 Nurses, patients, and families: caring at the intersection of health, illness, and culture -- 14 Health care in United States -- 15 Political activism in nursing: communities, organizations, government -- 16 Nursing's challenge: to continue to evolve
ER  -