Professional Nursing: Concepts and Challenges (9th Edition) – eBook

Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, (PDF) equips you with current professional nursing practices to positively impact your career. This easy-to-read text helps you gain insight into the current state of the profession and benefit from a thorough examination of standards and scope of practice, with new information on the Affordable Care Act, real-life interview narratives, coverage of social justice in nursing, transition into professional practice, health care delivery systems, future challenges for the nursing profession. and more. Valuable learning aids throughout this textbook include: case studies, cultural challenges, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, interviews, professional profiles, historical notes, nursing research, and ideas for further exploration.

• A Glossary is included at the end of the textbook.
• Key terms are bolded where defined in the textbook.
• Learning outcomes are presented at the chapter openings.
• Professional Profiles boxes provide prospective from nurses in the field.
• Case Study boxes feature scenarios involving relevant issues in patient care.
• Historical Notes highlight little-known stories of heroisms in the nursing profession.
• Evidence-based Practice boxes identify leading findings in nursing topics and trends.
• Discussions on the implications of social media on nursing, including ethics and boundaries.
• Interview narratives explore the issues like culture and faith from the perspectives of leaders in those fields.
• Concepts and Challenges and Ideas for Further Exploration at the end of the chapters help you to review and test prep.
• Nurses Doing Research boxes highlight problems identified in patient care and the ongoing efforts to find patient interventions.
• Considering Culture boxes highlight the impact of culture in regards to a nurse’s role and responsibilities and the patient’s healthcare experience.

What’s New In The Ninth Edition:

• NEW! Tips on documentation include both electronic and paper types.
• NEW! Updated information on the Affordable Care Act keeps you in the know.
• NEW! Cognitive rehearsal prepares you for the unlikely threat of lateral violence
• NEW! Social justice in nursing helps you to learn to advocate for patients who need your help.
• NEW! Information on care transitions so you know what to expect upon entering the workforce.
• NEW! Information on care coordination prepares you to make more informed decisions about patient care.
• NEW! Increased content on diversity in nursing, ethnocentrism, moral distress and moral courage, communication models (SBAR, CUS and others), and RN to BSN education.

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