TY - BOOK AU - Black,Beth Perry,(AccNo:39184 Ref) TI - Professional nursing: concepts & challenges SN - 9780323431125 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - RT82 .P755 2017 U1 - 610.73068 23 PY - 2017/// KW - Nursing KW - Practice KW - Textbooks KW - Vocational Guidance KW - fast 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 -