Table of Contents

 

 

 

1

Nursing Today: A Time of Transformation

1

2

The History and Social Context of Nursing

24

3

Nursing’s Pathway to Professionalism

52

4

Legal Aspects of Nursing

67

5

Ethics: Basic Concepts for Nursing Practice

88

6

Becoming a Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization into Professional Practice

113

7

The Education of Nurses: On the Leading Edge of Transformation

131

8

Critical Thinking, the Nursing Process, and Clinical Judgment

152

9

Communication and Collaboration in Nursing

169

10

Illness, Culture, and Caring: Impact on Patients, Families; and Nurses

194

11

The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice

220

12

Conceptual and Philosophical Bases of Nursing

239

13

Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing

266

14

Health Care in the United States

284

15

Political Activism in Nursing- Communities, Organizations; Government

312

16

Nursing’s Challenge: The Call for Transformation

332

 

Epilogue

341

 

Glossary

343

 

Index

359