Contents: Nursing in today’s evolving healthcare environment - - The history and social context of nursing - - Nursing’s pathway to professionalism - - Nursing education in an evolving healthcare environment - - Becoming a professional nurse: defining nursing and socialization in practice - - Nursing as a regulated practice: legal issues - - Ethics: basic concepts for professional nursing practice - - Conceptual and philosophic foundations of professional nursing practice - - Nursing theory: the basis for professional nursing - - The science of nursing and evidence-based practice - - Developing nursing judgment 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, and government - - Nursing' s challenge: to continue to evolve
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Nursing as a profession Ethics, Nursing. Nursing Theory.