" ... takes a patient-centered, traditional approach to the topic of nursing education and professional development. This dynamic text engages students in recognizing the critical role that nurses play in health care delivery, and focuses on the five core competencies for health professions as determined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) ..."--Back cover.

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

This engagingly written text offers nursing students comprehensive ideas and perspectives that are basic to the practice of contemporary nursing. Each chapter focuses on a foundational area of study and explores the central concepts, relevant issues, dilemma, and debates. It presents a broad-range of professional issues, ranging from a brief history of nursing in the U.S., research and legal issues, to an introduction to nursing organizations and regulatory bodies.

Helps reader understand nursing as a profession; also features an emphasis on cultural diversity within the profession and in society Includes a discussion on the gender orientation of nurses which provides insight into the relationship between gender and the development of nursing.

Rev. ed. of: Professional nursing / Kay Kittrell Chitty, Beth Perry Black. 6th ed. c2011.

Professional Nursing Practice: Concepts and Perspectives, Seventh Edition, is intended as a text for registered nurses who are in transition or bridge programs to achieve a baccalaureate or higher degree in nursing. It may also be used in generic nursing programs or in transition or bridge programs for vocational nurses (LPNs or LVNs) to complete the professional nursing baccalaureate degree. Professional Nursing Practice helps nursing students explore and understand the nurse's role in the health care environment with coverage on topics including nursing history, theory, ethics, and law, as well as nursing roles, issues, and changes in the profession. Fully updated, this edition includes more information on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN), global health, and nursing theory and research. This resource explores the changing health care system especially related to health care economics, nursing in a culture of violence, and nursing in a culturally and spiritually diverse world.

Easy to read and highly practical, Leddy & Pepper’s Conceptual Bases of Professional Nursing, 8th Edition provides a broad overview of the nursing profession, addressing philosophical, developmental, sociocultural, environmental, political, health care delivery, and leadership issues vital for career enhancement. The author covers professional nursing roles and client care issues, stimulate nurses to learn more about presented content, and present strategies to deal with the emotional and ethical dimensions of professional practice. Updated to reflect the latest advances in the field, the Eighth Edition now includes real life clinical scenarios and introduces students to the complex environment of nursing practice today through Hood’s Professional Nurse Contributions Model, which synthesizes the affective, cognitive, behavioral, and psychomotor domains of professional practice. Also new is a unique online Interactive Literature Assessment Tool that gets students thinking critically about the relationship between issues discussed in current journal articles and their future nursing careers. This edition also offers an expanded student resource program, which is customizable to the student’s level of practice expertise.