Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing, Seventh Edition

by Rose Kearney Nunnery (Author)

Advance your career to the next level of professional practice!

Here are all the concepts and theories practicing RNs need to continue their education and reach the next level of professional practice. You’ll find in-depth coverage of the critical components of professional nursing practice, including effective communication, professional ethics, leadership, group theory, teaching/learning, and multicultural issues.

Explore the challenges and issues that are changing the field of nursing. Then, apply them to the situations you encounter in practice today . . . and to the challenges you’ll encounter tomorrow.

Key Features
Coverage of The Joint Commission’s initiatives and roles in accreditation.
Issues from the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and magnet status.
Discussions on delegation and how it relates to the management of unlicensed assistive personnel.
Quantum physics theory and its relevance to nursing care.
Nanotechnology and genomics and how they affect nursing.
Data element sets and terminologies recognized by ANA.
Staffing issues related to safety.
Coverage of domestic violence issues.
“Evidence-Based Practice” boxes provide examples of current evidence and include questions that help you apply to real life practice.
“Thought and Discussion” questions test your understanding of the chapter objectives.

New To This Edition
New and expanded content and coverage on Gallup information and leadership initiatives, clinical guidelines, collaborative practice issues with emphasis on civility in the workplace, dementia and Alzheimer's disease, artificial intelligence, and telehealth.