Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges

Discover what it means to be a professional nurse - the history, values and standards, and commitment to life-long learning. Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition equips you with current professional nursing practices to positively impact your career. This easy-to-read text helps you gain insight into the current state of the profession and benefit from a thorough examination of standards and scope of practice, with new information on the Affordable Care Act, real-life interview narratives, coverage of social justice in nursing, transition into professional practice, health care delivery systems, future challenges for the nursing profession. and more. Valuable learning aids throughout this text include: case studies, cultural challenges, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, interviews, professional profiles, historical notes, nursing research, and ideas for further exploration.

Professional Profiles boxes provide prospective from nurses in the field

Case Study boxes feature scenarios involving relevant issues in patient care

Considering Culture boxes highlight the impact of culture in regards to a nurse’s role and responsibilities and the patient’s healthcare experience

Evidence-based Practice boxes identify leading findings in nursing topics and trends

Nurses Doing Research boxes highlight problems identified in patient care and the ongoing efforts to find patient interventions

Interview narratives explore the issues like culture and faith from the perspectives of leaders in those fields

Discussions on the implications of social media on nursing, including ethics and boundaries

Historical Notes highlight little-known stories of heroisms in the nursing profession.

Key terms are bolded where defined in the text

A Glossary is included at the end of the text

Learning outcomes are presented at the chapter openings

Concepts and Challenges and Ideas for Further Exploration at the end of the chapters help you to review and test prep

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