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    Advancing Your Career: Concepts in Professional Nursing

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    8th Ed.

    Rose Kearney-Nunnery, RN, PhD

    ISBN-13: 978-1-7196-4771-7

    eISBN-13: 978-1-7196-5010-6

    Nursing, Nursing Education

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    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:

    • • “Chapter Objectives” and “Key Terms” at the beginning of each chapter as well as “Thought and Discussion Questions” to meet the chapter objectives, and “Key Points” at the end of each chapter
    • • “Evidence-Based Practice” boxes with questions that ask you to apply evidence to real-life practice
    • • “Online Consult” boxes listing valuable sources of information on the web
    • • Online “Case Scenarios” for each chapter that provide additional opportunities to apply the concepts
    • • Focus on theory as a basis for practice
    • • Discussions of the abilities critical to professional nursing, including communication, critical thinking, teaching and learning, leadership and management skills, and professional ethics
    • • Section on quality care for individuals and groups with emphasis on safety, population health, economics, and the politically active nurse

    New To This Edition

    • Updated & Revised! Relevant and timely coverage of the issues affecting nurses and nursing today
    • New! The AACN’s Essentials 2021 and ANA’s 2021 Scope & Standards of Practice, and the National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity
    • New! The importance of clinical reasoning and judgment in clinical practice and communication
    • New, Revised & Expanded! Content on the progress of the Healthy People 2030 initiatives, the social determinants of health, structural racism, cultural humility, and public health emergencies like COVID-19
    • Expanded! Coverage of interoperability and data security, artificial intelligence/machine learning, wearables, remote patient monitoring, and interprofessional practice as a collaborative partner on a healthcare team
    • Updated & Revised! Focus on envisioning your professional future to meet the challenges of collaborative practice, advanced practice, healthcare equity, and improving care

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