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lkempermTestmBank
TablemofmContent
Unitm1mThemNursingmProfessionmInmToday'smHealth-CaremEnvironment
1mHistoricalmPerspectivemandmCurrentmTrends
Professionalism
ThemBeginningmofmNursing
DarkmAgesmandmIntroductionmofmChristianity
RenaissancemPeriod
EramofmIndustrialization
EarlymHealthmCareminmthemUnitedmStates
ThemBeginningmofmModernmNursing
HistorymofmthemLicensedmPracticalmandmVocationalmNurse
CurrentmTrendsmandmIssues
2mCaringmasmamPersonalmandmProfessionalmBehavior
WhatmIsmCaring?
ApplyingmCaringmTheoryminmYourmPersonalm Life
UnderstandingmNursingmModels
ApplyingmCaringmTheoryminmYourmProfessionalmLife
SettingmPrioritiesmUsingmTranspersonalmCaring
CaringmformFamilymandmSignificantmOthers
CaringmIncludesmEveryone
PersonalmMotivation
3mUnderstandingmthemChangingmRolesminmNursing
ParadigmmThinkingmDefined
CriticalmThinkingmConcepts
TheoreticalmFrameworksmformManagement
BasicmPrinciplemofmPatientmAdvocacy
4mHealth-CaremEnvironment
Health-CaremSystems
RolesmandmTasksmofmthemLicensedmPracticalmNurseminmthemHealth-CaremSystem
Health-CaremAgencies
5mNursingmandmInformatics
LookingmatmthemPast
LookingmatmToday
NursingmInformatics
LookingmForward
Unitm2mFrommStudentmtomNurse
6mFulfillmYourmRolemasmamStudent
,KnowingmYourselfmandmUnderstandingmNurses'mWaysm ofmKnowing
LearningminmthemClassroom
YoumasmamStudentminmthemClinicalmArea
CommunicationminmthemClinicalmSetting
SuccessfulmStudymStrategies
UnderstandingmTestmQuestions
ManagingmTestmAnxiety
WritingmSuccessfulmPapers
Conclusion
7mThemImportancemofmCriticalmThinking
WhatmIsmCriticalmThinking?
ThoroughmThinking
ThoroughmormCriticalmThinkingmasmAppliedmtomScience
ThoroughmormCriticalmThinkingmasmAppliedmtomNursing
CreativemThinking
CriticalmThinking
8mEntrymInto-Practice
NursemPracticemAct
FindingmthemPerfectmJob
Mentoring
OthermStrategies
9mEmploymentmProcess
EmployermExpectations
ApplicationmProcess
PreparingmformthemInterview
LettermofmResignation
10mLeadershipmandmManagementmasmamProfessionalmConcept
LeadershipmVersusmManagement
HistoricalmOverviewmofmNursingmLeadershipmandmManagementmRoles
WheremIsmthemLicensedmPracticalmNurseminmThismHistoricalmPicture?
LeadershipmStyles
WhatmTypemofmLeadermAremYou?
ThemSuccessfulmNursemLeader
11mCommunicationmSkillsminmLeadershipmandmManagement
StylesmofmCommunication
FailedmCommunication
CommunicationminmthemClinicalmSetting
TypesmofmCommunication
OthermFormsmofmCommunication
, 12mUnderstandingmthemBenefitsmofmChange
WhatmIsmChange?
EffectivemDecisionmMakingmDuringmthemChangemProcess
KurtmLewin'smChangemTheory
RolemofmthemLicensedmPracticalmNursemasmChangemAgent
Transitions
FinalmThoughts
13mSettingmMeaningfulmPriorities
SettingmPersonalmPriorities
SettingmPriorities
NeedmformPrioritymSetting
ItmStartsmWithmthemAbilitymtomMakemGoodmDecisions
14mHandlingmConflictminmthemNursingmProfession
TypesmofmConflict
ResolvingmConflict
ConflictmResolution
15mDealingmWithmChaos
UnderstandingmthemChanges
UnderstandingmNewtonianmPhysicsmormthemScientificmAge
UnderstandingmQuantummPhysicsmormthemNewmScience
ChaosmTheory
AremYoumReady?
16mEthicsmandmLawminmNursingmManagement
PersonalmValues
UnderstandingmEthics
LegalmIssues
NursemPracticemAct
UnderstandingmthemLaw
LegalmIssuesmSpecificmtomNursing
Safeguards
17mUnderstandingmUsemofmPower
WhatmIsmPower?
TypesmofmPower
PositivemandmNegativemUsesmofmPower
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18mMotivatingmEmployees
Maslow'smHierarchymofmNeedsmRevisited
OppressedmGroupmBehavior