Unit I: Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 1: Beginning the Transition: Journey to Professionalism
Chapter 2: Socialization to Professional Nursing
Chapter 3: Historical Foundations of Professional Nursing
Chapter 4: Ethical Foundations of Professional Nursing
Chapter 5: Legal Foundations of Professional Nursing
Chapter 6: Theoretical Foundations of Professional Nursing
Unit II: Professional Nursing Roles
Chapter 7: The Nurse as Health Promoter and Care Provider
Chapter 8: The Nurse as Learner and Teacher
Chapter 9: The Nurse as Leader and Manager
Chapter 10: The Nurse as Research Consumer
Chapter 11: The Nurse as Advocate
Chapter 12: The Nurse as Colleague and Collaborator
Unit III: Processes Guiding Professional Practice
Chapter 13: Communication
Chapter 14: Change Process
Chapter 15: Group Process
Chapter 16: Technology and Informatics
Unit IV: Professional Nursing in a Changing Health Care Delivery System
Chapter 17: Nursing in an Evolving Health Care Delivery System
Chapter 18: Health Care Economics
Chapter 19: Providing Care in the Home and Community
Chapter 20: Nursing in a Culture of Violence
Chapter 21: Nursing in a Culturally Diverse World
Chapter 22: Nursing in a Spiritually Diverse World
Unit V: Into the Future
Chapter 23: Advanced Nursing Education and Practice
Chapter 24: Visions for the Future
Index