Role Development for Professional Nursing Practice Book

1	A history of healthcare and nursing	3
2	Framework for professional nursing practice	35
3	Philosophy of nursing	51
4	Moral and ethical dimensions in professional nursing practice	63
5	Clinical judgment in professional nursing	77
6	Education and socialization to the professional nursing role	99
7	The social context of professional nursing	111
8	Care of professional self	129
9	Career management in professional nursing	135
10	Professional nursing care of the client	155
11	The role of the professional nurse in patient education	171
12	Communication and the nurse-client relationship	185
13	Ethics in nursing relationships, professional practice, and healthcare	199
14	Law and the professional nurse	221
15	Informatics and technology in nursing practice	235
16	Developing professional nurses as leaders	247
17	The role of the professional nurse in human resource management	259
18	The role of the professional nurse in quality management	285
19	Economics of healthcare	293
App. A	American Nurses Association standards of nursing practice	319
App. B	Code of ethics for nurses	321
App. C	The ICN code of ethics for nurses	323