Hood, Lucy J. <br/><br/>
Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing. / 
 Leddy and Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing  Conceptual bases of professional nursing 
Lucy Jane Hood 
 - 7th ed. 
 - Philadelphia :  Wolters KIluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  2010. 
 - xx, 617 p. :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references(p. [603-605]) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Exploring professional nursing:The professional nurse -- The history behind the development of professional nursing -- Contextual, philosophical, and ethical elements of professional nursing -- Establishing helping and healing relationships -- Patterns of knowing and nursing science -- Nursing models and theories -- Professional nursing processes -- The health process and self-care of the nurse -- The changing health care context: Health care delivery systems -- Developing and using nursing knowledge through research -- Multicultural issues in professional practice -- Professional nurse accountability -- Environmental and global health -- Community health -- Informatics and technology in nursing practice -- Professional nursing roles: Nursing approaches to client systems -- The professional nurse's role in teaching and learning -- Leadership and management in professional nursing -- Quality improvement and professional nursing -- The professional nurse's role in public policy -- Glimpsing the future of professional nursing: Career options for professional nurses -- Development of a professional nursing career -- Shaping the future of nursing -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780781792486 (hard copy : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009015953 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing.<br/>Nursing--Philosophy.<br/>Conceptual bases of professional nursing<br/>Nursing theory<br/>Nursing-trends
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT41.H66  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73