Kearney-Nunnery, Rose.

Advancing your career: concepts of professional nursing. / Rose Kearney-Nunnery. - 4th ed. - Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2008. - xviii, 477 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Your professional identity -- Coping with returning to school -- What is theory? -- Evolution and use of formal nursing knowledge -- Models for health and illness -- Evidence-based practice -- Effective communication -- Working with groups -- Critical thinking -- Teaching-learning process -- Leadership -- Management in organizations -- Change -- Professional ethics -- Managing and providing care -- Healthy initiatives for at-risk populations -- Quality health care -- Informatics and computer use -- Health-care economics -- Protecting the populace -- The Politically active nurse: an imperative -- Nursing's health-care agenda -- Expanding the vision --

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Nursing--Vocational guidance.
Nursing--Vocational guidance--United States.
Nursing--Philosophy.
Career development.
Nursing.
Career Mobility.

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WY 16 / K24aa 2008