TY - BOOK AU - Kearney-Nunnery,Rose TI - Advancing your career: concepts of professional nursing. SN - 9780803618275 (pbk.) AV - RT82.N85 U1 - 610.7306/9 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Philadelphia PB - F.A. Davis KW - Nursing KW - Vocational guidance KW - United States KW - Philosophy KW - Career development KW - Career Mobility N1 - 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 -- UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007046908.html ER -