Health Care Informatics
13 Health Care Informatics Teresa L. Panniers, PhD, RN and Susan Kaplan Jacobs, MLS, MA, RN, AHIP OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to:…
NURSING
Diversity in Health and Illness
14 Diversity in Health and Illness Cathy L. Campbell, PhD, APN-BC and Ishan C. Williams, PhD OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: • Describe…
Professional Nursing Roles
4 Professional Nursing Roles Sarah A. Delgado, RN, MSN, ACNP, Elke Jones Zschaebitz, MSN, FNP-BC and Elizabeth E. Friberg, DNP, RN OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader…
Patient Safety
20 Patient Safety Vicki S. Good, MSN, RN, CCNS, CENP OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: • Describe the RN’s central role in patient…
Communication Skills and Techniques
8 Communication Skills and Techniques Katharine C. Cook, Phd, RN, CNE We are healed of a suffering only by expressing it to the full. Marcel Proust OBJECTIVES At the completion…
Genetics and Genomics in Professional Nursing
16 Genetics and Genomics in Professional Nursing Dale Halsey Lea, MPH, RN, CGC, FAAN OBJECTIVES After completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: • Define genomic health care….
Vulnerable Populations
19 Vulnerable Populations Marilyn Grace O’rourke, DNP, APHN-BC OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: • Define the concepts of vulnerability, risk, cumulative risk, relative…
Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice
11 Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice Nayna C. Philipsen, PhD, JD, RN, CFE, FACCE and Patricia Mcmullen, PhD, JD, CNS, CRNP OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader…
Communicating at the end of life
Chapter 29 Communicating at the end of life Objectives 1. Identify fears about communicating with clients near the end of life 2. Discuss strategies for caring communication near the end of life…
