1 Historical Development of Professional Nursing in the United States Jennifer Casavant Telford, PhD, APN-BC and Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the…
18 Intimate Partner Violence as a Health Care Problem Kathryn Laughon, PhD, RN OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: • Describe the role of…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
