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Test Bank For Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN, 7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper, All Chapters 1-21 LATEST$16.49
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Table r of r Content
Unit r1 r The rNursing rProfession r In r Today's rHealth-Care rEnvironment
1 rHistorical r Perspective r and r Current rTrends
Professionalism
The rBeginning rof r Nursing
Dark r Ages r and r Introduction r of rChristianity
Renaissance rPeriod
Era rof r Industrialization
Early rHealth r Care r in r the r United r States
The rBeginning rof r Modern r Nursing
History rof r the r Licensed r Practical r and r Vocational r Nurse
Current rTrends r and r Issues
2 rCaring r as ra r Personal r and r Professional r Behavior
What r Is rCaring?
Applying rCaring rTheory rin r Your r Personal r Life
Understanding rNursing r Models
Applying rCaring rTheory r in r Your rProfessional r Life
Setting rPriorities r Using rTranspersonal r Caring
Caring rfor r Family rand r Significant r Others
Caring rIncludes r Everyone
Personal rMotivation
3 r Understanding r the r Changing r Roles r in r Nursing
Paradigm r Thinking rDefined
Critical r Thinking rConcepts
Theoretical rFrameworks r for rManagement
Basic r Principle r of r Patient r Advocacy
4 rHealth-Care rEnvironment
Health-Care rSystems
Roles r and r Tasks r of r the r Licensed r Practical r Nurse rin r the rHealth-Care rSystem
Health-Care rAgencies
5 r Nursing r and r Informatics
Looking rat r the rPast
Looking r at r Today
Nursing rInformatics
Looking rForward
Unit r 2 r From r Student r to r Nurse
6 r Fulfill r Your r Role r as r a r Student
,Knowing rYourself r and rUnderstanding r Nurses' rWays r of rKnowing
Learning rin r the r Classroom
You r as r a rStudent r in r the rClinical r Area
Communication r in r the rClinical r Setting
Successful r Study rStrategies
Understanding rTest r Questions
Managing rTest r Anxiety
Writing r Successful r Papers
Conclusion
7 r The rImportance rof r Critical r Thinking
What r Is r Critical r Thinking?
Thorough r Thinking
Thorough r or r Critical r Thinking r as r Applied r to r Science
Thorough r or r Critical r Thinking r as r Applied r to r Nursing
Creative rThinking
Critical r Thinking
8 rEntry rInto-Practice
Nurse rPractice rAct
Finding rthe r Perfect r Job
Mentoring
Other rStrategies
9 rEmployment r Process
Employer rExpectations
Application rProcess
Preparing rfor rthe r Interview
Letter rof rResignation
10 rLeadership r and r Management ras ra r Professional r Concept
Leadership rVersus rManagement
Historical rOverview r of rNursing r Leadership r and rManagement r Roles
Where rIs r the r Licensed r Practical r Nurse rin r This rHistorical r Picture?
Leadership rStyles
What r Type rof r Leader r Are rYou?
The rSuccessful r Nurse r Leader
11 rCommunication r Skills rin rLeadership r and rManagement
Styles r of rCommunication
Failed rCommunication
Communication r in r the rClinical r Setting
Types r of rCommunication
Other r Forms r of rCommunication
, 12 r Understanding r the rBenefits r of r Change
What r Is rChange?
Effective r Decision r Making r During rthe rChange rProcess
Kurt r Lewin's r Change rTheory
Role rof rthe r Licensed r Practical r Nurse r as r Change rAgent
Transitions
Final rThoughts
13 rSetting r Meaningful rPriorities
Setting rPersonal r Priorities
Setting rPriorities
Need r for r Priority rSetting
It r Starts r With r the r Ability rto r Make rGood r Decisions
14 r Handling r Conflict r in rthe r Nursing r Profession
Types r of rConflict
Resolving rConflict
Conflict r Resolution
15 r Dealing r With r Chaos
Understanding rthe r Changes
Understanding rNewtonian r Physics r or r the r Scientific r Age
Understanding rQuantum r Physics r or rthe r New r Science
Chaos r Theory
Are rYou rReady?
16 rEthics r and rLaw r in r Nursing r Management
Personal rValues
Understanding rEthics
Legal r Issues
Nurse rPractice rAct
Understanding rthe r Law
Legal r Issues rSpecific rto r Nursing
Safeguards
17 r Understanding r Use rof r Power
What r Is r Power?
Types r of rPower
Positive r and r Negative rUses r of r Power
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18 r Motivating r Employees
Maslow's r Hierarchy rof r Needs r Revisited
Oppressed r Group r Behavior
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