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Principles of Health: Nursing

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Introduction




Contributors




What Is Nursing?




Nursing: Its History and Evolution




Roles on the Healthcare Team




Nursing Concepts




Nursing Process




Ethics of Nursing




Autonomy and Physician Orders




Scope of Nursing Practice




Informed Consent




Clinical Research Trials




Nursing Theory




Nursing Theory




Metaparadigm Concepts in Nursing




Grand Theories




Middle-Range Theories




Practice-Level Theories




Nursing Theorists




Florence Nightingale




Hildegard Peplau




Faye Abdellah




Ida Jean Orlando




Dorothea Orem




Imogene King




Betty Neuman




Callista Roy




Jean Watson




Abraham Maslow




Katharine Kolbaca and Kristen M. Swanson




Nola Pender




Becoming a Nurse




Selecting the Right Program and Finding the Right College




Learning Styles and Study Skills




Cover Letter and Resume Writing




Interviewing




Career and Personnel Testing




College and Nursing Entrance Examinations




Succeeding at Work




Nursing Certifications and Degrees: Licensed Practical Nurse and Registered Nurse




Advanced Practice Nurses




Licensure and Certification




Professional Nursing Organizations and Certification




Magnet Recognition Program in Nursing




Nurse-Patient Ratio




Models of Nursing Care




Skills Needed in Nursing




Leadership




Leadership Skills




Volunteering and Community Service




Time Management




Communicating Effectively: Interpersonal Communication, Skills, and Technology




Writing Skills




Public Speaking




Networking




Nursing Specialties




Staff Nurse and Primary Care Nurse




Nursing Administrator




Medical-Surgical Nurses and Perioperative Nurses




Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses




Perinatology




Pediatrics




Gerontological Nursing




Critical Care Nursing




Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)




Doctor’s Office, Clinic Nurses, and Physician Assistants (PAs)




Nurse Practitioner (NP)




Nurse Anesthetist




Home Health Nurse and Public Health Nurse




Occupational Health




Transitional Care




Wound, Ostomy, and Continence (WOC) Nurse




Telehealth Nursing




Palliative Care and Hospice Nursing




Travel Nurse




Clinical Research Nurse




Case Management/Utilization Management and Care Navigation




Educators—Academic and Vocational Programs




Continuing Education Coordinator and Patient Educator




Specific Nursing Care




Dying, Death, and Grief




Pain Management




National Institutes of Health (NIH)




Health Promotion




Diet-Based Therapies




Exercise-Based Therapies




Education and Training of CAM Practitioners




Integrative Medicine




Internet Medicine




Internet and Health Information




Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)




Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)




Self-Care




Spirituality and CAM




Relaxation Response




Relaxation Therapies




Meditation




Transcendental Meditation (TM)




Mind-Body Medicine




Guided Imagery




Natural Treatments for Stress




Natural Treatments for Well-Being




Therapeutic Touch (TT)




Reiki




Rolfing




Art Therapy




Music Therapy




Biofeedback




Nursing Care Plan




Genetic Counseling




Robotics in Healthcare




Bioinformatics




Popular Health Movement




Nursing Terminology




General Bibliography and Further Reading