TY - BOOK AU - Hood, Lucy J. TI - Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing / Lucy Jane Hood, RN, PhD, professor, St. Luke's College of Health Sciences, Kansas City, Missouri SN - 9781451187922 (pbk.): PY - 2014/// CY - Philadelphia : : PB - Wolters KIluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, KW - Nursing Nursing--Philosophy Nursing Theory Nursing--trends N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index The professional nurse -- The history behind the development of professional nursing -- Contextual, philosophical, and ethical elements of professional nursing -- Patterns of knowing and nursing science -- Nursing models and theories -- Professional nursing processes -- Professional communication to establish helping and healing relationships -- The health process and self-care of the nurse -- Health care delivery systems -- Developing and using nursing knowledge through research -- Multicultural issues in professional practice -- Professional nurse accountability -- Environmental and global health -- Community health -- Informatics and technology in nursing practice -- The professional nurse\\\'s role in public policy -- Nursing approaches to client systems -- The professional nurse\\\'s role in teaching and learning -- Leadership and management in professional nursing -- Quality improvement and professional nursing -- Career options for professional nurses -- Development of a professional nursing career -- Shaping the future of nursing ER -