Professional Nursing: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges

ISBN 10: 0826125549 / ISBN 13: 9780826125545

Published by Springer Publishing Company, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Professional Nursing: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826125549
• ISBN 13: 9780826125545
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This engagingly written text offers nursing students comprehensive ideas and perspectives that are basic to the practice of contemporary nursing. Each chapter focuses on a foundational area of study and explores the central concepts, relevant issues, dilemmas, and debates. It presents a broad-range of professional issues, ranging from a brief history of nursing in the U.S., research and legal issues, to an introduction to nursing organizations and regulatory bodies.

About the Authors

John Daly, PhD, RN, FRCNA, FINE, FCN, is Professor of Nursing and Foundation Head of the School of Nursing, Family & Community Health, University of Western Sydney. He is one of Australia’s leading scholars in Nursing. Dr. Daly’s research focuses on cardiovascular nursing, the experience of illness and transcultural nursing.

Sandra Speedy, EdD, MURP, BA (Hons), Dip. Ed., RN, is currently Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts, at James Cook University and Professor Emeritus.

Debra Jackson, RN, PhD, MCN, is Associate Professor of Nursing at the School of Nursing, Family & Community Health, University of Western Sydney.

Vickie A. Lambert, DNSc, RN, FAAN, is Dean and Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, and an international nursing consultant with Lambert & Lambert Nursing Consultants.

Clinton E. Lambert, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN, is an international nursing consultant with Lambert & Lambert Nursing Consultants. He is a retired US Army psychiatric clinical nurse specialist and the former owner and counselor, Lambert Counseling Services, in rural Georgia.