Dimensions of Professional Nursing

The seventh edition of this classic text is thoroughly revised and expanded, while retaining the comprehensiveness that has marked it from its inception. As an overview of all nonclinical aspects, it continues to cover the major issues of concern to professional nursing practice: from history and development of modern nursing through career development, ethics, and education and research. The reader will find the latest information available on nursing practice, the impact of social and scientific changes, the major changes in licensure, the expanding role of the advanced nurse practitioner, and the new hospital environment in which nurses have to work. In addition, Dimensions covers subjects not found in competing texts usually including: nursing supply and demand; legal rights and responsibilities; and how to look for a job/what to look for in a job. New tables and charts as well as the latest references and bibliography complement the concepts presented. Dimensions also provides complete information on nursing organizations and publications.