Explores the profession of nursing from several angles, including the history of nursing, with profiles of well-known and influential persons in the field, like Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Clara Barton, as well as of professional organizations; various nursing disciplines, including pediatrics, home care, anesthesiology, end-of-life care, critical care, cardiology, among others; specific nursing settings, such as emergency rooms, intensive care units, neonatal units, assisted living facilities, hospice, and more.

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 -- Index.