"This book is directed to the RN student returning to school. The intent is to provide you, the practicing RN, with professional concepts to advance your practice. These concepts build on your prior nursing education, and their application will greatly enhance your professional practice and growth. The aim is to engage you intellectually in an ongoing professional dialogue and journey with your peers, colleagues, and instructors; broaden your professional development; and build on your pre-existing knowledge and experiences. You are challenged to delve further into professional education and conceptual practice. The book is written for the adult learner with the characteristics of self-direction, prior experiences, applicability to practice, and motivation to meet the challenge to expand his or her knowledge base"-- Provided by publisher.

Your Professional Identity / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Theory as the Basis for Practice / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Evolution and Use of Formal Knowledge of Nursology / Jacqueline Fawcett -- Health, Illness, and Holism / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Evidence-Based Practice / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Effective Communication / Kearney-Nunnery, Lynne M. Hutchison -- Critical Thinking / Genevieve M. Bartol, Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Working with Groups / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- The Teaching-Learning Process / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Managing and Leading in the Organization / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Change and Innovation / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Professional Ethics / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Quality and Safety in Healthcare / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Population Health / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Informatics and Documenting Outcomes / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Economics and Healthcare Policy / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- The Politically Active Nurse: An Imperative / Rose Kearney-Nunnery -- Global Health, Nursing, Policy, and Social Justice / Sister Rosemary Donley -- Expanding the Vision / Rose Kearney-Nunnery.