Part I Professional Roles for Advanced Nursing Practice
Chapter 1 The Slow March to Professional Practice
Chapter 2 Advanced Practice Nursing: Moving Beyond the Basics
Chapter 3 The Evolution of Doctoral Education in Nursing
Chapter 4 Leadership Development Through Mentorship and Professional Development Planning
Chapter 5 Managing Personal Resources: Time and Stress Management
Part II The Health Care Delivery System and Health Care Policy
Chapter 6 A Distinctive System of Health Care Delivery
Chapter 7 Beliefs, Values, and Health
Chapter 8 The Evolution of Health Services in the United States
Chapter 9 Financing Health Care
Chapter 10 Managing Financial Resources
Chapter 11 Managed Care
Chapter 12 The Future of Health Services Delivery
Chapter 13 Advanced Practice Nurses and Public Policy, Naturally
Chapter 14 Making the Political Process Work
Part III Quality and Information for Advanced Nursing Practice
Chapter 15 Health Care Quality
Chapter 16 Contributions of the Professional, Public, and Private Sectors in Promoting Patient Safety
Chapter 17 Information Technology for Advanced Nursing Practice
Part IV Theoretical Foundation and Research for Advanced Nursing Practice
Chapter 18 Theory-Based Advanced Nursing Practice
Chapter 19 Values-Based Practice and Evidence-Based Care: Pursuing Fundamental Questions in Nursing Philosophy and Theory
Chapter 20 Fundamental Patterns of Knowing in Nursing
Chapter 21 Patterns of Knowing: Review, Critique, and Update
Chapter 22 Multiple Paradigms of Nursing Science
Chapter 23 Research: How Health Care Advances
Chapter 24 Knowledge Development in Nursing: Our Historical Roots and Future Opportunities
Part V Other Core Knowledge for the Advanced Practice of Nursing
Chapter 25 Moving Toward a Culturally Competent Profession
Chapter 26 Race, Race Relations, and the Emergence of Professional Nursing, 1870–2004
Chapter 27 Introduction to Ethics
Chapter 28 The Role of Codes of Ethics in Nursing’s Disciplinary Knowledge
