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Advance your career to the next level of professional practice with the guidance you'll find in the New Edition of this popular text. Build upon your prior nursing experiences with all of the concepts you need to progress from RN to BSN and beyond. From new and timely topics such as JCAHO's safety initiatives to health care reform and global issues, this text is ideal for pursuing ongoing education and reaching the next level of professional practice.Thoroughly revised and updated, the 5th Edition encourages you, the practicing nurse, to master the theories that are changing nursing. Apply them to the situations you'll encounter in practice today. and to the challenges in which you'll play a pivotal role in facing as a nurse tomorrow.Perfect for both classroom-based and online courses