Full Description
For courses in Issues/Trends in Nursing, Management-Administration Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, and Community Nursing. Also for advanced nursing roles courses in MSN programs. As consultation services become increasingly integral to nursing in today's health care environment, its theory and principles are becoming a critical part of contemporary nursing education. Titled The Nursing Consultation Process: Essential Concepts and Principles in its first edition, the text reflects this shift from consultation as merely a career option to a core competency for all nurses today. It presents a five-phase process-a variation of the traditional nursing process-for working with individuals, groups, or communities to help them resolve actual or potential health care problems.
Contents
I. INTRODUCTION TO NURSING CONSULTATION. 1. The Nature of Nursing Consultation. 2. Communities, Nurses, and Consultation. 3. Overview of the Nursing Consultation Process. 4. Interaction Patterns for Nursing Consultation. 5. Nurse Consultant Roles and Skills. II. THE CONTEXT OF NURSING CONSULTATION. 6. Understanding Communities. 7. Human Dynamics in Community Groups. 8. Change in Communities. III. THE NURSING CONSULTATION PROCESS. 9. Gaining Entry in Community Consultation. 10. Problem Identification in Community Consultation. 11. Action Planning with Communities. 12. Team Building in Nursing Consultation. 13. Evaluating Nursing Consultation Efforts. 14. Disengagement from Consultation Relationships. IV. PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN NURSING CONSULTATION. 15. Legal Aspects of Nursing Consultation. 16. Ethical Issues in Nursing Consultation. 17. The Business of Consulting: Marketing, Fees, and Contracts. 18. Working with Consultants. 19. The Future and Nursing Consultation.
