Professional Nursing Concepts

Professional Nursing Concepts: Competencies for Quality Leadership, 6th Edition, is a textbook designed to prepare pre-licensure students for entering clinical practice from the classroom. The text maintains a patient-centered focus to support foundational professional development.

Curricular material is anchored in the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Medicine core competencies as well as Quality and Safety for Nursing Education guidelines. Coverage progresses from foundational professional principles and patient care dynamics to systemic healthcare delivery topics, including community health, health policy, political engagement, and nursing leadership.

Reflective Stop and Consider sections embedded across chapters invite readers to review essential concepts and contemplate their practical relevance.