1. From student to graduate -- Managing the transition from student to graduate nurse -- Becoming a competent, confident, professional registered nurse -- Becoming part of a team -- Understanding organizational culture in the community health setting -- Understanding organizational culture in the hospital setting -- Preparing for role transition -- Processes of change in bureaucratic environments -- 2. Skills for dealing with the world of work -- Caring for self: the role of collaboration, healthy lifestyle and balance -- Managing approaches to nursing care delivery -- Dealing with ethical issues in nursing practice -- Communication for effective nursing -- On gender in nursing: a discussion of issues and directions -- Perspectives on quality in nursing -- Managing emotional reactions in patients, families and colleagues -- Clinical leadership -- 3. Organizational environments -- Excellence in practice: technology and the registered nurse -- Establishing and maintaining a professional profile: issues in the first year of practice -- Dealing with the theory-practice gap in clinical practice -- Reflective practice for the graduate -- Mentoring for new graduates -- Professional career development: development of the CAPABLE nursing professional -- Continuing competence for practice.
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