Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing
Rose Kearney-Nunnery · 8th Edition · ISBN 9781719647717 · F.A. Davis Company
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing (8th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 19 chapters.
Overview
Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing (8th Edition) by Rose Kearney-Nunnery is a widely assigned professional-nursing concepts text, often used in RN-to-BSN and professional-role courses to build the theory, communication, leadership, and policy foundations of professional practice. This study guide follows it chapter by chapter, in the same order your instructor teaches, focusing on the high-yield concepts these courses test. You get professional identity, theory as the basis for practice, the evolution and use of formal nursing knowledge, health, and the teaching-learning process. It continues into managing and leading, change and innovation, professional ethics, quality and safety, population health, informatics and documenting outcomes, economics and healthcare policy, the politically active nurse, healthcare reform and global issues, and expanding the vision. It is an independent, aligned study guide, not the textbook or a copy of it. Use it to consolidate the professional concepts, theory, and policy content that midterms and finals reward.
Aligned with professional nursing concepts and RN-to-BSN role courses; the review reinforces the theory, leadership, ethics, and policy concepts tested on course midterms and finals.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Professional identity
- Nursing theory as basis for practice
- Formal nursing knowledge
- Evidence-based practice
- Effective communication
- Critical thinking
- Teaching-learning process
- Managing and leading
- Professional ethics
- Quality and safety
- Population health
- Informatics and outcomes
- Healthcare policy and reform
Need the textbook itself?
Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing (8th Edition) by Rose Kearney-Nunnery, published by F.A. Davis, is a popular professional-nursing text known for connecting nursing theory, communication, leadership, ethics, and policy to the development of the professional nurse.
Buy new, rent, or find a used copy of Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing below. Make sure you get the 8th Edition (ISBN 9781719647717) — editions differ, so double-check before you order. We earn a small commission if you buy through these links — your price is unchanged.
Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
Thinking about RN-to-BSN or MSN?
Compare accredited online nursing programs (CCNE-accredited, NCLEX pass rate published) in under a minute. Most students get a tuition estimate the same day.
Compare nursing programsNew grad? You need your own malpractice policy.
Your employer's coverage doesn't fully protect you. A personal RN policy from NSO runs about $100/year and is what most nursing boards recommend on day one.
Get a quote from NSOQuestions about this study guide
What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 19 chapters of Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing (8th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
How soon will I get it?
Instantly. A download link appears on screen and lands in your inbox the moment your payment clears.
Who is this for?
It supports professional nursing concepts and RN-to-BSN role courses, reinforcing the theory, leadership, ethics, and policy content the textbook covers.
Does it match the 8th edition?
Yes. It follows the 8th edition's chapter sequence from professional identity and theory through leadership, policy, and expanding the vision.
Is this the textbook itself?
No. It is an independent, aligned study guide that summarizes and reinforces the same concepts.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 8th Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
What if it is not what I expected?
Every purchase is backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee — email us within 14 days for a full refund.
Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
More nursing study guides
About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing (8th Edition) by Rose Kearney-Nunnery. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by F.A. Davis Company or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.