Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges

Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges

Title: Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges Edition: Tenth Edition Author: Beth Perry Black Publisher: Elsevier

Cover Design: The cover uses a warm, muted mauve/burgundy-rose background throughout, giving it a distinctive and approachable feel compared to typical clinical texts. "TENTH EDITION" appears in small white caps at the top left. "PROFESSIONAL NURSING" is set in large bold white display type, with "CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES" on a slightly darker mauve banner below it in white caps. The author's name appears in clean bold white beneath. The Elsevier logo sits at the bottom left, and an Evolve student resources badge with "Details Inside" occupies the bottom right.

Cover Photography: Four real photographs are arranged across the cover in a two-column layout — a smiling young male nurse in teal scrubs with a stethoscope in the lower left, a woman in professional attire with a medicine wheel pin on the upper right, a tattooed nurse in blue scrubs and a mask wearing a fanny pack in the middle right, and three women standing together outdoors in winter clothing at the bottom right. The diversity of the individuals depicted — across gender, ethnicity, age, and clinical role — intentionally reflects the inclusive, broad vision of professional nursing identity that the book champions.

About the Book: A foundational professional nursing textbook examining the concepts, values, history, and evolving challenges of nursing as a profession. It addresses nursing roles, ethics, leadership, healthcare policy, diversity, and the social context of professional practice.

Audience: Undergraduate nursing students in professional nursing and nursing concepts courses.