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Personal and Professional Growth for Health Care Professionals blends aspects of professional development with issues related to personal development. This text includes the use of the multi-stage model of professional development: perception, judgment, motivation, prioritization, decision process, and professional implementation, as well as a discussion on the psychology of professionalism. Topics include: working and communicating across generations, impressions, interprofessional relationships, communication, and professionalism: as a student, a clinician, and at work.Personal and Professional Growth for Health Care Professionals will help students connect the ideas of professionalism to themselves with relevant case studies and discussion questions. This accessible text provides students with thoughts about personal development which they can apply as they enter the workforce. This is an excellent resource to prepare students with the non-clinical skills to begin a career in health care.FEATURES•Mind Mapping Exercises•Case Study Vignettes•Classroom Activities•Issues for Discussion•End-of-Chapter Exercises•Chapter Summaries INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES•Instructor's Manual includes supplemental questions, pre-assessments, post-assessments, teaching tips and more•22 Slides in PowerPoint format• 85 Test Bank Questions

Self-Awareness for Health Care Professionals provides ideas and models to enhance self-awareness across the soft skill spectrum—interpersonal skills, communication, social and emotional intelligence quotients, among other abilities, which enable people to appropriately navigate their social environment. Intended to arm health care professionals with the task of becoming self-aware, this robust pedagogy stimulates discussion, personal examination, and reflection.KEY FEATURES:Self-assessment tools provide readers with validated feedback on various aspects of themselvesExercises link self-reflection with career, practice, and clinical effectivenessQuestions at the end of each chapter aid in the retention of key conceptsConvenient glossary features definitions of core termsMini case studies covering real-world scenarios woven throughout the book

Developed for those in health care, law, education, architecture, and engineering, Supervision: A Professional's Perspective is a guide to supervision and management for those whose career trajectories have placed them in leadership positions they did not anticipate. This useful text provides mental models, frameworks, theories, ideas, and skills that help these professional become proficient in supervising others at a professional level.The book organizes information into four sections. Section I provides foundational information in professionalism and management overview. Section II focuses on human aspects of supervision, including how to supervise teams. Section III is devoted to organizational issues including leadership, corporate culture and politics, and change, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The final section addresses the areas of finance and accounting, marketing and customer service, operations, and law and ethics.Clear and concise, Supervision is a valuable instructional tool for those who find themselves underprepared for the management of others. The text is ideal for professional schools offering practical courses on supervision and management practice.

Return to DS9 as death casts its shadow on the space station in this murder-mystery graphic novel.Constable Odo searches for truth amid a web of treachery and lies but everyone on the Promanade has a motive for this murder, be it vengeance, justice... or old-fashioned greed. With the murderer on the loose, the inhabitants of Deep Space 9 start to divide into factions, made even worse when the Ferengi government gets involved. Further complicating the issue, conflict between Constable Odo and the Federation's hand-picked criminal investigator threatens to derail the investigation itself!Get buried in this space noir from fan-favorite Star Trek writers Scott and David Tipton with artist Greg Scott.

Return to the Mirror Universe of The Next Generation with Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the ISS Enterprise-D as they plot to reestablish their dominance.There is the reality you know. And, on another dimensional plane, there exists a dark, twisted reflection of that universe. So familiar, and yet so different. An Empire in place of a Federation, where profit and power take precedence over peace and exploration.As the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance rules, having overrun the Empire, destroying its fleet, and driving it back to Earth, rumors and propaganda spread throughout the Alpha Quadrant the news of the Empire’s final demise. Those rumors are, however, untrue. A handful of Imperial ships remain, intent on protecting Earth and what’s left of the Empire. And commanding the newest and most powerful of those ships is a man equally intent on seeing it rise again—Captain Jean-Luc Picard.Witness the epic struggle that will shake the Mirror Universe to its core! Collects issues #1–8 of Star Trek: The Mirror War.

Three graphic novels that let fans of the classic Star Trek series dive deeper into the world of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!Don’t miss out on these exclusive “lost episodes” celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fan-favorite show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!In Fool's Gold, the station begins to be overrun by thieves, treasure-seekers, bounty-hunters, and other assorted ne’er-do-wells, Major Kira and Constable Odo must find out why. Can they get to the bottom of it before the station’s new visitors bring things to a boiling point?!After this, return to DS9 in Too Long a Sacrifce as death casts its shadow on the station in this space noir! With a murderer on the loose, the inhabitants of Deep Space 9 start to divide into factions, made even worse when the Ferengi government gets involved! In The Dog of War an extremely rare purebred corgi from Earth makes its way aboard Deep Space 9 when Quark cuts a deal to procure it for a high buyer. However, all plans are upended when a crew member discovers a Borg component on the pup! Collects the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine miniseries Fool's Gold, Too Long a Sacrifice, and The Dog of War plus the short stories “Latinum Glove,” “Mother’s Walk,” “Frontier Doctor,” “Only You Can Save Yourself,” and “The First Year.”

Explore the fan-favorite Mirror Universe of The Next Generation in this epic struggle showcasing Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the I.S.S. Enterprise-D in a convenient-to-read pocket-sized (6 x 9) edition!There is the reality you know. And on another dimensional plane, there exists a dark, twisted reflection of that universe. So familiar, and yet so different. An Empire in place of a Federation, where profit and power take precedence over peace and exploration.As the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance rules—having overrun the Empire, destroying its fleet and driving it back to Earth—rumors and propaganda spread throughout the Alpha Quadrant about the Empire’s final demise. Those rumors are, however, untrue. A handful of Imperial ships remain, intent on protecting Earth and what’s left of the Empire. And commanding the newest and most powerful of those ships is a man equally intent on seeing it rise again—Captain Jean-Luc Picard.Plus, expand upon the world of The Mirror War in four short stories focusing on some of your favorite characters: Data, Geordi La Forge, Benjamin Sisko, and Deanna Troi!Collects Star Trek: The Mirror War issues #0–8 and Star Trek: Warriors of the Mirror War issues #1–4 together in one volume for the first time! By Scott Tipton, David Tipton, Gavin Smith, Carlos Nieto, Celeste Bronfman, Roberta Ingranata, J. Holtham, Carlos Rodriguez, Danny Lore, Hendry Prasetya, Marieke Nijkamp, and Megan Levens.