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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Professional ambulatory care nursing practice -- Ambulatory care nursing practice arena -- Ambulatory care operations -- Health care fiscal management -- Informatics -- Legal aspects of ambulatory care nursing -- Patient safety and regulatory standards in ambulatory care -- Patient advocacy and use of community resources -- Telehealth nursing -- Leadership -- Evidence-based practice and performance improvement -- Ethics -- Professional development -- Application of the nursing process in ambulatory care -- Transcultural nursing care -- Patient education and counseling -- Care of the well client: screening and preventive care -- Care of the acutely ill patient -- Care of the perioperative patient in ambulatory care -- Ambulatory nursing role in chronic illness care -- Care of the chronically ill patient -- Care of the terminally ill patient.

The Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Care Nursing serves as an excellent resource for nurses, whether new to ambulatory care, seasoned in the specialty, or perhaps studying to sit for the ambulatory care certification exa.