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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Uncovering the knowledge embedded in clinical nursing practice -- Dreyfus model of skill acquisition applied to nursing -- Interpretive approach to identifying and describing clinical knowledge -- Helping role -- Teaching-coaching function -- Diagnostic and monitoring function detection and documentation of significant changes in a patient's condition -- Effective management of rapidly changing situations -- Administering and monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens -- Monitoring and ensuring the quality of health care practices -- Organizational and work-role competencies -- Implications for research and clinical practice -- Implications for career development and education -- Quest for a new identity and new entitlement in nursing -- Excellence and power in clinical nursing practice -- Practical applications.