Thisneweditioncontinuestousecasestudies,congruentwithBenner,Sutphen,Leonard,andDays2010CarnegieReportrecommendationsthatnursingeducatorsteachforsituatedcognitionusingnarrativestrategiestoleadtosituatedaction,thusincreasingtheclinicalconnectioninourteachingorthatweteachforclinicalsalience. Inaddition,criticalthinkingquestionsareincludedthroughouteachchaptertopromotestudentreflectiononthechapterconcepts. Classroomactivitiesarealsoprovidedbasedonchaptercontent. Additionalresourcesnotconnectedtothistext,butapplicabletothecontentherein,includeatoolkitfocusedonthenursingcorecompetenciesavailableatursingCoreCompetenciesToolkit March2016. pdfandteachingactivitiesrelatedtonursingcompetenciesavailableontheQSENwebsiteatlthoughthetopicsincludedinthistextbookarenotinclusiveofallthatcouldbediscussedinrelationshiptothebroadthemeofroledevelopmentinprofessionalnursingpractice,itismyprayerthatthesubjectshereinmakeacontributiontotheprofessionofnursingbyprovidingthestudentwithasolidfoundationandadesiretogrowasaprofessionalnursethroughoutthejourneythatwecallaprofessionalnursingcareer. Letthejourneybegin.