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Official Journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing
An annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing, this book is a showcase for the most significant current research on nursing history. Regular sections include scholarly articles, book reviews of the best publications on nursing and health care history, and a section abstracting new doctoral ......
The only resource of its kind, this is a concise, practical guide to GI and Liver Disease that delivers current information on diagnosing, managing, and treating common GI and liver disorders, along with liver transplant guidelines. It fills a gap in information needed by primary and acute care professionals who are the chief caretakers for GI and ......
This one-of-a-kind book delivers challenging, clinically relevant case-based learning tools regarding orthopaedics and sports medicine for advanced practice nursing students and practitioners. Written by nurse practitioner/educators, it fills a gap in information and guidelines for treatment of this population in primary and acute care ......
Written by experts in the field, this volume discusses ethical concepts relevant to the registered nurse who has spent several years in practice but is learning high-level concepts and applications. It addresses different areas of professional practice and is rich with case studies illustrating the need for ethical competence and decision-making.
Nonprofit organisations are increasingly concerned with the need to demonstrate how social justice principles impact every aspect of their work. This is the only book to explicitly integrate social justice principles into the management of a nonprofit organisation. It provides students with the knowledge and skills required to integrate a social ......
Research, Practice, and Principles in the Field of Technology and Aging
Gerotechnology is the use of technology to sustain individual autonomy to an advanced age. This title features current and future applications in crucial areas such as mobility and transportation, assistive devices, senior citizen housing, in-home technologies, safety and privacy, research and development (especially design).
Provides a detailed overview of different forms of elder abuse in a variety of clinical settings. In combination with unfolding case studies, the book presents essential facts about elder abuse needed by nurses in clinical settings and provides them with useful tools to advocate for their patients.
By embracing the major conceptual and theoretical contributions to nursing research that are outside of "traditional" nursing theory, this is a vital resource for nurse researchers, and one that is indispensible for doctoral nursing students. The book examines in-depth the components of nursing theory and the types and uses of theory in nursing ......
Addresses pain management in the vulnerable neonatal population. It provides holistic information on all that is currently known about pain management within this burgeoning area of research, addressing techniques of pain assessment, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain management techniques, and the family's role in neonatal pain management.
