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The only volume specifically designed to meet the objectives of DNP courses, this textbook provides the knowledge and skills necessary for DNP students and faculty and advanced practice nurses to conduct a comprehensive systematic review (CSR). It sets forth a rigorous, step-by-step approach to the process of conducting a literature search ......
Official Journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing
Nursing History Review, an annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing, is a showcase for the most significant current research on nursing history. Regular sections include scholarly articles, over a dozen book reviews of the best publications on nursing and health care history that have appeared in the ......
This important volume chronicles a shift from the old multicultural paradigm that depicts members of a minority group as being limited to racial and ethnic categories, to a modern definition of minorities. Moreover, many of these stigmatized individuals belong to more than one minority group, resulting in stigmatization not only outside of their ......
Presents an overview of the history and current state of advance practice nursing and the law both nationally and internationally. The authors provide detailed, exemplary legal and ethical case studies that frame pivotal moments in practice.
A Guide for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals
Designed to provide a quick resource for practicing adult and older adult health care providers, this book can also serve as a resource for student practitioners. It includes descriptions of principles of evidence, conducting a forensic assessment, competency, guardianship, and navigating the justice system.
Behavioral Economics Strategies for Health Professionals
Examines dietary choices and obesity through a multidisciplinary lens of biological, psychological, and social factors. It integrates the basic concepts of behavioural economics, which blends psychological and economic knowledge to understand human behaviour, with public health concerns, to increase understanding of how individual choices can be ......
Most people see aggression between siblings as an unavoidable, normal and ultimately harmless aspect of child development, yet it can often cause social adjustment and behavioral problems, some of which may be severe and even precursors to other forms of violence. This volume addresses a significant void in family studies and child development ......
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is sometimes dismissed as an 'all in your head' illness, as there are no tests or other physical signs to diagnose it. This sheds new light on this condition and its symptoms from a trusted source - nurses. Logically organized and clearly written, it provides individuals, their families, friends, caregivers and healthcare ......
Wandering behavior is among the most frequent, problematic, and dangerous phenomena associated with dementia and in the health care community. This book is designed to address the range of wandering behaviors of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
