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Delivers practical guidance on the burgeoning roles and career opportunities afforded by the DNP degree, as well as the knowledge and skills required for career advancement. The book provides a fundamental understanding of the value of the DNP degree and how it supports opportunities for nurses to shape the future of health care.
Addresses the extraordinary breadth of the social work profession and the diverse career paths available. Updated and expanded, the third edition includes 15 vivid new profiles of social workers who describe the rewards and challenges of their distinct roles.
Providing content that is conveniently embedded within current school-based delivery models, this text delivers a workbook of effective, easily applied cognitive-behavioral counselling strategies focused on helping children and adolescents with common mental health issues.
Addresses the influence that nurses have on environmental health. This volume contains research, education, advocacy, and practice-based articles that provide nurses with a primer on this growing issue, as well as the information needed to provide capable care while supporting environmentally healthy solutions.
A Stress-free Guide for Novice Researchers in Nursing and Healthcare
While often greeted with trepidation, the importance of a research project - how it is conducted and its significance to practice - is an essential aspect of nursing and other healthcare arenas. This book is a user-friendly introduction to evidence-based practice and other types of research-based initiatives that improve patient outcomes.
Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course
Written by leading scholars, this text on global aging is distinguished by its perspective on universal similarities and sociocultural differences across nations. This second edition presents coverage of topics in social gerontology, and expands its treatment of health behaviour, health care, families, caregiving, older workers, and retirement.
Written for all healthcare providers who are considering including medical cannabis in their treatment plans, this is the first handbook to disseminate all the information needed to advise patients safely and legally.
Provides cardiac care nurses with speedy access to information and guidelines they use daily. Heavily updated with the newest clinical practice information, this third edition emphasizes postoperative complications and the nursing interventions designed to prevent and treat them.
Provides RNs and nursing students with an accessible, concise, step-by-step introduction to the essentials of informatics and its impact on patient lives. The book delivers required competencies and frameworks for both nursing education and practice, expanding on integral systems and technologies within the health care system.
