Eliminating Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States
Examines the research base on health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in order to inform and advance nursing science in this area. The major groups discussed include: African-American, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific.
Combines theory and practical approaches to help you ensure life satisfaction and successful aging in clients at any stage in life and in any setting, whether you are working with them individually, as a couple, or in a small group. Elucidates how reminiscence can be used as a dynamic tool.
Margaret Newman is one of the pre-eminent nursing theorists whose qualitative theories and methods have expanded the scientific base for the field. Her theory defines health as the unfolding or expanding of consciousness and nursing as an integrative force that focuses on the wholeness of the person. This volume offers a clear guide to applying theory to practice with individual, family and community health. Marchione's work reflects several years of experimentation and application of Newman's theory.
Designed for teaching nursing in an associate degree program. This book considers the special issues of AD nursing students. Strategies discussed include: what to do during the first class; motivating students; helping the student in crisis; helping students with poor reading, study, and academic skills; and helping students with time management.
Designed to meet the needs of individual nurses, and for classroom and workshop use, this is a guide to assertiveness skills for nurses. It provides a workshop format, which encourages readers to assess and build their skills through self-study and role playing.
Product of a collaboration among members of the Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group of the Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research. Each chapter of this book includes summaries of research on cancer-related behavioral interventions, discussions of the studies summarized, and suggestions for future research.
Presents a fresh view of the development of Orem's theory of self care deficit over a forty-year period, along with its ramifications for nursing education and practice.
Embodiment, Caring, and Ethics in Health and Illness
Patricia Benner's introduction to phenomenology develops the reader's understanding of the strategies and processes involved in this innovative approach to nursing. The author discusses the relationship between theory and practice, considers the possibility of a science of caring from a feminist perspective, introduces interpretive phenomenology to the study of natural groups such as families, and suggests a basis for developing nursing ethics that is true to the caring and healing practices of the nursing profession.
Presents a theory of comfort for nurses. This book analyzes the concept of comfort; describes its physical, psychospiritual, environmental, and sociocultural components; evaluates its meaning in different contexts in which health care occurs; and describes how it can be measured. It is useful for clinicians, researchers, educators, and students.
