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Written by an acclaimed nurse leader, scholar, and author, this prizewinning book delivers an inspiring first-person narrative to help nurses at all career levels to embrace and hone their leadership potential. The second edition expands on the original with updated material and five completely new chapters.

Grounded in the belief that translating caring science within teaching practices will humanize nursing education, this important book emphasizes the ways in which teachers can translate Human Caring and Caritas in order to include strategies for establishing authentic caring pedagogical relationships with their students.

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.

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.

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.

Delivers an in-depth examination of the professional knowledge, skills, and current issues in professional counselling that are essential to clinical practice. The book emphasizes the elements of practice, while providing students with ample case studies that integrate theoretical concepts with real-world examples.

Written specifically for the needs of family and adult nursing students, medical students, and primary care practitioners in Canada, this ""bible"" of family practice in America - named a 2013 Doody's core title - now provides current Canadian practice protocols for professional standards of care across the lifespan.

The NICHE model demonstrates improved clinical outcomes, positive fiscal results, enhanced nursing competencies, community recognition, and greater patient, family, and staff satisfaction. This official guidebook to the NICHE model of care provides nurses with the knowledge and skills for delivering best practice in the care of older adults.

Designed as both a text for the DNP curriculum and a practical resource for seasoned health professionals, this acclaimed book demonstrates the importance of an interprofessional approach to translating evidence into nursing and health care practice in both clinical and nonclinical environments.

This unique text not only provides DNP students with practical guidance throughout their education, but also focuses on an often overlooked but vitally important DNP component: developing the leadership skills needed to effectively implement, sustain and spread change.

You completed your DNP proposal and have approval to proceed: What's next? How do you move from proposal phase to conduct and complete your project? This text is the first to discuss the practical steps to implement and complete the project and will help DNP students to systematically transition from plan to action.

Presents an overview of the contemporary American mental health system and its impact on clients and social workers. This textbook examines the lack of understanding of the roots of mental illness, the challenges in classification of mental disorders, and difficult behavioural manifestations of mental illness.

Comprehensively addresses the escalating crisis in US maternal health. The text examines the social determinants responsible for the crisis, including structural and systemic economic and political forces, declining accessibility to maternal care, and lack of a national effort to improve maternal health.

Provides a scientific yet accessible introduction to the science of animal cognition. Written for undergraduate college courses as well as any interested reader, this book encompasses the history of animal cognition studies, essential theories and methodology, and the latest findings and controversies in animal consciousness and communication.

The first manual to provide a systematic review of essential content for the CNE (R)cl exam. It is written for nurse educators who seek certification as a Clinical Nurse Educator specializing in the Clinical Learning Environment. The resource encompasses all of the essential knowledge needed to pass the exam.

Delivers proven strategies to help nurses overcome stressors and challenges when - and even before - they arise. This edition focuses not only on resilience strategies nurses can implement to help themselves, but also provides them with tools they can use to strengthen and motivate patients, families, and health care communities at large.

A pithy, pocket-sized resource for students and practicing nurses alike that delivers the foundations of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and basic nursing research concepts in an easy-to-read, quick access format. It demystifies the research process with straightforward information presented in short sentences and bullet points.

This authoritative text shows nurse educators and students how to teach in the online environment, using best practices and the latest technology. The fourth edition discusses the importance of lifelong learning and the relationship to flexible online learning environments, which are changing the dynamics of education.

Reading this book will make you a more effective, prolific author of scholarship. Coverage includes an explanation of why it is important to write; the unique but basic structure of scholarly writing; annotated examples you can use to write a variety of scholarly documents; and strategies for increasing readership of your manuscript.

Distilling the religious and spiritual practices of more than 30 distinct belief systems, this unique nursing reference provides quick access to essential information. This invaluable resource spells out clinically relevant information from each tradition and provides nursing implications for each religion or denomination.

Full of expert guidance on leadership and management, this unique book is geared specifically to the needs of social work administrators, educators and practitioners in both academic and agency settings. The contents are fully comprehensive and encompass both theoretical approaches and a wide variety of practical strategies.

Delivering the first comprehensive analysis of elder justice and its implications for policy and practice, this book offers an approach that ensures the rights, safety, and security of all older adults. It explains the antecedents of elder justice, and describes the opportunities for achieving more comprehensive public policy.

Written for both students and practitioners of gerontology, along with all professionals involved in the well-being of older adults, this highly accessible book provides a current and detailed description and analysis of local to global services for older people with or without cognitive, physical, or social needs.

This evidence-based manual reflects important advances in neuroscience that underscore the important role of emotion as a crucial aspect of behavioral health treatment. This updated treatment model moves emotion to a critical position that is integrated throughout its therapeutic strategies.

Guides readers through the process of conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating physical activity interventions across a broad array of settings and populations. Presented from both a research and a practice perspective, this book provides the basis for planning and implementing physical activity programs that can build healthier communities.

A practical guide to providing evidence-based and value-based care to adult and paediatric cancer patients experiencing severe symptoms and stressors due to cancer diagnosis, cancer treatment, and comorbid conditions. This accessible reference provides the art and science behind the whole-person and family approach to care.

The only comprehensive and accessible collection of validated and reliable instruments for care measurement in clinical and educational nursing and health professions research. These measurements address quality of care; patient, client, and nurse perceptions of caring; and caring behaviours, abilities, and efficacy.