Nursing

This is a unique case study reference for students in the medical surgical nursing core course and a review/workbook for students about to embark on the NCLEX-RN exam.

Twenty-five years in the Navy had made Cheryl Ruff an independent, resilient, strong woman -and a master at providing patient care while serving at various Navy hospitals around the world.

This book focuses on the latest research in the field of nursing.

This book examines the policies, challenges, and quality of life issues in palliative care and nursing home care facilities.

Evaluating Research in Academic Journals is a guide for students who are learning how to evaluate reports of empirical research published in academic journals.

Who says studying for the NCLEX(R) can't be fun?

It isn't often enough that nurses and other healthcare professionals hear the words, ';thank you.

From the founder of empowerment evaluation (EE), a framework uniquely suited to advancing social justice causes, this book explains the theories, principles, and steps of conducting EE from scratch or within a preexisting evaluation or work plan.

Lung transplantation (LTx) is a life-saving treatment for people with severe end-stage lung disease.

Within the last years a variety of new healthcare concepts for supporting and assisting users in technology-enhanced home environments emerged.

Because of the constant advances and dynamics within the nascent field of nursing informatics, many nurses struggle in practice as they continue to try and apply habitual communication practices in the new environment without any critical reflection on, and adaptation of, those practices.

This new edition of the classic textbook on health informatics provides readers in healthcare practice and educational settings with an unparalleled depth of information on using informatics methods and tools.

If you need help having a baby, reproductive technology can supply the answer.

This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches.

This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches.

Offering pragmatic guidance for planning and conducting a meta-analytic review, this book is written in an engaging, nontechnical style that makes it ideal for graduate course use or self-study.

Bringing together leading authorities, this comprehensive volume integrates the best current knowledge and treatment approaches for eating disorders in children and adolescents.

Illustrated with abundant clinical material, this book provides essential knowledge and skills for effective mental health practice with older adults.

The standard reference for practitioners, researchers, and students, this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental health, medical, and allied health care disciplines.

This widely adopted text and practical guidebook presents the fundamentals of family-based intervention with clients struggling with chronic poverty-related crises and life stressors.

From distinguished scholar Donna M.

In this widely adopted text and professional reference, leading contributors provide the knowledge needed to design strong qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method studies; analyze the resulting data; and translate findings into improved practices and programs.

This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study.

Addressing the art and science of psychodynamic treatment, Nancy McWilliams distills the essential principles of clinical practice, including effective listening and talking; transference and countertransference; emotional safety; and an empathic, attuned attitude toward the patient.

Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this innovative book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed.

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers.

Whether you're coping with a loved one who has received a terminal diagnosis, has a long-term illness or disability, or suffers with dementia, caregiving is challenging and crucial.

A clinical case-based handbook has a role in general clinicians' practice of caring for patients with serious or life-limiting illness.

Essential advice for the new and established nurse on managing and advancing a career.

This book presents groundbreaking strategies for psychotherapy with today's teens, for whom high-risk behavior, lack of adult guidance, and intense anxiety and stress increasingly come with the territory.

Unexpected events during an evaluation all too often send evaluators into crisis mode.

The first comprehensive presentation for clinicians of the groundbreaking approach popularized in Ross Greene's acclaimed parenting guide, The Explosive Child, this book provides a detailed framework for effective, individualized intervention with highly oppositional children and their families.

This important and innovative book explores a new direction in psychoanalytic thought that can expand and deepen clinical practice.

This important work elucidates why relapse is so common for people recovering from addictive behavior problems--and what can be done to keep treatment on track.

This volume examines the role of mindfulness principles and practices in a range of well-established cognitive and behavioral treatment approaches.

This widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups.

Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down.

Will the person you love ever get better?

This expertly written book provides an accessible framework for culturally competent practice with children and families in child maltreatment cases.

With contributions from leading clinicians and researchers, this book presents couple and family therapy models that use attachment theory as the basis for new clinical understandings.

The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood.

Packed with practical pointers and examples, this indispensable, straight-talking guide helps professionals conduct productive interviews while building strong working relationships with culturally and linguistically diverse clients.

With a focus on how to improve the effectiveness and cultural competence of clinical services and research, this authoritative volume synthesizes current knowledge on both the physical and psychological health of African Americans today.

While knowledge on substance abuse and addictions is expanding rapidly, clinical practice still lags behind.

Addressing the art and science of psychodynamic treatment, Nancy McWilliams distills the essential principles of clinical practice, including effective listening and talking; transference and countertransference; emotional safety; and an empathic, attuned attitude toward the patient.

In this engaging guide, Matthew Selekman presents cutting-edge strategies for helping children and their families overcome a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.

Oral history is a particularly useful way to capture ordinary people's lived experiences.

Eminently practical and authoritative, this comprehensive clinical handbook brings together leading international experts on eating disorders to describe the most effective treatments and how to implement them.