Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Nursing - Research & Theory

While the increase in lifesaving technology has extended both the length and quality of life for patients, critics have argued that health care professionals often read the technology rather than the patient. This critique strikes at the heart of nursing, which defines itself in terms of care for the whole person. Providing a comprehensive review of the issues surrounding the rapidly emerging field of technology, this collection describes how the nursing profession faces and deals with technological advances.

The complexities of technology intimately influence aspects of nursing in...

While the increase in lifesaving technology has extended both the length and quality of life for patients, critics have argued that health care professionals often read the technology rather than the patient. This critique strikes at the heart of nursing, which defines itself in terms of care for the whole person. Providing a comprehensive review of the issues surrounding the rapidly emerging field of technology, this collection describes how the nursing profession faces and deals with technological advances.

The complexities of technology intimately influence aspects of nursing in...

Each chapter focuses on a specific area of care and related skills and considers the main practice issues. Each intervention is presented within a nursing problem which states the nature of the patient problem and goal. The available current evidence base is outlined and related to the problem before the procedure is explained in straightforward terms.

Experienced nurses' tips have been...

Medizinischer Fortschritt, Uberalterung und leere Kassen der Krankenversicherungen stellen unser Gesundheitswesen vor enorme Herausforderungen. Die Diagnose: Zu teuer, wenig effektiv und ohne massive Reformen nicht in den Griff zu bekommen. Im Gesundheitswesen beginnt eine Industrialisierung, die das gesamte System in den kommenden Jahren von Grund auf verandern wird. Erste Symptome sind Diskussionen uber Arbeitszeiten fur Arzte und Pflegepersonal und zunehmender Personalabbau. Privatisierung, Ausgliederung und modernes Management nehmen zu.

Stehen wir vor einer Amerikanisierung des...

T]his text is a truly amazing microanalytic compendium of social support strategies in different family configurations, in different context and ethnic groups, and filling different types of needs.

This book serves as an authoritative reference for health care practitioners and researchers concerned with mobilizing support for individuals caring for a disabled adult or child family member. The authors integrate numerous types of research...

Florence Nightingale remains an inspiration to nurses around the world for her pioneering work treating wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War; authorship of Notes on Nursing, the foundational text for nursing practice; establishment of the world's first nursing school; and advocacy for the hygienic treatment of patients and sanitary design of hospitals.

In Notes on Nightingale, nursing historians and scholars offer their valuable reflections on Nightingale and analysis of her role in the profession a century after her death on 13 August 1910 and 150 years...

Konflikte gibt es uberall, wo Menschen sind. Besonders am Arbeitsplatz wirken sich ungeloste Konflikte und schwelende Konfliktpotentiale nicht nur auf das Wohlbefinden des Einzelnen aus, sondern werden rasch zum Kostenfaktor fur das gesamte Unternehmen. Haufige Krankenstande, verminderte Leistungsfahigkeit, Mobbing, Burnout, hohe Personalfluktuation und Imageverlust sind nur einige Folgeerscheinungen.

Experten aus verschiedenen Bereichen stellen in diesem Buch speziell auf den Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegebereich abgestimmte Methoden zur Konfliktbearbeitung und -pravention vor....

Nurses are constantly involved with projects; staff nurses develop plans of care, nurse managers determine projected staffing patterns, staff development instructors create courses, informatics nurses implement software applications. The project management process can be utilized to facilitate these and many other nursing projects.

Project Management for Healthcare Informatics will provide an explanation of the project management process tailored for nurses through its use of real clinical examples. In the first chapters, the project management process will be described in detail...

This practical guide explains the use of randomization tests and provides example designs and macros for implementation in IBM SPSS and Excel. It reviews the theory and practice of single-case and small-n designs so readers can draw valid causal inferences from small-scale clinical studies. The macros and example data are provided on the book's website so that users can run analyses of the text data as well as data from their own studies.

The new edition features:

• More explanation as to why randomization tests are useful and how to apply them.
• More...

This is the only book to offer an evidence-based model for retaining students and ensuring success across the nursing education spectrum. It is designed to assist faculty in creating, implementing, and evaluating student retention and academic success strategies. This model, Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success (NURS), can be used effectively with all kinds of nursing programs, both traditional and nontraditional, including diploma, ADN, RN-BS, and accelerated BS.

The book features the Nursing Student Retention Toolkit, an easy-to-use digital toolkit for assessment and...

This practical guide explains the use of randomization tests and provides example designs and macros for implementation in IBM SPSS and Excel. It reviews the theory and practice of single-case and small-n designs so readers can draw valid causal inferences from small-scale clinical studies. The macros and example data are provided on the book's website so that users can run analyses of the text data as well as data from their own studies.

The new edition features:

• More explanation as to why randomization tests are useful and how to apply them.
• More...

This very interesting book provides a good overview of the evolution of the art and practice of nursing...Recommended."--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

"This collected work by scholars Smith, Turkel, and Wolf stands as a classic indeed. It offers nursing and related fields a repository and living history of the evolution of nursing within a caring science paradigm over a 40-year span from foundational ideas and developments, to current work in education, research, and institutional/community practices of caring√n The work] sustains and advances knowledge...