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Nursing Home Ethics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 241

Nursing Home Ethics

Designated a Doody's Core Title! Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award! p>Bethel Ann Powers gives a comprehensive and thoughtful examination of the ethical issues that arise in long-term care. The first two chapters set the stage by exploring the pre-nursing home experiences of families living with dementia and, in contrast, how residents and family members experience life in the nursing home. The following chapters contain detailed hypothetical cases that include questions, possible actions, and insightful commentary to illustrate practical approaches to understanding common ethical issues affecting nursing home residents.

Current Catalog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1120

Current Catalog

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: Unknown

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

A Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 212

A Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research

For students and professional nurses and those engaged in conducting research the Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research offers you a handy resource that defines - and discusses - frequently used terms and concepts in the field. This impressive reference tool pulls together key terms in nursing theory and research, includes extended discussions of those terms, gives examples of situations in which such terms are employed, and provides citations to books and journal articles where the terms are further elaborated. Entries vary in length, with the greatest attention given to those terms which are the most basic and most commonly used, as well as terms associated with innovation and change. Corss-references are provided for terms tha

Home or Nursing Home, 2nd Edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 136

Home or Nursing Home, 2nd Edition

One of the most difficult choices many people will have to make in their lives is whether to care for an elderly parent at home or place them in a nursing home. In this updated second edition, the authors explore the pros and cons of both choices. They debunk erroneous beliefs about home care vs. nursing home care, including cultural biases against placing loved ones in a nursing home. A home-or-nursing-home quiz to aid family members in the decision-making process is included. Once the decision is made, this book offers chapters on how to select a nursing home, nursing home resources and associations to contact, and reports from nursing home residents and their families on life after placement.

National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1128

National Library of Medicine Current Catalog

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Nursing Theories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 332

Nursing Theories

"This book is written for advanced nursing students. The second edition of Nursing theories explores the conceptual and philosophical foundations of selected major nursing theories. The book is not a survey or evaluation of nursing theories, but is designed to assist students in understanding the core philosophical concepts behind nursing theories and how they can be applied to current nursing practice. New to this second edition: Essays warranted by developments in the science and research of nursing. Three chapters addressing: pragmatism, evidence-based nursing, biography. Newly authored chapters on systems and transcultural thoughts reflecting current thinking and new directions. Completely rewritten chapters on interaction and self-care to incorporate current debates"--Provided by the publisher.

Anthropology and Aging
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 298

Anthropology and Aging

This book was conceived as a project of the Association for Anthropology and Gerontology, a multidisciplinary and international organization, formed in 1978, that is dedicated to the exploration and understanding of aging within and across the diversity of human cultures. The perspective of the Association is holistic, comparative and international. Membership is drawn from both academic and applied sectors and includes the social and biological sciences, medicine, urban planning, policy studies, social work and the development, administration and provision of services for the aged. Information about membership may be obtained from Dr. Eunice Boyer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, ...

Intimations of Mortality
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 267

Intimations of Mortality

  • Categories: Law

A thoroughly researched explanation for the failures of end-of-life communication and decision-making in the United States. The book explores the reasons why physicians, patients, and families struggle to have the conversations necessary to provide seriously ill and dying patients with medical care consistent with patient preferences.

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 895

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, 5th Edition, is a bestselling, easy-to-use guide to translating research findings to nursing practice and applying practice data for superior clinical decision-making. Using conversational writing, inspiring quotes, and an enhanced, case-based approach, AJN award-winning authors Bernadette Melnyk and Ellen Fineout-Overholt demystify evidence-based practice to help students deliver optimal patient care and become better nurses.

The Soul of the Caring Nurse
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 166

The Soul of the Caring Nurse

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