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A towering figure in modern nursing, Rogers (1914-94) died during the final preparation of this collection of writings by and about her. They cover her role in the development of nursing science, the influences that shaped her life, education and research, professional and political issues, her Science of Unitary Human Beings, her ideas about nursing in space, and salutes to her on her 75th birthday. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Martha Rogers' vision has inspired generations of nurses to advance the boundaries of her Science of Unitary Human Beings. Rogers' Scientific Art of Nursing Practice is a valuable guide to Rogers' complex legacy and how her work continues to revolutionize our understanding of health and illness. - Back cover.
An analysis of the efforts of American nurses to establish nursing as an academic discipline and nurses as valued researchers in the decades after World War II. Nurses represent the largest segment of the U.S. health care workforce and spend significantly more time with patients than any other member of the health care team. Dr. Nurse probes their history to examine major changes that have taken place in American health care in the second half of the twentieth century. The book reveals how federal and state health and higher education policies shaped education within health professions after World War II. Starting in the 1950s, academic nurses sought to construct a science of nursing—disti...
This complete how-to manual covers wooden fences and gates from concept to completion. First, the book helps the reader plan -- decide the purpose of the fence, adapt to the actual site, and select an appropriate fence style and gate. Then comes construction: from selecting the wood and the hardware to setting the posts, the author leads step by step (with line drawings and photos) through all phases of the building process. Includes a gorgeous color gallery of fences in all styles.
The only nursing research and theory book with primary works by the original theorists! Noted nursing scholars explore the historical and contemporary theories that are the foundation of nursing practice today. The 5th Edition, continues to meet the needs of today’s students with an expanded focus on the middle range theories and practice models that link theory to clinical practice. You’ll explore the role of these theories in the real-world to see how they guide nursing practice.
In 1996, Alan Sokal, a Professor of Physics at New York University, wrote a paper for the cultural-studies journal Social Text, entitled 'Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity'. It was reviewed, accepted and published. Sokal immediately confessed that the whole article was a hoax - a cunningly worded paper designed to expose and parody the style of extreme postmodernist criticism of science. The story became front-page news around the world and triggered fierce and wide-ranging controversy. Sokal is one of the most powerful voices in the continuing debate about the status of evidence-based knowledge. In Beyond the Hoax he turns his attention t...
Nurses are increasingly aware of the need to blend technology, mind, and spirit in creating optimal circumstances for healing. The American Holistic Nurses Association, with Barbara Dossey, a pioneer and leader in the field, has created a core curriculum that will provide a blueprint for what it means to be a holistic nurse. This text can also serve as a study guide for the AHNCC exam. Core Curriculum for Holistic Nursing has a broad appeal to nurses new to holistic concepts as well as those who are already experts.
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Praise for Past Editions "This book is a vital read for individuals and the collective nursing profession… I encourage those who are concerned about the collective nursing profession, about what nurse educators are teaching students, about healthcare's high staff turnover and poor patient quality outcomes to consider reading and using this book." - M. R. Morrow, RN, PhD., Nursing Science Quarterly "This book addresses the issue that all nurses eventually face at one time or another in their career, a loss of passion. The author takes readers on a journey to recapture their passion...Every nurse should read this book." -V. Hedderick, Doody's Review Service As relevant today as it was when t...