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Thoughtful planning so mom and her supporters are ready when the baby is . . . A midwife helps expecting mothers decide how natural they want their labor to be, what birthing methods are available, and the type of professional they want present. It helps women weigh factors, prepare mentally, make important decisions, and plan ahead for successful delivery and beyond. • Only book covering the spectrum of natural birthing methods, and has a medical authority's vetting • Expert author is a certified professional midwife and certified hypno-birthing childbirth educator • Covers all aspects of natural birthing, from planning before women become pregnant through breastfeeding
For women who struggle with infertility, the process of conceiving and carrying a baby is fraught with physical, emotional and spiritual anguish. Renowned acupuncturist and fertility expert Danica Thornberry has guided thousands of women along a journey back to themselves to reclaim their fertility - and their lives. In Stick It to Me, Baby! Danica weaves together the wisdom of Chinese medicine and the insights from her own pilgrimage to baby into a tapestry of inspirational stories collected within the walls of her practice. She reveals how changing our attitude about infertility can lead to profound healing - turning the quest for baby into a powerful and transformative journey toward wholeness and love.
Well-Being and Higher Education explores the multiple connections of well-being to higher education and why those connections matter—for the individual lives of students and those who teach; for the institution; and for whether or not the unique promise of higher education to a democratic society can be advanced and realized. The publication's thirty-five original essays and provocations—by some of the most highly respected voices within and beyond the academy—address the theoretical underpinnings and practical expressions of these connections. Well-Being and Higher Education opens the discussion on learning's connection to well-being; responds to current challenges against the state of higher education today; and brings to the forefront a conversation considering the greater purposes of higher education and the need to preserve and revive the institution's role to look beyond itself to a greater good.
In his debut book, Nebraskan author Scott Howard exposes the actors financing the institutionalization of transgenderism. Behind the medical research into gender transitioning of children, ubiquitous pride parades, and Drag Queen Story Hours is a lot of money. Sex education, the homosexual and feminist precursor projects, and the global propaganda are all pushed and paid for by very wealthy and well-connected people with motive and will. Howard demonstrates that the transgender phenomenon is far from the "grass-roots movement" some of its advocates would have the public believe. Impeccably sourced and researched, The Transgender-Industrial Complex pulls the mask off the complex network of in...
If you are one of the 21 million people in the United States diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel frightened and confused. Why did you get this disease? How can you manage it? What about diet, exercise, medications? This can be a terribly difficult time when your doctor first tells you, you have a serious illness. Well help is here! Dr. Lenore T. Coleman and Dr. James R. Gavin, III have written a comprehensive, highly-readable manual on the long-term management of diabetes. You will learn what causes the disease, which medications are used to control it and how they are administered, and how you can avoid complications such as blindness, kidney disease, and amputations. With the right tools, you can lead a long and healthy life despite this disease. Healing Our Village: A Self-Care Guide to Diabetes Control will show you how.
Designed to be used as both a class text and a resource for researchers and practitioners, Arts Based Research provides a framework for those who seek to broaden the domain of qualitative inquiry in the social sciences by incorporating the arts as forms that represent human knowing.
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Dear Paulo: Letters from Those Who Dare Teach is a heartfelt response from teachers, academics, and community workers to the work of the internationally renowned educator and author Paulo Freire. From newly minted teachers terrified of facing their first day in the classroom to seasoned academics whose work has largely been inspired by Freire, this collection, accompanied by photographs of Freire with some of the letter writers, is both a loving memorial and a call to action to work for social justice, praxis, and democracy, ideals envisioned and brilliantly articulated by Paulo.
- NEW and UNIQUE! Expanded coverage of interprofessional collaborative practice includes the latest Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. - NEW! Updated coverage of APRN roles related to implementation of healthcare in the U.S. reflects current and anticipated changes in APRN roles related to healthcare reform. - NEW! Coverage of IOM and QSEN has been updated and expanded. - NEW! Refocused International Development of Advanced Practice Nursing chapter has been rewritten to be more global and inclusive in focus, to reflect the state of advanced practice nursing practice throughout all major regions of the world. - NEW! Expanded content on the role of advanced practice nurses in teaching/education/mentoring and health policy related to the APRN role is featured in the 6th edition.