This book inaugurates a series dedicated to the health issues that aff ect distinct communities. Here, prominent health educators explore the pressing cultural and health needs of African Americans. Discussions on child abuse, teenage pregnancy, mental illness, access to health ca re, racism, lifestyles, community values, and more depict the complexi ty of problems affecting African Americans from a cross-section of dif ferent communities. Essential for all nurse educators, students, and a nyone interested in the future of health care.

African American Voices:African American Health

Johnson, Ruth

Health, Fitness & Dieting

National League for Nurses

The chapters in this Anthology on Caring, in the words of editor Peggy L. Chinn, PhD, RN, FAAN, express "the idea, the ideal, and the practi ce of caring." This collection of articles presents many views of the caring phenomenon in nursing. Chapters such as The Importance of Knowi ng What to Care About and Caring for the Environment underscore the im portance of caring to healthy living. Read about culture-specific care in close-knit societies such as the Old Order Amish. Rediscover why s ocial activism is necessary in Health Promotion, Caring, and Nursing. These essays will remind us, as nurses, to care for ourselves and the people around us.

Anthology On Caring

Medical Books

Chinn, Peggy

Nursing

Substance abuse is a crisis of international concern. Substance Abuse Education in Nursing, Volume II expands upon the content in Volume I, and is particularly suited to the advanced baccalaureate level of educ ation. Volume II offers nurse educators - as well as educators prepari ng physicians, social workers, teachers, and counselors - the most cur rent information on the recognition and treatment of this tragic disea se. As a comprehensive resource, educators will find this book indispe nsable when updating existing curricula, developing learner objectives, and assessing educational outcomes.

Substance Abuse Education in Nursing Vol II Adv Undergrad 92

Naegle, Madeline

Addiction & Recovery

This provocative book paved the way for nursing research informed by f eminist scholarship, critical theory, and post-modern thought. Controv ersial then, relevant today.

Critique, Resistance, & Action: Working Papers in Politics (National League for Nursing Series (All Nln Titles)

Thompson, Janice

This book provides a provocative exchange on education for the returni ng RN. Contributors look at the challenges that returning RNs face thr oughout their careers. This is a thorough guide to RN education, from curriculum development to teaching strategies.

Transforming Rn Education: Dialogue and Debate (National League for Nursing Series (All Nln Titles)

Diekelmann, Nancy

This anthology introduces a body of literature that nurses and health care professionals can turn to for support, inspiration, and catharsis . Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, and T.S. Eliot are among the featured contributors in an inspiring selection of poems, biographies, essays, letters, articles, and stories.

On Nursing: A Literary Celebration (Collector's Edition) (National League for Nursing Series (All Nln Titles)

Literature & Fiction

Styles, Margretta

United States

Compiling the work of nurse scholars from five continents, this book s hows how caring's applicability cuts across cultural and geographic bo rders. "A Global Agenda for Caring" is a significant contribution to t he world's body of research on caring, and it brings us closer to real izing the full potential of studying caring worldwide.

A Global Agenda for Caring (National League for Nursing Series (All Nln Titles)

Gaut, Delores

These are exciting and challenging times for gerontological nursing. N urses are at center stage for defining and improving health care for o ur nation's older adults. "Ways of Knowing and Caring for the Older Ad ult" is a powerful resource on the broad range of issues that face nur ses seeking excellence in this increasingly important specialty. Any h ealth care professional who works with the elderly will benefit greatl y from this outstanding collection of scholarly and experiential paper s.

Ways of Knowing and Caring for the Older Adults (National League for Nursing Series)

Mary M. Burke

Title: Mechanisms Quality Long Term Care Binding: Paperback Author: Mitty Publisher: Jones&amp;BartlettPublishers

Mechanisms of Quality in Long-Term Care: Education

Mitty, Ethel

This book presents a new potential for health care in scholarship, edu cation, and practice. Does the aesthetic environment affect the qualit y of care? Can art be a significant force in healing? Celebrated contr ibutors demonstrate the deep connections between aesthetic awareness a nd caring-based practice. Music, narrative, painting, and more are fea tured as viable therapeutic modalities essential for reclaiming nursin g as a human art and science.

Art & Aesthetics in Nursing (National League for Nursing Series (All Nln Titles)

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