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Paperback. Condition: Good. An invaluable instructional guide for graduate students who are developing the skills needed to fulfill the emerging role of clinical leadership within the complex healthcare environment. It provides critical information and practical tools for leadership that can transform a healthcare practice.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Offers readers with the theoretical background needed to help them prepare for clinical teaching. This title contains what a clinical instructor needs to know in order teach both the science and art of nursing, including: organizing the clinical experience; making clinical assignments; planning orientation days; and developing clinical rotations.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Written by experienced PA educators, this guide details the clinical approach to common presentations such as abdominal pain, headache and fatigue. It also provides a systems-based approach to more than 70 of the most frequently encountered disease entities you will see in this rotation.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Written by experienced PA educators, this guide details the clinical approach to common presentations such as abdominal pain, headache and fatigue. It also provides a systems-based approach to more than 70 of the most frequently encountered disease entities you will see in this rotation.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Built upon the goals and values of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), this manual guides case managers through the process of developing new and important cross-disciplinary skills. These skills will allow them to alter the health trajectory of some of the neediest patients in the health care system.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Substantially revised and updated, the sixth edition of this classic text continues to define healthy aging by illustrating how to prevent disease and make large-scale improvements toward health and wellness. New to this edition is current information regarding the future of Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act, information about the Healthy People 2020 initiative supported with examples, up-to-date and comprehensive medical screening recommendations, and an extensive review of new developments in complementary and alternative medicine, geriatric mental health, community health, and public health policy. A new section on technology and aging is also included, as well as an instructor's manual.The text synthesises current research findings with practical applications, and includes detailed and updated descriptions of the author's own programs that have been recognised by the National Council on the Aging's Best Practices in Health Promotion and Aging.New to this Edition:Up-to-date coverage of the future of Medicare, Social Security, the Affordable Care Act, and the Healthy People 2020 initiativeNew section on technology and agingCurrent developments in complementary and alternative medicineNew findings regarding geriatric physical and mental health and community healthCurrent information about exercise, nutrition and weight managementUpdated information on public health policyCurrent trends in long-term care and end-of-life-careUpdated sociodemographic trendsInstructor's manual.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This population-based nursing text is designed as a primary course textbook for use in a doctorate in nursing (DNP) programme or as a supplement to other course materials in a graduate community health nursing program. It provides readers with information they need to identify health care needs at the population level and to improve population outcomes.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This population-based nursing text is designed as a primary course textbook for use in a doctorate in nursing (DNP) programme or as a supplement to other course materials in a graduate community health nursing program. It provides readers with information they need to identify health care needs at the population level and to improve population outcomes.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Fully updated, this concise and easy-to-use guide gives students preparing to take the PraxisTM Test in School Psychology--required for licensure by most US states and the National Association of School Psychologists--an accessible content review with two complete sample exams. The guide encompasses all of the content areas appearing on the exam-Data-Based Decision Making, Research-Based Academic Practices, Research-Based Behavioral and Mental Health Practices, Consultation and Collaboration, Applied Psychological Foundations, and Legal, Ethical, and Professional Foundations. Review content is presented concisely and efficiently, allowing students to focus on the most relevant information. Written by a practicing school psychologist and field-tested with school psychology students, the guide describes the test in a conversational and accessible style and offers helpful tips on how best to study for and take the exam.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title! This is a wonderful resource that fills a true gap in the literature. This is a topic that needs more exposure and more emphasis in the field of advanced practice nursing. The value of evaluation in healthcare quality will be seen in the outcomes of healthcare improvements." Score: 100, 5 Stars--Doody's Medical Reviews High-level evaluation skills reflecting national standards and benchmarks are becoming increasingly important in our changing health care climate. This is the only nursing textbook to lay the foundation for APNs to achieve the highest possible competency in conducting systematic and in-depth evaluations of all aspects of health care. Comprehensive in scope, it distills current best practice information from numerous sources to create a thorough and reliable resource for APN and DNP graduates. The text addresses both the theoretical basis of evaluation and its application as an integral part of contemporary practice. It provides an overview of evaluation science and critically examines the characteristics, sources, and quality of the nature of evidence. Several frameworks are described to provide the reader with different evaluation models, including those of economic evaluation. The text covers in detail the evaluation of organizations, systems, and standards for practice, including information systems and patient care technology, the redesign of health care in accordance with patient-family centered models, and the challenges of the current trend toward electronic medical records. Also addressed is the evaluation of populations and health care teams, including characteristics, risk factors, and determinants, as well as the emphasis on interdisciplinary collaborative health teams. Additionally, the text covers translating outcomes from evaluation into health care policy, and opportunities for advocacy and leadership among APNs. Key Features: Provides comprehensive coverage of evaluation of patient, population, systems, health team, and health care information systems technology outcomes Presents best practices and evidence-based practices that stress use in practice Uses case studies to illustrate application of evaluation in each practice area Stresses the importance of clear terminology in evaluation and provides definitions of relevant terms.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. "Advance Care Planning is a rich, insightful book of interest to a broad range or disciplines. It raises questions about why, in spite of so much knowledge and effort, we have not progressed in more effective and extensive use of ACP."--OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying This is a very substantive book that encompasses the various aspects of advance care planning, both prior to and after a diagnosis of a life-limiting disease. The realistic case studies help readers understand the complexities of decision-making by the individual and the family."--Doody's Medical Reviews While advance directives hold a great deal of promise for ensuring self-determination and quality of life near its end, the majority of Americans face life-threatening illness without having completed effective advance care planning. This volume recounts the history of advance directives, chronicling the evolution of an approach that initially focused on completing forms, to one that now emphasizes more comprehensive strategies for facilitating conversations about end-of-life care and planning for dying and death. It provides helpful strategies for initiating and guiding discussions among providers, patients, and their loved ones, easing the burdens of uncertainty, and improving the efficacy of surrogate decision making near the end of life. Scholars and practitioners from a variety of disciplines provide a well-rounded view of the history and challenges of advance directives. Authors include palliative care physicians, nurses, social workers, grief counselors, educators, lawyers, psychologists, sociologists, and medical ethicists. The book shares successful strategies on how effective advance care planning can provide smoother transitions at the end of life and ensure better quality of living before death. It incorporates effective multidisciplinary, relationship-based models of advance care planning along with multidisciplinary perspectives to help caregiving professionals initiate conversations and disseminate relevant information to patients and their loved ones and advocates. Case studies illustrate the importance of, challenges with, and prospects for advance directives and advance care planning. The book addresses common barriers to advance care planning and offers ways to overcome them, as well as detailing public health, legal, and comprehensive community planning approaches to change how our current American society deals with dying, death, and end-of-life care. Key Features: Introduces a multidisciplinary, pragmatic approach to advance care planning Addresses strategies to reform advance care planning Presents case studies illustrating the importance, benefits, and challenges of advance directives Features successful initiatives in advance care planning and new directions that shift community practice related to dying, death, and end-of-life care. Includes the contributions of physicians, grief counselors, medical ethicists, social workers, psychologists, medical ethicists, lawyers, nurses, educators, and others.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Presents an account of nurses' and health professionals' experiences during Hurricane Katrina. This book provides the perspectives of nurses, and informs the reader about the delivery of care to patients in hospitals affected by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Using real life case examples, this book encourages therapists to focus on clients' inner strengths rather than on pathologies that need to be fixed, to help clients cope. It contains several exercises to develop techniques for building verbal and non-verbal skills, awareness of individual and cultural differences, and more. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Presents an account of nurses' and health professionals' experiences during Hurricane Katrina. This book provides the perspectives of nurses, and informs the reader about the delivery of care to patients in hospitals affected by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The second edition of this one-of-a-kind textbook focuses on achieving two goals: 1) translating evidence into nursing and health care that meet the DNP core competency requirements and 2) presenting a practical resource for other health professionals to translate evidence into projects designed to improve health care and health care delivery.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. An ideal textbook for courses in Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA), this book helps students cultivate an in-depth understanding of assessing, diagnosing, and treating problem behaviours in a functional perspective.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. An ideal textbook for courses in Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA), this book helps students cultivate an in-depth understanding of assessing, diagnosing, and treating problem behaviours in a functional perspective.

Paperback. Condition: Good. This is a ""how to"" primer for nurses and health professionals that provides, simply and clearly, the knowledge and skills they need to effectively use interactive social media when educating consumers/patients on health issues and for their own professional development. The book also includes educational content such as guidelines describing how to use Social Network Tools/Social Network Sites (SNT/SNS) safely and effectively, as well as other resources available to support health professionals and consumers/patients in using SNT/SNS resources for health-related goals. Included as well are examples of research studies related to SNT/SNS in healthcare. The text uses a conceptual approach to teaching the material that reinforces the main points of each chapter, and includes chapter activities and exercises to promote point-of-care applications of SNT/SNS. Near future advances in technology and point of care use are woven throughout. The text will be of value for all nurse education and practice settings. Key Features: Provides clear, easily understood information on interactive social media applications and their implications for nursing and health delivery Describes how to use SNT/SNS in education safely and effectively Gives directions on what and when to teach comsumers/patients regarding SNT/SNS Provides database of tools and resources to assist educators and students, administrators, and practitioners in using SNT/SNS safely. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Delivers a practical array of tools and information to show how advanced practice nurses can maximize patient safety, quality of care, and cost savings through the use of technology. Every chapter is highly practical, filled with case studies and exercises that demonstrate how the content relates to the contemporary healthcare environment.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This expanded edition offers an almost exhaustive array of potential careers in nursing education and practice for nurses at all levels. It doubles the number of potential nursing careers, updates previous entries and provides informative interviews with nurses working in a variety of roles and settings which will bring to life the breadth of opportunities available to nurses today.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. This expanded edition offers an almost exhaustive array of potential careers in nursing education and practice for nurses at all levels. It doubles the number of potential nursing careers, updates previous entries and provides informative interviews with nurses working in a variety of roles and settings which will bring to life the breadth of opportunities available to nurses today.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This expanded edition offers an almost exhaustive array of potential careers in nursing education and practice for nurses at all levels. It doubles the number of potential nursing careers, updates previous entries and provides informative interviews with nurses working in a variety of roles and settings which will bring to life the breadth of opportunities available to nurses today.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This practical, concise, and accessible guide delivers step-by-step guidelines for integrating research and best evidence to produce concise, well-written project proposals. This revision provides practical guidelines of common project models for developing and writing a tight proposal from start to finish while leaving room for the unique nature of most clinical project topics.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This fully updated and revised edition of a classic guide to grant writing for health and human service professionals reflects the two major changes in the field: new NIH application processes and an increased emphasis on interprofessional and team approaches to science. New case examples reflect grant writing strategies for a great variety of health and human service professions, and the text includes an enhanced focus on online methods for organising grant submissions. A new section on special considerations for submitting grants addresses specific types of research including mixed methods, behavioural intervention research, secondary analyses, translational research, and comparative effectiveness studies. The new chapter on common writing challenges and solutions provides examples of strong and weak statements and highlights the importance of writing with precision. Additionally, this new edition provides an expanded section on post-award requirements and links to NIH videos about grant writing. Written for individuals in both academic and practice settings, the guide addresses, step-by-step, the fundamental principles for effectively securing funding. It is the only book to provide grant-writing information that encompasses many disciplines and to focus on building a research career with grant writing as a step-wise process. It provides detailed, time-tested strategies for building an investigative team, highlights the challenges of collaboration, and describes how to determine the expertise needed for a team and the roles of co-investigators. The book addresses the needs of both novice and more experienced researchers. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. Based on the Handbook of Rehabilitation Counseling (Rigger/Maki 2004), this new volume has been completely revised and updated to accommodate the overarching changes that have recently occurred in the field. It reflects the new, accepted definition of rehabilitation counseling as a specialization within the field of counseling and demonstrates how the knowledge, skills and attitudes of rehabilitation counseling complement those of mental health counseling. The volume now includes an increased emphasis on education in general counseling, and mental health and substance abuse counseling; empirically supported practice; and a focus on the globalization of professional practice in rehabilitation counseling. It has been organized within a new conceptual framework for ease of use, and is based on the authors' ecological model that is a core framework for the book and the field itself. Key Features: Places rehabilitation counseling firmly within the profession of counseling Imparts the essence of the transformative rehabilitation practice Compatible with both CORE and CACREP standards for basic professional identity content Authored by nationally recognized experts in specialized topics who are acknowledge leaders in their field Designed for the practical use of students and instructors of introductory courses, as well as practicing professionals New to This Edition: Learning objectives for each chapter Content review and discussion questions for each chapter to enhance active learning PowerPoint presentations for instructors' use Model syllabus for an introduction to rehabilitation counseling course for instructors Exhaustive in scope, The Professional Practice of Rehabilitation Counseling will provide the expertise necessary for new graduates and practicing professionals who need to gain licensure and employment opportunities.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Are children who attend schools near fast food restaurants more likely to be obese than those who live far from them? Obesity research has recently shifted from focusing on individual causes to viewing individuals within their living environments and this is the first volume to offer a broad and balanced perspective on the complex factors that influence obesity.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Are children who attend schools near fast food restaurants more likely to be obese than those who live far from them? Obesity research has recently shifted from focusing on individual causes to viewing individuals within their living environments and this is the first volume to offer a broad and balanced perspective on the complex factors that influence obesity.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This fully updated and revised eleventh edition of a highly esteemed survey and analysis of health care delivery in the US keeps pace with the rapid changes that are reshaping our system. Fundamentally, this new edition presents the realities that impact the US's achievement of the so-called Triple Aim: better health and better care at a lower cost.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This fully updated and revised eleventh edition of a highly esteemed survey and analysis of health care delivery in the US keeps pace with the rapid changes that are reshaping our system. Fundamentally, this new edition presents the realities that impact the US's achievement of the so-called Triple Aim: better health and better care at a lower cost.…