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Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2021 Workshops

Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2021 Workshops

Autor: Elisa H. Barney Smith , Umapada Pal

Número de Páginas: 499

This book constitutes the proceedings of the international workshops co-located with the 16th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2021, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in September 2021.The total of 59 full and 12 short papers presented in this book were carefully selected from 96 contributions and divided into two volumes. Part I contains 29 full and 4 short papers that stem from the following meetings: ICDAR 2021 Workshop on Graphics Recognition (GREC); ICDAR 2021 Workshop on Camera-Based Document Analysis and Recognition (CBDAR); ICDAR 2021 Workshop on Arabic and Derived Script Analysis and Recognition (ASAR 2021); ICDAR 2021 Workshop on Computational Document Forensics (IWCDF). The main topics of the contributions are document processing; physical and logical layout analysis; text and symbol recognition; handwriting recognition; signature verification and document forensics, and others. “Accurate Graphic Symbol Detection in Ancient Document Digital Reproductions” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Proceso de enfermería

Proceso de enfermería

Autor: Nora Hilda González Quirarte , Hortensia Castañeda Hidalgo

Número de Páginas: 175

- Expone la metodología del cuidado enfermero y su vinculación con las taxonomías NANDA-I, NIC y NOC, resaltando los valores de humanismo, cientificidad, calidad y seguridad en el trato de la enfermera con el individuo, la familia y la comunidad. - Su estrategia didáctica incluye actividades integradoras para los estudiantes de grado y posgrado, así como para el profesional de enfermería. En estas actividades, se estudian los cuidados de enfermería describiendo el uso adecuado de las taxonomías. Proceso de enfermería. Guía teórico-práctica para dar respuesta a las necesidades en salud aborda de manera práctica y accesible la metodología requerida para el desempeño profesional de la enfermería. Tanto los estudiantes de Enfermería de grado y posgrado como las enfermeras docentes, investigadoras, clínicas y gestoras encontrarán una herramienta actualizada y útil para el estudio, la enseñanza y el ejercicio profesional.

Cuidado de Enfermería en el Núcleo Familiar: Reflexiones Teóricas y Aplicación de Casos

Cuidado de Enfermería en el Núcleo Familiar: Reflexiones Teóricas y Aplicación de Casos

Autor: Judith Inmaculada Francisco-pérez

Número de Páginas: 103

Este libro es resultado de las actividades de capacitación y presentación de casos de enfermería familiar desarrollado en el marco de la primera edición de la Teleclínica de Enfermería, un subproyecto del ECHO Hub Cedia-PUCE Ecuador. Surge con la idea de que pueda ser utilizado en la conducción de experiencias formativas a nivel de grado en enfermería, para analizar temáticas y casos importantes, donde se brinde estrategias para atender a población vulnerable desde el núcleo familiar. La educación superior está demandando cambios urgentes e indispensables para asegurar la formación pertinente que requiere el contexto actual y futuro, caracterizado principalmente por el acelerado avance de las tecnologías y el crecimiento exponencial en la producción de conocimientos en todos los campos del saber. El aprendizaje formal de nivel superior en enfermería debe ser un proceso activo y reflexivo, centrado en el estudiante y en el desarrollo de los procesos cognitivos y metacognitivos que son necesarios para aprender, desaprender y aprehender el complejo proceso de cuidar.

Bien-estar y calidad de vida

Bien-estar y calidad de vida

Autor: Felipe Poblete Valderrama , Carlos Matus Castillo (autor) , Alex Garrido Méndez (autor)

Número de Páginas: 107

El presente libro realiza un enfoque integral de las perspectivas involucradas en el desarrollo humano desde una mirada saludable, basándose principalmente en temáticas como la Actividad Física, Ejercicio Físico, Entrenamiento, Juego, Nutrición, Neurociencias y Políticas Públicas, temáticas desarrolladas y abordadas en cada uno de los capítulos de este texto. Para orientar al lector se plantea el desarrollo de seis capítulos que contienen fundamentos teóricos y proyecciones en cada una de las áreas desarrolladas. “Bien-Estar y Calidad de Vida: reflexiones y evidencias” en una herramienta útil y clara en la utilización de conceptos técnicos-disciplinares para los estudiantes de pre y postgrado, así como profesionales de la actividad física, además de ser de gran utilidad para el desarrollo de la docencia con evidencia nacional e internacional de las temáticas desarrolladas.

Producción científica de enfermería, de la teoría a la investigación

Producción científica de enfermería, de la teoría a la investigación

Autor: Milton Carlos Guevara Valtier , Tirso Duran Badillo , Juana Mercedes Gutiérrez Valverde

Número de Páginas: 121

Producción científica de enfermería, de la teoría a la investigación es una obra dirigida tanto a estudiantes de enfermería, como a profesionales en ejercicio, en donde se describe de manera clara y concisa, una metodología innovadora que incorpora las teorías de los profesionales de enfermería en México. Producción científica de enfermería, de la teoría a la investigación está concebido como un libro de apoyo para las materias de investigación, enfermería basada en evidencia, teorías de enfermería, síntesis del conocimiento científico, entre otras. Es una obra fundamentada en la experiencia y métodos de docentes investigadores que conocen, viven y observan las necesidades reales del personal de enfermería en formación, sobre todo las competencias que se requieren en el ámbito de la investigación y en su ejercicio profesional.

Fundamentos de enfermería

Fundamentos de enfermería

Autor: Eva Reyes Gómez

Número de Páginas: 918

En la presente edición, el lector encontrará información y conceptos básicos e indispensables de la enfermería profesional contemporánea y las bases científicas de la disciplina. Este texto enriquece su abordaje porque es integrador en tres dimensiones: científica, metodológica y tecnológica; ponderando los aspectos humanístico y ético del cuidado como objeto de estudio de la profesión con y para las personas, familias y colectivos, tanto en la salud como en la enfermedad, atendiendo sus necesidades o respuestas humanas. En esta tercera edición se incluyen tres nuevos saberes: Enfermería basada en evidencia, Enfermería en el periodo perioperatorio y las Tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC). El abordaje de cada capítulo incluye: puntos clave, palabras clave, objetivo, resumen, autoevaluación y casos clínicos, para mayor comprensión de los contenidos, lo cual sirve de guía para facilitar los aprendizajes. Con relación a los contenidos de las tecnologías del cuidado, estas se abordan con la metodología del proceso de enfermería, incluyendo cada una de sus etapas, haciendo énfasis en los diagnósticos de enfermería de la NANDA. Para el...

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Chemoprevention and counseling

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Chemoprevention and counseling

Autor: U.s. Preventive Services Task Force

Número de Páginas: 70
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Methods

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Methods

Autor: U.s. Preventive Services Task Force

Número de Páginas: 76
The Doctor of Nursing Practice Essentials

The Doctor of Nursing Practice Essentials

Autor: Mary Zaccagnini , Kathryn White

Número de Páginas: 554

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. The Doctor of Nursing Practice Essentials assists and advises current DNP students, students considering obtaining the degree, and also serves as a reference for those who have already completed a DNP program. This text is modeled after the eight DNP Essentials as outlined by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Each section discusses the materials relevant to an element of the essentials document and helps students understand the Essentials and complete the steps necessary to fulfill the requirements of the degree.

Shaping Health Policy Through Nursing Research

Shaping Health Policy Through Nursing Research

Autor: Ada Sue Hinshaw, Phd, Rn, Faan , Patricia A. Grady, Phd, Rn, Faan

Número de Páginas: 322

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title! 2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in Nursing Research! "This is a much needed addition to nursing's arsenal of policy books. It is the first to really examine the need for scientific evidence to underpin policy. The two editors are pioneers in research and have led nursing research to new levels. It is fitting they do the same in underscoring the important role nurses have in using their programs of research to develop policy agendas."Score: 94, 4 stars --Doody's A must-read for health care policy makers, as well as nursing students, faculty, and professionals, this groundbreaking text provides actual strategies for translating nursing research to health policy at all levels of policy-making. The editors, both leaders in nursing research, provide key findings from research programs that have positively influenced health policy decisions and programs at community, state, national, and international levels. The first compilation of information linking health policy and nursing research, this text presents perspectives and frameworks for understanding the processes bridging research and health policy; multiple factors influencing the processes; and...

Population Health for Nurses

Population Health for Nurses

Autor: Mr. Rohit Manglik

Número de Páginas: 1062

EduGorilla Publication is a trusted name in the education sector, committed to empowering learners with high-quality study materials and resources. Specializing in competitive exams and academic support, EduGorilla provides comprehensive and well-structured content tailored to meet the needs of students across various streams and levels.

Lifestyle Nursing

Lifestyle Nursing

Autor: Gia Merlo , Kathy Berra

Número de Páginas: 610

Lifestyle medicine is an evidence-based approach to helping individuals and families adopt and sustain healthy behaviors in preventing, treating, and oftentimes, reversing chronic diseases. This fast-growing specialty operates off six main principles including nutrition, physical activity, stress resilience, cessation or risk reduction of substance use, quality sleep, and social connectivity. Nurses are the primary providers of hospital-based patient care and deliver most of the nation's long-term care. Within healthcare, nurses are often tasked with educating patients and families and are thereby well-positioned to address lifestyle intervention with patients. Lifestyle Nursing examines the concepts of lifestyle medicine and nursing practice, it is specifically designed to help nurses introduce the concepts of lifestyle medicine to readers while also encouraging them to focus on their own wellness. This book features nutritional guidelines and supplemental materials operationalizing this basic nutrition knowledge into personal and patient wellness. It addresses evidence-based findings of chronic diseases including heart diseases and stroke, type 2 diabetes, and cancers, which can ...

Interpersonal Relationships - E-Book

Interpersonal Relationships - E-Book

Autor: Elizabeth C. Arnold , Kathleen Underman Boggs

Número de Páginas: 576

NEW! A greater emphasis on communication, interdisciplinary theory, and interprofessionalism includes a focus on the nursing paradigm, nursing discipline, and ways of knowing. NEW! Focus on QSEN competencies reflects current thinking on technology, safety, and evidence-based practice, especially as they relate to communication in nursing. NEW! Discussion questions at the end of each chapter encourage critical thinking. NEW! Clarity and Safety in Communication chapter addresses topics such as huddles, rounds, handoffs, SBAR, and other forms of communication in health care.

Concepts for Nursing Practice E-Book

Concepts for Nursing Practice E-Book

Autor: Jean Foret Giddens

Número de Páginas: 690

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Fundamentals**Learn a conceptual approach to nursing care and how to apply concepts to a wide variety of clinical settings! Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition uses a straightforward, intuitive approach to describe 60 important concepts, spanning the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Exemplars identified for each concept provide useful examples and models, helping you more easily understand concepts and apply them to any clinical setting. To reinforce understanding, this text also makes connections among related concepts via ebook links to exemplars of those concepts in other Elsevier textbooks in your ebook library. New to this edition are six new concepts and a focus on related core competencies. Written by conceptual learning expert Jean Giddens, this authoritative text will help you build clinical judgment skills and prepare confidently for almost any clinical nursing situation. - Authoritative content written by expert contributors and meticulously edited by concept-based curriculum (CBC) expert Jean Giddens sets the standard for the ...

Health Promotion for Nursing Associates

Health Promotion for Nursing Associates

Autor: Gillian Rowe , Deborah Gee , Ami Jackson

Número de Páginas: 185

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and featuring insights from real TNAs, this book explores the specific role of nursing associates in health promotion, considering different practice settings across all fields of nursing.

Community Health Nursing

Community Health Nursing

Autor: Karen Saucier Lundy , Sharyn Janes

Número de Páginas: 1182

Preceded by Community health nursing / Karen Saucier Lundy, Sharyn Janes. 2nd ed. c2009.

Abordaje Interprofesional para el cuidado de las personas con compromiso cardiovascular y respiratorio

Abordaje Interprofesional para el cuidado de las personas con compromiso cardiovascular y respiratorio

Autor: Luz Patricia Díaz Heredia , Ximena Sáenz Montoya

Número de Páginas: 326

El libro Abordaje interprofesional para el cuidado de las personas con compromiso cardiovascular y respiratorio es un documento académico que se construyó para fortalecer la formación del recurso humano en salud desde una perspectiva interprofesional. A lo largo de 17 capítulos, los autores, desde su experiencia y conocimientos en medicina, enfermería, fisioterapia, ciencias del deporte, educación física y nutrición, buscan orientar el planteamiento de intervenciones integrales y centradas en la persona. Las dos grandes partes del libro desarrollan los elementos para construir el cuidado interprofesional a partir de la revisión de aspectos epidemiológicos, fisiopatológicos, de atención y de cuidado interprofesional. Así, en la primera parte, se presentan los elementos morfofisiológicos que se necesitan para sustentar las propuestas de atención en condiciones cardiovasculares como hipertensión arterial, arritmias cardiacas, falla cardiaca, enfermedad coronaria, trasplante cardiaco y momentos cuando se recibe tratamiento anticoagulante. En la segunda parte, se presenta la revisión de la morfología y fisiología respiratoria, lo cual proporciona información para...

Cuidado y Práctica de Enfermería

Cuidado y Práctica de Enfermería

Autor: Herrera Sánchez Herrera , Natividad Pinto Afanador , Lucy Barrera Ortiz

Número de Páginas: 285

El Grupo de Cuidado ha avanzado en su trabajo de conceptualización y puesta en práctica de los principios del cuidado, respondiendo preguntas sencillas del ejercicio permanente de enfermería, con el fin explícito de cerrar la brecha entre la intención y la acción, para que los profesionales de enfermería ejerzan su función e identifiquen su que hacer de cuidadores, y sean socialmente visibles. Mediante el análisis de experiencias de la cotidianidad profesional de la enseñanza, en los docentes y los estudiantes, así como en la asistencia institucional y comunitaria, el Grupo ha hallado respuestas que permiten construir un avance conceptual que se ve reflejado en la docencia y en los servicios. Por otra parte, ha respondido a la solicitud de algunos hospitales, clínicas y otras instituciones, de realizar talleres de cuidado para el personal de enfermería, y en las comunidades ha iniciado el fortalecimiento de cuidadores no profesionales, labor en la cual se ha contado con recurso humano voluntario del ámbito municipal y de la Presidencia de la República. Igualmente, se adelantó la consolidación de la línea de investigación Cuidado y Práctica de Enfermería, que...

Ethics & Issues In Contemporary Nursing - E-Book

Ethics & Issues In Contemporary Nursing - E-Book

Autor: Margaret A Burkhardt , Alvita K Nathaniel

Número de Páginas: 430

**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® in Legal/Ethical**Learn how to think beyond the theoretical in any environment. Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing, 2nd Edition examines the latest trends, principles, theories, and models in patient care to help you learn how to make ethically sound decisions in complex and often controversial situations. Written from a global perspective, examples throughout the text reflect current national and international issues inviting you to explore cases considering socio-cultural influences, personal values, and professional ethics. Historical examples demonstrate how to think critically while upholding moral and professional standards, as well as the law. Key topics throughout explore advocacy and rights, diversity, nurse burnout, mass casualty events, effects of the COVID pandemic, health equity, social media, violence in the workplace, medication error prevention, opioid and other substance use, HIPAA, and healthcare reform. In addition, this title contains supplemental case studies and review questions to further challenge and prepare you to make morally sound decisions in any healthcare setting. - NEW! Content on the latest...

The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy - E-Book

The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy - E-Book

Autor: Melissa Stewart

Número de Páginas: 258

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Patient Education** Most healthcare providers know that health literacy is a major barrier to positive health outcomes, but regardless of good intentions they continue to simply present health information rather than promote deep patient learning. With Dr. Melissa N. Stewart's unique, research-driven approach, The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy helps you make the shift from simply presenting health information to activating deep patient learning. Revised and thoroughly updated from Dr. Stewart's Practical Patient Literacy: The MEDAGOGY Model, The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy equips both students and healthcare providers with the skills needed to engage patients' brains in order to help them understand their conditions and promote long-lasting behavior change. Based on the neuroscience of learning, this groundbreaking book is packed with abundant tools to teach students and practitioners how to negotiate effectively with patients about what they will and won't do to maintain and improve their health. Equipped with enhanced levels of health literacy, your patients will better...

Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists

Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists

Autor: Sitzman , Lisa Wright Eichelberger

Número de Páginas: 274

Understanding the Work of Nursing Theorists, Second Edition presents the difficult concepts of nursing theory through the use of art.

Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice

Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice

Autor: Kathleen Masters

Número de Páginas: 781

Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice continues to serve as a clear and concise road map for pre-licensure nursing students on their journey to becoming a professional nurse. Well-written and engaging, Kathy Masters starts with the foundational concepts that help professional nurses thrive and seamlessly progresses into issues directly related to patient-centered care, including quality and safety, evidence-based practice, leadership, teamwork and collaboration, and ethical and legal issues. Through theory, classroom activities, case studies, and engaging learning resources, Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice, Seventh Edition provides students with the knowledge and competencies that they need for a successful nursing career.

Contemporary Health Promotion In Nursing Practice

Contemporary Health Promotion In Nursing Practice

Autor: Raingruber

Número de Páginas: 460

Contemporary Health Promotion in Nursing Practice, Second Edition describes why nurses are positioned to model and promote healthy behaviors to the public, and how they can promote health to the community. The Second Edition emphasizes the nurse’s role in health promotion and illustrates how healthy behaviors like weight management, positive dietary changes, smoking cessation, and exercise are more likely to be adopted by clients if nurses model these behaviors. Contemporary Health Promotion in Nursing Practice, Second Edition features updated content around the topics of health promotion theories; health disparities and health promotion policy to reflect changes in the healthcare landscape. Key Features: Revised content around epigenetics and nursing informatics Healthy People 2020 guidelines referenced throughout the text Navigate 2 Advantage Access

Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Examination - E-Book

Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Examination - E-Book

Autor: Karen Katsademas , Marianne Langille

Número de Páginas: 747

Thoroughly prepare for tests, exams, and clinical placements with Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Examination, 2nd Edition. This is the only CPNRE® and REx-PN® text with accompanying online practice material to provide an exhaustive content review and a wealth of practice questions to help you prepare for PN licensure anywhere in Canada! Thoroughly updated, this edition reflects all current Canadian Council for Practical Nurse Regulators National PN competencies, including those specifically for Ontario and British Columbia. It's a great way to test yourself on all exam competencies, along with your understanding, application, and critical thinking abilities. - Strategic overview of the REx-PN® and CPNRE® exams helps you prepare effectively for your specific Practical Nurse licensure examination. - Client Needs categories are provided in the answers and rationales for all end-of-chapter practice questions and for the REx-PN® practice exams. - Testing of all relevant cognitive levels helps ensure you can understand, apply, and think critically about all the information covered on the REx-PN® and CPNRE® and in clinical practice. - Comprehensive content...

Interventions éducatives en matière de santé

Interventions éducatives en matière de santé

Autor: Assumpta Ndengeyingoma , Jérôme Gauvin-lepage , Isabelle Ledoux

Número de Páginas: 324

Dans un contexte où l’on vise l’optimisation des pratiques de soins et l’autonomisation des personnes, l’éducation en matière de santé revêt une grande importance. Cet ouvrage propose une démarche pragmatique et explicite qui permet d’actualiser l’intervention éducative en matière de santé. Les stratégies et les outils concrets qui y sont présentés peuvent être utilisés dans des contextes variés et sont ponctués de nombreux cas.

Primary Care

Primary Care

Autor: Lynne M Dunphy , Jill Winland-brown , Brian Porter , Debera Thomas

Número de Páginas: 1344

Written by nurse practitioners for nurse practitioners in collaboration with a physician, this popular text builds a solid understanding of the theoretical foundation of nursing practice, while also providing comprehensive patient-care guidance based on the latest scientific evidence.

Health Promotion for Nursing Students

Health Promotion for Nursing Students

Autor: Paul Linsley , Coralie Roll

Número de Páginas: 225

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and full of cases and activities to support learning, this book explains in clear terms the theory and models of health promotion and how students can apply them in their nursing practice.

Mini Psychology

Mini Psychology

Autor: Jonny Thomson

Número de Páginas: 597

'The most comprehensive - and delightful - guide to the human mind.' STEPHANIE HARRISON 'This little book would persuade you that psychology is not just fun but hugely important.' PROFESSOR GEOFF BEATIE Why do people stay in unhappy relationships? What are the six tricks for successful persuasion? Can personality traits predict future criminality? And what can pigeons tell us about superstitious behaviour? Whether you're a student of psychology or you're just interested in the workings of the brain, Mini Psychology offers a window onto the fascinating mysteries of the human psyche, covering everything from how our memories are formed to why some people are so resistant to change. Focusing on the curious stories behind the abstract theories, it explains the major ideas and names you need to know - and invites you to shine a light on your own inner life. More praise for Jonny Thomson: 'Witty, knowledgeable and mind-expanding' RICHARD FISHER 'Engaging, smart and wise' DAVID MITCHELL 'A fun and inspiring teaser for curious minds' JÉRÉMIE HARRIS

The Nursing Profession

The Nursing Profession

Autor: Norma .l Chaska

Número de Páginas: 1051

Dr. Norma L. Chaska, Ph.D., RN, FAAN is a leader in nursing education and nursing administration. She is widely sought as a consultant for academic administration in universities and for nursing education programs. Prior to her graduate education, Dr. Chaska held numerous clinical and administrative positions in every specialized area of nursing for a total of 15 years of experience in nursing practice. She has had 22 years of experience in nursing education and academic administration. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Chaska has drawn extensively from her clinical background and experience in services and research settings. A major concern in all of her work is the evolution of nursing as a profession. The purpose of this new volume is to provide an in-depth global scope and study of nursing as a profession. Specifically, its aim is to project patterns of thought and considerations about the current state of nursing into the future of the 21st Century. The content should cause the reader to reflect, consider, and dialogue regarding the various paths presented to articulate his or her goals for the profession to go forward.

T.O.P. the Olive Press

T.O.P. the Olive Press

Autor: Melveena D. Edwards Ph.d.

Número de Páginas: 239

THE PROCESS FOR DIVINE PURPOSE... Are you experiencing a press out of measure propelled by life circumstances, emotional wounds, heartache, levels of pain, human sufferings, or stemming from your gifts, and divine call? Do you understand the will of God for your life as it relates to the divine process, your purpose, and destiny? Whether you are afflicted from the cost of the endowment bestowed upon you by God, or from the sheer anointing upon your life, it is for your empowerment, comfort, consolation, and salvation. T.O.P. — The Olive Press imparts helping interventions for God’s people in a hurting world experiencing pain, pressures, sufferings, or distresses, by turning these elements into power. A highly inspirational memoir by author Melveena D. Edwards who exposes intricate levels of her personal life, feelings, pain, pressures, and sufferings endured. T.O.P offers hope, healing, encouragement, and empowerment through Biblical counsel by delving into areas of life truths. Based on the premise of Biblical principles, and the “Word of God,” Dr. Edwards proclaims that this book will illuminate thinking as she parallels the life of an olive with the anointing...

Nursing, Health, and the Environment

Nursing, Health, and the Environment

Autor: Institute Of Medicine , Committee On Enhancing Environmental Health Content In Nursing Practice

Número de Páginas: 303

America's nurses, an estimated 2 million strong, are often at the frontlines in confronting environmental health hazards. Yet most nurses have not received adequate training to manage these hazards. Nursing, Health, and the Environment explores the effects that environmental hazards (including those in the workplace) have on the health of patients and communities and proposes specific strategies for preparing nurses to address them. The committee documents the magnitude of environmental hazards and discusses the importance of the relationship between nursing, health, and the environment from three broad perspectives: Practiceâ€"The authors address environmental health issues in the nursing process, potential controversies over nurses taking a more activist stance on environmental health issues, and more. Educationâ€"The volume presents the status of environmental health content in nursing curricula and credentialing, and specific strategies for incorporating more environmental health into nursing preparation. Researchâ€"The book includes a survey of the available knowledge base and options for expanding nursing research as it relates to environmental health hazards.

Health Promotion

Health Promotion

Autor: Marilyn Frenn , Diane K. Whitehead

Número de Páginas: 871

Take an evidence-based approach to health promotion across the lifespan and clinical specialties. Written for NPs and advanced practitioners, this text provides coaching in how to read, evaluate, and apply the best evidence to health promotion plans for individuals and their families to help them prevent or manage chronic and acute diseases and disorders. Step-by-step, a who’s who of educators, researchers, and practitioners explore the models and skills you need to help your patients, including those with multiple co-morbidities, while evaluating medical evidence that changes rapidly, or may be unclear. You’ll also be prepared for the health promotion questions on certification exams.

Rector's Community and Public Health Nursing

Rector's Community and Public Health Nursing

Autor: Mary Jo Stanley , Charlene Niemi

Número de Páginas: 1836

Combining practical insights, real-world examples, and a renowned, student-friendly approach, Rector’s Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public's Health, 11th Edition, equips tomorrow’s nurses with the knowledge, skills, and perspective needed to address complex health challenges and to promote the well-being of diverse populations in an ever-changing healthcare landscape. This extensively revised edition reflects an enhanced emphasis on clinical judgment and a renewed focus on the needs of aggregate and vulnerable groups, familiarizing students with today’s most prominent public health issues while empowering them to promote health, to foster disease prevention, and to protect at-risk populations in any setting.

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