Mentoring in Nursing : a Dynamic and Collaborative Process. by Grossman, Sheila

Table of Contents: “…A Mentoring Culture for Nurses -- 3. Coaching Each Other to Empower -- 4. …”
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Disaster Nursing. by Veenema, Tener Goodwin

Subjects: “…Disaster nursing.…”
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Nurses with Disabilities : Professional Issues and Job Retention / by Neal-Boylan, Leslie

Table of Contents: “…Who are nurses with disabilities? -- Why are nurses with disabilities leaving nursing? …”
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Nursing the neonate

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Introduction; Contributors; Chapter 1 The Evolution of Neonatal Care; Chapter 2 Obstetric Issues Relating to Neonatal Care; Chapter 3 Normal Adaptation to the Post-Natal Environment; Chapter 4 The Neonatal Environment and Care of Families; Chapter 5 The Small Baby; Chapter 6 Thermoregulation; Chapter 7 Fluids, Electrolytes and Glucose; Chapter 8 Respiratory Diffi culties and Ventilatory Support; Chapter 9 Neonatal Surgery; Chapter 10 Congenital Conditions; Chapter 11 Nursing Newborn Babies with Congenital Heart Disease; Chapter 12 Nutrition of the Term and Preterm Infant.…”
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Nurse's law : legal questions & answers for the practicing nurse / by Mathes, Michele, 1947-, Reifsnyder, JoAnne, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Nursing scope of practice -- Overview of the legal system -- Informed consent -- Negligence -- Confidentiality -- Surrogate decision-making -- End-of-life care -- Maintaining and documenting compliance.…”
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Pediatric nursing : content review plus practice questions / by De Sevo, Margot

Table of Contents: “…The child as a member of the family -- Normal growth and development : infancy -- Normal growth and development : toddlerhood -- Normal growth and development : preschooler -- Normal growth and development : the school-age child -- Normal growth and development : adolescence -- Physical assessment of children : from infancy to adolescence -- Nursing care of the child in the health-care setting -- Pediatric medication administration -- Pediatric emergencies -- Nursing care of the child with immunologic alterations -- Nursing care of the child with infectious diseases -- Nursing care of the child with fluid and electrolyte alterations -- Nursing care of the child with gastrointestinal problems -- Nursing care of the child with genitourinary disorders -- Nursing care of the child with respiratory illnesses -- Nursing care of the child with cardiovascular illnesses -- Nursing care of the child with hematologic illnesses -- Nursing care of the child with integumentary system disorders -- Nursing care of the child with musculoskeletal disorders -- Nursing care of the child with endocrine disorders -- Nursing care of the child with neurological problems -- Nursing care of the child with psychosocial disorders -- Nursing care of the child with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- Nursing care of the child with sensory problems -- Comprehensive final exam.…”
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Cardiac Nursing. by Woods, Susan L.

Table of Contents: “…Cardiac Nursing; Table of Contents; PART I Anatomy and Physiology; 1 Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology; GENERAL ANATOMIC DESCRIPTION; CARDIAC STRUCTURES; CARDIAC TISSUE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CARDIAC INNERVATION; MYOCARDIAL CELL STRUCTURE; MYOCARDIAL CELL ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL; SARCOLEMMAL IONIC CURRENTS; FACTORS MODIFYING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTION; PROPAGATION OF THE CARDIAC IMPULSE; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CARDIAC CELLS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MYOCARDIUM; MYOCARDIAL METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CORONARY CIRCULATION; THE CARDIAC CYCLE.…”
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Nursing Procedures. by Springhouse

Subjects: “…Nursing.…”
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Emergency nursing : the profession, the pathway, and the practice /

Table of Contents: “…Emergency nursing defined /…”
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Nurse on board : planning your path to the boardroom / by Curran, Connie L.

Table of Contents: “…Board basics -- Hospital governance trends -- What nurses need to know to get on board(s) -- Top competencies for successful board service -- Planning your path to board service -- Serving as a productive board member -- What's holding you back?…”
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Nurses as leaders : evolutionary visions of leadership /

Table of Contents: “…Healed and Healing: Advancing Nursing Knowledge of Healing Through Caring / Marlaine C. …”
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Parish nursing : promoting whole person health within faith communities / by Solari-Twadell, Phyllis Ann

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Preface; Part I -- Parish Nursing An Overview of the Practice; Chapter 1 -- The Emerging Practice of Parish Nursing; Chapter 2 -- Health and the Congregation; Chapter 3 -- A Personal Historical Perspective of Whole Person Health and the Congregation; Chapter 4 -- Spiritual Caregiving: A Key Component of Parish Nursing; Chapter 5 -- Parish Nursing Practice With Underorganized, Underserved, and Marginalized Clients; Chapter 6 -- Perspectives on a Suburban Parish Nursing Practice; Chapter 7 -- Parish Nursing in Rural Communities.…”
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Nursing the image : media, culture and professional identity / by Hallam, Julia, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Illustration acknowledgements; Introduction: (Auto)biography, research and feminist cultural studies; Images, identities and selves; Images: nursing and femininity; Identities: nurses and their professional image; Selves: personal conceptions of professional identity; The popular imagination; Reification and recruitment: images in post-war Britain; Irreverence and romance: the 1950s and 1960s; Fascination and aspiration: the romantic ideal; Soap, sex and satire: the late 1960s and early 1970s; The professional imagination.…”
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Ethics in Nursing. by Curtis, Joy

Subjects: “…Nursing ethics.…”
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Smart nursing : nurse retention & patient safety improvement strategies / by Fabre, June

Table of Contents: “…Relationships : the importance of a staff-friendly culture / with contribution by Jeanette Ives Erickson -- Research : show me the evidence -- Respect : learn to value nursing / with contribution by Kristin L. Gillen -- Simplicity : focus on the basics -- Flexibility : be adaptable -- Integrity : the foundation of ethical practice -- Culture : the art of creating a staff-friendly organization -- Communication : a key ingredient of collaboration / with contribution by Beth Boynton -- Caring : the energy source of a compassionate staff -- Staffing : recruiting and retaining the best nurses / with contribution by Diana Halfer -- Teamwork : building high-performance teams / with contribution by Beth Boynton -- Safety : preventing medical errors / with contribution by Patricia Byrnes Schmehl -- Diversity : the magic is in the staffing mix -- Leadership : coaching and mentoring others / with contribution by Linda Pullins -- Problem-solving strategies : creating opportunities from challenges -- Benefits to groups outside nursing : how CEOs, physicians, trustees, and managed care professionals can help -- Becoming a lifelong learner : accelerate your professional development / with contribution from Susan Hoolahan and Jacqueline O'Brien -- What individual nurses can do : how you can make a difference.…”
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Nurses' work : issues across time and place /

Table of Contents: “…Family caregiving in the nineteenth century : Emily Hawley Gillespie and Sarah Gillespie Huftalen, 1858-1888 -- The Legacy of domesticity : nursing in early nineteenth-century America -- Unheralded nurses : male caregivers in the nineteenth-century south -- Satisfied to carry the bag : three black community health nurses' contributions to health care reform, 1900-1937 -- A sound economic basis for schools of nursing -- Nursing's divided loyalties : an historical case study -- "A Necessity in the nursing world" : the Chicago Nurses Professional Registry, 1913-1950 -- The Cost of Caring : The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's Visiting Nurse Service, 1909-1953.…”
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ECGs for nurses / by Jevon, Philip

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Mentoring in nursing : a dynamic and collaborative process / by Grossman, Sheila

Table of Contents: “…Mentoring : from a classic dyad to a dynamic network -- Vision of the mentoring culture in nursing -- Empowering versus enabling -- Strategies for developing mentorships in nursing : one size does not fit all -- The mentor perspective on how best to encourage others -- The mentee perspective on how best to become empowered -- Mentoring generates outcome measurements -- Implications for the nursing profession, organizations, mentors, and mentees.…”
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Maine Nursing : Interviews and History on Caring and Competence. by Hart, Valerie

Table of Contents: “…Building Foundations of a Profession: 1914-1919 -- 2. Nursing After World War I and the Great Depression: 1920-1939 -- 3. …”
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Gastrointestinal nursing / by Smith, Graeme D.

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Nursing leadership : a concise encyclopedia /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Halftitle; About the Author; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Contributors; List of Entries; Thematic List of Entries; Introduction; Entries, A-Z; A; AARP; ACADEMIC DEGREES IN NURSING; ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP; ACADEMIC MOBBING; ACCOUNTABLE CAREORGANIZATIONS; ACCREDITATION COMMISSION FOR MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; ACCREDITATION IN NURSINGEDUCATION; ACCREDITATION IN NURSING PRACTICE; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING AND ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS; CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS.…”
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Spirituality in Nursing : the Challenges of Complexity / by Barnum, Barbara Stevens

Table of Contents: “…-- Spirituality, healing, and nursing : should nursing claim healing as part of its mission? …”
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Respiratory nursing : a core curriculum /

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgment; SECTION I: THE SPECIALTY OF RESPIRATORY NURSING; SECTION II: BASIC KNOWLEDGE; SECTION III: NURSING CONCEPTS: HUMAN RESPONSE TO RESPIRATORY DYSFUNCTION; SECTION IV: COMMON RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND DISORDERS; SECTION V: PEDIATRIC SPECIFIC DISORDERS; SECTION VI: THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES; SECTION VII: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES; Index.…”
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Rural Nursing : Concepts, Theory, and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Part V Rural Public Health; Part VI Looking Ahead; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I The Rural Nursing Theory Base; 1. Rural Nursing: Developing the Theory Base; Qualitative data; Quantitative data; Refining the Building Blocks of Theory; Relationship of Concepts and Statements to the Larger Body of Nursing Knowledge; Implications for Nursing Practice; Summary; Acknowledgments; References; 2. …”
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Nursing Preceptorship : Connecting Practice and Education. by Myrick, Florence

Table of Contents: “…Nursing Preceptorship: Connecting Practice and Education; Contents; PART I: Context; CHAPTER 1Shaping the Preceptorship Experience; The Emergence of Preceptorship in Nursing; Connecting Practice and Education: A Strategic Space for Preceptorship; Preceptorship at the Administrative Level; Collaboration Between Faculty and Preceptors; Summary; CHAPTER 2The Teaching and Learning Climate; The Ideal Teaching-Learning Climate; Creating a Hospitable Climate; Factors That Influence the Teaching-Learning Climate; The Overall Climate of the Organization; Emotional Climate; Physical Environment.…”
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Nursing Care : an Essential Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Care. by Smith, Barbara

Subjects: “…Nursing.…”
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Nurse practitioners : the evolution and future of advanced practice /

Table of Contents: “…Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: HISTORICAL AND CURRENT SOCIAL CONTEXT; PART II: RESEARCH SUPPORTING NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR PRACTICE; PART III: REGULATORY AND POLICY ENVIRONMENTS; PART IV: INTEGRATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN THE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT; PART V: BUSINESS AND PAYMENT STRUCTURES FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PART VI: GLOBAL HEALTH AND FUTURE CHALLENGES; Index.…”
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The nursing shortage : strategies for recruitment and retention in clinical practice and education /

Table of Contents: “…Combating the nursing shortage : Vermont's call to action -- Tackling the nursing shortage in rural Missouri : linking educational and service in a differentiated practice environment -- A rural state's response to the nursing shortage : Nevada's story -- The shortage of operating room nurses : what AORN is doing about it -- The role of nursing schools in addressing the shortage -- Developing an accelerated BSN program : the KSU partnership model -- A collaborative effort among nurse leaders to address the hospital nursing shortage in Cincinnati -- Perceptions of senior baccalaureate nursing students and nurse leaders : a look at elements of success in the workplace -- Intensity and challenge as an aspect of work satisfaction in an urban emergency room -- Power sharing : a strategy for nurse retention -- STAT! …”
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The resilient nurse : empowering your practice /

Table of Contents: “…Preparing for practice : becoming resilient / Margaret McAllister and John B. Lowe -- Nurses who made a difference / Margaret McAllister and John B. …”
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Cancer nursing : care in context /

Subjects: “…Cancer Nursing.…”
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Nurses and disasters : global, historical case studies /

Subjects: “…Disaster nursing History 19th century.…”
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Nursing diagnoses : definitions and classification 2015-2017 /

Subjects: “…Nursing diagnosis Classification.…”
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The future of nursing : leading change, advancing health /

Subjects: “…Nursing Practice United States.…”
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Integrative nursing /

Table of Contents: “…Foundations of integrative nursing. Concepts and principles of integrative nursing / Mary Koithan -- The integrated nurse: wholeness, self-discovery, and self-care / Janet F. …”
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The Poetry of Nursing : Poems and Commentaries of Leading Nurse-Poets.

Table of Contents: “…; Zona Pellucida; Mathematics; Jeanne Bryner; Coal Miner, Caples, WV, 1938; Siderails; In Praise of Hands; Early Farming Woman; Cortney Davis; The Nurse's Pockets; Heroics; The Good Nurse; Everything in Life Is Divided; How I'm Able to Love; Theodore Deppe; Admission, Children's Unit; For Don Corleone in Paradise; The Japanese Deer; Marisol; The Funeral March of Adolf Wölfi; Sandra Bishop Ebner; My Father's Violin; Size 8 Surgical Gloves; Daily Activity Log; If I Could Fly…”
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Rural nursing : concepts, theory, and practice /

Table of Contents: “…pt. I. The rural nursing theory base -- Rural nursing: developing the theory base -- Updating the rural nursing theory base -- Exploring rural nursing theory across borders -- pt. …”
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Nursing research : a Chinese perspective / by Chan, Zenobia C. Y.

Table of Contents: “…Historical development to nursing research / Y.K. Chan and Zenobia C.Y. Chan -- Overview on positivist paradigm and its application in nursing research / P.S. …”
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The Nurse Professional : Leveraging Your Education for Transition into Practice / by Hunt, Deborah Dolan

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; References; Preface; Acknowledgments; Share The Nurse Professional: Leveraging Your Education for Transition Into Practice; Part I: Foundations for Success; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview-World of Professional Nursing; Objectives; Historical Overview; Role of Nurse Generalist; Nurse Practice Act and Code of Ethics; Licensure Requirements; NCSBN Transition into Practice Model; Identify Key Components of the Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing Report; Career Paths; Summary; Discussion Questions; Suggested Learning Activities; References.…”
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Renal Nursing by Thomas, Nicola

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Renal Nursing -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 The History of Dialysis and Transplantation -- Learning Outcomes -- Introduction -- Haemodialysis (HD) -- The beginning -- Pre-1920 -- The 1920s -- The 1930s -- The 1940s and 1950s -- The 1950s -- The development of the dialyser -- The emergence of home haemodialysis -- The present -- Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) -- The catheter -- Peritoneal dialysis at home -- The beginning of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) -- Automated peritoneal dialysis -- Advances in peritoneal dialysis for special needs…”
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Nursing OSCEs : a Complete Guide to Exam Success. by Caballero, Catherine

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