Telecommunications for nurses : providing successful distance education and telehealth /

Table of Contents: “…Opportunities and challenges of telecommunications for nurses -- Ch. 2. Distance education: what was, what's here, and preparation for the future -- Ch. 3. …”
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Visual nursing : a guide to diseases, skills, and treatments.

Subjects: “…Nursing Atlases.…”
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Nursing the nation : building the nurse labor force / by Whelan, Jean C. (Jean Catherine)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Have cap will travel : how and why nurses became professionals -- Starting out : organizing the work and the profession -- Supplying nurses : the central registry business -- Surpluses, shortages and segregation -- Private duty's golden age -- The Great Depression : collapse, resurrection, and success -- More and more (and better) nurses -- Conclusion.…”
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Notes on nursing : what it is, and what it is not / by Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

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Nursing leadership : a concise encyclopedia /

Table of Contents: “…List of Entries; Editors' Bios; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Nursing Leadership: A Concise Encyclopedia A-Z; Index.…”
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The Nursing Profession : development, challenges, and opportunities. by Mason, Diana J.

Table of Contents: “…The Nursing Profession: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Editors' Introduction; Acknowledgments; Review of the Nursing Field; The Nursing Profession: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities; The History of Nursing and the Role of Nurses; 1. …”
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Nursing Stories : Life and Death in a German Hospice. by Eschenbruch, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…</strong>An Ethnographic Account of Everyday Hospice Care<br /><strong>Chapter 4. </strong>Nursing Stories -- Narrative Approaches to Hospice Life<br /><strong>Chapter 5. …”
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Nursing Practice Knowledge and Care. by Peate, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- How to Use Your Textbook -- About the Companion Website -- Unit 1: Contextualising the Art and Science of Nursing -- 1: Nursing: Past, Present and Future -- Introduction -- A Glance at the History of Nursing -- Pre-history -- Ancient History -- Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) -- Mary Seacole (1805-1881) -- The development of education and regulation for nurses -- The development of modern nursing -- Virginia Henderson (1897-1996)…”
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Ophthalmic Nursing. by Stollery, Rosalind

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Ophthalmic Patient; 2 The Ophthalmic Nurse; 3 Ophthalmic Nursing Procedures; 4 The Globe: a brief overview; 5 The Protective Structures; 6 The Lacrimal System and Tear Film; 7 The Conjunctiva; 8 The Cornea and Sclera; 9 The Uveal Tract; 10 Glaucoma; 11 The Crystalline Lens; 12 The Retina, Optic Nerve and Vitreous; 13 The Extra-ocular Muscles; 14 Ophthalmic Trauma; 15 Removal of an Eye; 16 Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease; 17 Ophthalmic Drugs; Appendix 1: Correction of Refractive Errors; Appendix 2: Contact Lenses; Glossary.…”
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Forensic nursing : a concise manual / by Garbacz Bader, Donna M.

Table of Contents: “…Forensic nursing ; Forensic nursing today ; Forensic nursing education guidelines and qualifications ; Educational foundation for forensic nursing practice ; Forensic science ; Coroners, medical examiners, and forensic pathologists ; Cause, manner, and mechanism of death / Donna Garbacz Bader -- Crime scene investigation / Matthias I. …”
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Nursing and humanities / by McCaffrey, Graham

Table of Contents: “…Nursing and the humanities: medical and health humanities -- Nursing and humanities: history and uses -- What is nursing? …”
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Nursing in Australia Contemporary Professional and Practice Insights. by Wilson, Nathan J.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- PART I: Nursing in the Australian context -- 1. Nursing in Australia: Nurse education, divisions and professional standards -- 2. …”
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Nurse as educator : principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice /

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Educating nurses : a call for radical transformation /

Table of Contents: “…A profession transformed -- Teaching and learning in clinical situations -- Teaching and learning in the classroom and skills lab -- A new approach to nursing education -- Paradigm case : Diane Pestolesi, practitioner and teacher -- Strategies for teaching for a sense of salience -- Paradigm case : Lisa Day, classroom and clinical instructor -- Developing a clinical imagination -- Connecting classroom and clinical through integrative teaching and learning -- Paradigm case : Sara Shannon, nurse ethicist -- Being a nurse -- Formation from a critical stance -- Improving nursing education at the program level.…”

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Fundamentals of nursing standards & practice / by DeLaune, Sue C. (Sue Carter)

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of nursing and nursing education -- Nursing theory -- Research and evidence-based practice -- Health care delivery, quality, and the continuum of care -- Critical thinking, decision making, and the nursing process -- Assessment -- Nursing diagnosis -- Planning and outcome identification -- Implementation -- Evaluation -- Leadership, delegation, and power -- Legal and ethical responsibilities -- Documentation and informatics -- Nursing, healing, and caring -- Communication -- Health and wellness promotion -- Family and community health -- The life cycle -- The older client -- Cultural diversity -- Client education -- Self-concept -- Stress, Anxiety, Adaptation, and change -- Spirituality -- Loss and grief -- Vital signs -- Physical assessment -- Diagnostic testing -- Safety, infection control, and hygiene -- Medication administration -- Complementary and alternative modalities -- Oxygenation -- Fluids and electrolytes -- Nutrition -- Comfort and sleep -- Mobility -- Skin integrity and wound healing -- Sensation, perception, and cognition -- Elimination -- Nursing care of the perioperative client.…”
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Gerontological nursing competencies for care /

Subjects: “…Geriatric nursing. sh 85054304…”
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Fundamentals of nursing : theory, concepts & applications / by Wilkinson, Judith M., 1946-

Subjects: “…Nursing. sh 85093362…”
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Holistic nursing a handbook for practice /

Table of Contents: “…Exploring Life's Meaning -- The Transpersonal Self -- Reawakening the Spirit in Daily Life -- Active Listening -- Ethics in Our Changing World -- The Web of Life -- The Evolving Process of Life's Dance -- Toward Wholeness -- Questioning the Rules of Science -- Toward the Inward Journey -- Human Care -- Building a Healthy Environment -- Sharing Our Healing Stories -- Working with Others -- Actualization of Human Potentials -- Changing Outcomes -- Healthy Disclosure -- Nourishing the Bodymind -- Moving Through Strength -- Releasing the Energy of the Playful Child -- Creating Receptive Quiet -- Modeling a Wellness Lifestyle -- Composing the Harmony -- Using Our Healing Hands -- Accepting Ourselves and Others -- Releasing Attachment -- Nourishing Wisdom -- Acknowledging Fear -- Changing One's World View -- Recovering and Maintaining the Self -- Healing Through the Senses -- Nursing Voices at St. Charles Medical Center -- Transformation of the Acute Health Care Environment.…”
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Communication for nurses : how to prevent harmful events and promote patient safety / by Schuster, Pamela McHugh, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Communication and patient safety : understanding the connection -- The patient-safe transformational model of communication -- Communicator perceptions, self-concept, and self-esteem within the core of the transformational model -- Creating common meaning to attain transformational outcomes -- Culture and gender issues in patient-safe communication -- Introduction to nurse-patient relationships -- Patient safety risk factors affecting communication climates -- The patient-safe communication strategy of touch -- The patient-safe communication strategy of humor -- Nurse-patient relationships during grief, mourning, and loss -- Patient-safe communication and patient education -- Patient safety communication risk factors in nursing work systems -- Health-care team collaborative patient-safe communication strategies.…”

Nurses and families a guide to family assessment and intervention / by Wright, Lorraine M., 1944-

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American nursing : a history of knowledge, authority, and the meaning of work / by D'Antonio, Patricia, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Nursing and physicians in nineteenth-century Philadelphia -- Competence, coolness, courage, and control -- They went nursing, in early twentieth-century America -- Wives, mothers, and nurses -- Race, place, and professional identity -- A tale of two associations : White and African American nurses in North Carolina -- Who is a nurse?.…”

Holistic nursing : scope and standards of practice.

Table of Contents: “…Overview of the scope and standards of holistic nursing -- Holistic nursing : scope of practice -- Standards of holistic nursing practice -- Standards of practice -- Standards of professional performance.…”
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Cardiac nursing

Subjects: “…Heart Diseases Nursing. sh 88003552…”
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Nursing diagnosis application to clinical practice /

Table of Contents: “…Section 1: The focus of nursing care. Nursing diagnoses: issues and controversies -- Development of nursing diagnosis -- Types and components of nursing diagnoses -- Nursing diagnosis: what it is, what it is not -- Planning care with nursing diagnosis -- Eleven steps to putting it all together --…”
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Nursing theories : a framework for professional practice / by Masters, Kathleen

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical nursing knowledge as the framework for practice. Introduction to theoretical nursing knowledge -- Nursing theory as a framework for professional practice. …”

Ethics in nursing cases, principles, and reasoning / by Benjamin, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Moral dilemmas and ethical inquiry -- Unavoidable topics in ethical theory -- Nurses and clients -- Recurring ethical issues in interprofessional relationships -- Ethical dilemmas among nurses -- Personal responsibility for institutional and public policy -- Cost containment, justice, and rationing.…”
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Informatics and nursing : opportunities and challenges / by Sewell, Jeanne P.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to nursing informatics : managing healthcare information -- Software : information management -- Understanding computer concepts : common features -- Computer networks -- Professional networking -- Word processing -- Presentation software : looking professional in the spotlight -- Spreadsheets : making numbers talk -- Databases : creating information from data -- The internet : a road to health evidence-based -- Practice information -- Finding knowledge in the digital library haystack -- Mobile computing : finding knowledge in the palm -- Of your hand -- The consumer and the electronic health record -- The empowered consumer -- Interoperability at the international and national level -- Nursing documentation : is it valuable? …”

Nursing diaries

Table of Contents: “…disc 1. Nursing diaries episode #1 -- disc 2. Nursing diaries episode #2 -- disc 3. …”

Pharmacology for nurses : a pathophysiologic approach / by Adams, Michael, 1951-

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Cancer nursing principles and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- Part 1: Cancer Problem -- 1: Biology of cancer / Carrie J Merkle -- Introduction -- Theories and research models of tumor development -- Properties of cancer and transformed cells, genetic influences associated with cancer -- Cell cycle -- Apoptosis -- Metastasis -- Conclusion -- References -- 2: Immunology / Janice Post-White; Susan M Bauer-Wu -- Introduction -- Overview -- Components of the immune system -- Mechanisms of adaptive immunity -- Tissue destruction from immune responses -- Factors affecting immune responses -- Implication for nursing practice -- References -- 3: Epidemiology / Alecia Malin Fair -- Introduction -- Basic considerations in epidemiological research -- Causes of cancer -- Biomakers -- Host characteristics influencing cancer susceptibility -- Psychoneuroimmunology and cancer risk -- Application of epidemiology to nursing practice -- References -- Part 2: Prevention, Detection, and Diagnosis -- 4: Cultural diversity among individuals with cancer / Joanne K Itano -- Introduction -- Ethnicity and cancer -- Nursing issues -- Resources -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Dynamics of cancer prevention / Judith J Smith; Barbara K Dunn -- Introduction -- Cancer prevention principles -- Cancer prevention strategies -- Cancer prevention and public policy -- Cancer prevention challenges -- Nursing implications -- References -- 6: Screening and detection for asymptomatic individuals / Suzanne M Mahon -- Introduction -- Conceptual considerations in cancer screening -- Cancer risk assessment: the first step in the cancer screening process -- Oral communication of risk -- -- Measures of the accuracy of screening tests -- Implementing cancer screening -- Nursing implications -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Genetic risk and hereditary cancer syndromes / Jennifer T Loud; Sadie P Hutson -- Introduction -- Cancer nursing practice and hereditary cancer syndromes -- Vocabulary of hereditary cancer syndromes for oncology nurses -- Characteristics of hereditary cancer syndromes -- Ethical, legal and social implications of predisposition genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes -- Risk assessment of cancer susceptibility -- Cancer risk assessment models -- Genetic counseling -- Selected hereditary cancer syndromes -- Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes -- Hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes -- Multiple endocrine neoplasia -- Li-Fraumeni syndrome -- Future direction of nursing practice and research -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 7-1: Cancer genetics resources: an organizational guide -- 8: Diagnostic evaluation, classification, and staging / Wendy H Vogel -- Introduction -- Goals and factors affecting the diagnostic approach -- Diagnostic approach -- Classification and nomenclature -- Staging and grading classifications -- Nursing implications -- Future trends -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 3: Treatment -- 9: Quality of life as an outcome of cancer care / Carol Estwing Ferrans; Eileen Danaher Hacker -- Introduction -- Quality of life as a prognostic indicator -- Using quality of life information in cancer care -- Using quality of life questionnaires in clinical practice -- What is quality of life? …”
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Nurses in war : voices from Iraq and Afghanistan / by Scannell-Desch, Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Historical roots of U.S. military nursing -- Deploying to war : an uncertain future -- Nurses in harm's way : more than I bargained for -- Living conditions : a mixed bag -- My work place : a plane, a tent, or a trailer -- Diversions from war : a piece of home -- Remembrance of war : most chaotic scene -- War memories : sensations etched in my mind -- My warrior patients -- Caring for the enemy -- Children caught in the chaos of war -- My wartime nursing stress : I am a different person now -- Kinship and bonding : my military family -- Professional growth : expanding my knowledge, skills, and abilities -- Women's health and hygiene experiences -- Parental separation -- Homecoming : a difficult adjustment -- Listen to me : advice to deploying nurses.…”

Nursing diagnoses definitions and classification 2012-14 /

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Nurses at Risk

Table of Contents: “…Chinese-Language Introduction (2:32) -- Elements of Nursing (2:09) -- Factors of Nursing Stress (2:40) -- Coping Techniques of Stress: Nutrition (4:41) -- Coping Techniques of Stress: Exercise (2:47) -- Coping Techniques of Stress: Mental Nurturing (1:40) -- Other Ways to Combat Stress (3:46) -- Dangerous Situations (4:10) -- Co-Dependency (4:31) -- End of Part 1 (0:06) -- Beginning of Part 2 (1:23) -- Nurses are Vulnerable to Crime (2:14) -- Women and Crime: Street Harassment (4:01) -- Are You an Easy Target? …”
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Celebrating nurses : a visual history / by Hallett, Christine E.

Table of Contents: “…Beginnings -- The nineteenth century -- The twentieth century -- Nursing today and tomorrow.…”
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The American nurse : photographs and interviews / by Jones, Carolyn (Carolyn Elizabeth)

Subjects: “…Nurses United States Pictorial works. sh 92002021…”

Nursing Assessment Coping with the Challenge of Treatment /

Table of Contents: “…Understanding Treatment Challenges (1:07) -- APGAR Assessment Model (0:44) -- APGAR Role Play (1:14) -- Adequate Caregiving Coping Skills (3:58) -- Inadequate Caregiving Coping Skills (1:49) -- Nursing Interventions (0:49) -- Nurse Intervention Role Play (1:25) -- Listening to Caregivers' Needs (1:07) -- APGAR Family Review (0:28) -- Credits: Nursing Assessment: Coping with the Challenge of Treatment - Cancer as a Family Diagnosis (0:21)…”
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The Nursing Process

Table of Contents: “…Problems Faced by Student Nurse (3:05) -- Organizing Patient Care (3:39) -- Difficult Patient (1:41) -- Student Nurse Cares for Patients (2:55) -- Nurse/Patient Relationship (2:24) -- Seeking Help from a Supervisor (2:40) -- Nursing Process: Assessment (2:28) -- Nursing Process: Analysis & Nursing Diagnosis (2:50) -- Nursing Process: Planning & Setting Goals (1:52) -- Nursing Process: Intervention & Implementation (4:09) -- Nursing Process: Evaluation (2:19) -- Credits: The Nursing Process (0:35)…”
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Psychiatric nursing : Assessment, Care Plans, and Medications. by Townsend, Mary

Table of Contents: “…The foundation for planning psychiatric nursing care. The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Unit two. …”
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Nursing research reading, using, and creating evidence / by Houser, Janet, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Research as evidence for nursing practice -- Research process and ways of knowing -- Legal and ethical considerations in research and EBP -- Finding problems and writing questions -- The successful literature review -- Selecting a design -- Sampling strategy -- Measurement and data collection -- Enhancing validity -- Descriptive questions and procedures -- Descriptive data analysis -- Quantitative questions and procedures -- Quantitative analysis -- Qualitative questions and procedures -- Qualitative analysis -- Translating research into practice.…”
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