Community nursing Books

Book SynopsisOffers a practical approach that helps you to learn and apply core concepts of community and public health nursing. This title provides numerous real-life examples that demonstrate your roles and responsibilities as a community health nurse.Trade Review"This book is intended mainly for degree nursing students, but it is also useful to those returning to nursing practise...One of the book's strengths is the focus on the family, and the micro culture within it...I would reccommend this book as a useful reference to anyone who needs to consider the global perspective." Journal of Community Nursing, March 2010 Table of ContentsUnit 1: Role and Context of Community/Public Health Nursing Practice 1. Responsibilities for Care in Community/Public Health Nursing 2. Origins and Future of Community/Public Health Nursing 3. The United States Health Care System 4. Financing of Health Care: Context for Community/Public Health Nursing 5. Global Health 6. Legal Context for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice Unit 2: Core Concepts for the Practice of Community/Public Health Nursing 7. Epidemiology: Unraveling the Mysteries of Disease and Health 8. Communicable Diseases 9. Environmental Health Risks: At Home, at Work, and in the Community 10. Relevance of Culture and Values for Community/Public Health Nursing Unit 3: Family as Client 11. Home Visit: Opening the Doors for Family Health 12. A Family Perspective in Community/Public Health Nursing 13. Family Case Management 14. Multiproblem Families Unit 4: Community as Client 15. Community Assessment 16. Community Diagnosis, Planning, and Intervention 17. Evaluation of Nursing Care with Communities Unit 5: Tools for Practice 18. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction in the Community 19. Screening and Referral 20. Health Teaching Unit 6: Contemporary Problems in Community/Public Health Nursing 21. Vulnerable Populations 22. Disaster Management: Caring for Communities in an Emergency 23. Violence: A Social and Family Problem 24. Adolescent Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy 25. Substance Use Disorders Unit 7: Support for Special Populations 26. Rehabilitation Clients in the Community 27. Children in the Community 28. Elderly Persons in the Community Unit 8: Settings for Community/Public Health Nursing Practice 29. State and Local Health Departments 30. School Health 31. Home Health Care 32. Rural Health 33. Community Mental Health

Read more less

Book SynopsisWe live in a rapidly aging world, in which people who are 60 years and older outnumber children under the age of five. This book reveals growing gaps in care for older adults in countries at all income levels and shows how to leverage reforms for improving health outcomes for older adults and create healthier, more prosperous communities.

Read more less

Book Synopsis A touching and warm-hearted memoir of a young health visitor in postwar England, for fans of Call the Midwife and The Language of Kindness. After serving as a nurse in WW2, Molly Corbally joined the brand new NHS and became one of the first official District Health Visitors, attending to mothers and babies from all walks of life in the picturesque village near Coventry she came to call home. Social work was uncharted territory at the time, and Britain was very much worse for wear - TB, polio, measles and whooping cough were just some of the hazards new babies faced. Social conditions could also add to the problems, at a time when poverty and alcoholism were rife. Armed with only her nursing training, her common sense and a desire to serve, Molly set out to win over a community and provide a new and valuable service in times of great change. As well as the challenges there was also joy and laughter, from the woman who finally had a baby after fiTrade ReviewA great discovery ... a wonderfully intimate sense of everyday life in a now-vanished Britain * Reader's Digest *Enchanting * Sunday Post *

Read more less

Book SynopsisEvery day for the next twenty years, more than 10,000 people in the United States will turn 65. With life expectancies increasing as well, many of these Americans will eventually require round-the-clock attention. The author examines the world of the fast-growing elder care industry.Trade Review"Labors of Love is without parallel in the nursing home literature. No other ethnographer has written in such a finely detailed way about the worlds of nursing home managers. In this book, Jason Rodriquez spells out in riveting detail how nursing home managers respond to a system that incentivizes dependence and incapacity rather than independence and restorative care, how they must put on a show" for state inspectors that does not and cannot reflect the reality of normal day-to-day operations, and how the current regulatory framework actively discourages authentic emotional relationships between caregivers and recipients. Labors of Love will change the terms of the national debate about nursing homes." -- Steven Lopez,author of Reorganizing the Rust Belt: An Inside Study of the American Labor Movement"Full of rich and absorbing material, this well-written and sensitively drawn ethnographic study provides important insights into the conflicts, contradictions, and constraints involved in the operation of nursing homes and the care work that takes place in them. A valuable and welcome addition to the literature on emotional labor, workplace organization, and long-term care." -- Nancy Foner,author of The Caregiving Dilemma: Work in an American Nursing Home"[Rodriquez] describes the conflicts, constraints, and competition between nursing home caregivers and administration, as well as the reality of a government bureaucracy (Medicare/Medicaid) that defines client care, encourages fraud, and creates a scenario in which cost outweighs client care...[A] well-written, interesting book." * Choice *"Labors of Loveis accessible and appropriate for a range of student and scholarly audiences. Rodriquez is a reflexive ethnographer who is relatable and human in his narrative." * Contemporary Sociology *"Labors of Love is a compelling indictment of the contemporary nursing home industry. Might morals and markets ever be aligned more humanely in the nursing home industry? Perhaps it would be easier to search for a fountain of youth." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Locating Nursing Home Care Work 1 1 Making the Most of Medicaid 21 2 Staging the Inspections 37 3 Documenting Conflict 57 4 The Costs of Doing Business 77 5 Feeding Residents on a Starving Budget 101 6 The Uses of Emotions 115 7 Making Sense of Death and Abuse at Work 139 8 Connecting Quality of Life and Quality of Work 155 Appendix: From the Poorhouse to the Skilled Nursing Facility 169 Notes 175 References 185 Index 197 About the Author 207

Read more less

Book Synopsis Community As Partner: Theory and Practice in Nursing, 8th Edition offers a foundational overview of the concepts of epidemiology, environment, culture, ethics, empowerment, health policy, informatics, bioterrorism, and emerging infectious diseases as they relate to community health. Authors and theorists Dr. Anderson and Dr. McFarlane of the Community As Partner Model arm students with the “how to” knowledge they need to apply the nursing process to an entire community, and take readers through the entire nursing process with a real-life community as an example! Anderson offers a handbook with practical skills that ACHNE has outlined as essential for generalist nurses, including how to do a community assessment, how to analyze data, how to form a community nursing diagnosis, as well as how to plan, implement, and evaluate a community health program. Community As Partner analyzes the relationship between globalization and health, and inspires students to contrib

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn this revealing look at home care, Cynthia J. Cranford illustrates how elderly and disabled people and the immigrant women workers who assist them in daily activities develop meaningful relationships even when their different ages, abilities, races, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds generate tension. As Cranford shows, workers can experience devaluation within racialized and gendered class hierarchies, which shapes their pursuit of security. Cranford analyzes the tensions, alliances, and compromises between security for workers and flexibility for elderly and disabled people, and she argues that workers and recipients negotiate flexibility and security within intersecting inequalities in varying ways depending on multiple interacting dynamics. What comes through from Cranford''s analysis is the need for deeply democratic alliances across multiple axes of inequality. To support both flexible care and secure work, she argues for an intimate community unionisTrade ReviewCranford's in-depth, thought-provoking, and insightful work is an important read not only for scholars of care work and labor, but also for activists, social workers, and organizers outside of academia who are interested in building alliances of care. * New Books Network *Home Care Fault Lines provides an innovative and essential analysis of the politics of community-based personal and attendant care and demonstrates the power of sociological analysis to inform policy and promote social justice. * American Journal of Sociology *In Home Care Fault Lines, Cynthia Cranford has written an ambitious and pathbreaking book. More than ever before, we cannot ignore the glaring need to invest in the home care sector in a way that is responsive to the needs of both care workers and recipients of care. Luckily, just in time, Cranford's book has provided us with an insightful analysis of how to do just that. * Contemporary Sociology *We can expect Home Care Fault Lines to become a pivotal reference for international care scholarship. * International Journal of Care and Caring *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Tenions between Flexibility and Security 1. Gender, Migration, and the Purist of Security 2. Disability and the Quest for Flexibility 3. Managing Flexibility without Security in Toronto's Direct Funding 4. Negotiating Flexibility with Security in Los Angeles's In-Home Supportive Services 5. Agency-Led Flexibility and Insecurity in Toronto's Home Care 6. Bargaining for Security with Flexibility in Toronto's Attendant Services 7. Toward Flexible Care and Secure Work in Intimate Labor

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn this revealing look at home care, Cynthia J. Cranford illustrates how elderly and disabled people and the immigrant women workers who assist them in daily activities develop meaningful relationships even when their different ages, abilities, races, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds generate tension. As Cranford shows, workers can experience devaluation within racialized and gendered class hierarchies, which shapes their pursuit of security. Cranford analyzes the tensions, alliances, and compromises between security for workers and flexibility for elderly and disabled people, and she argues that workers and recipients negotiate flexibility and security within intersecting inequalities in varying ways depending on multiple interacting dynamics. What comes through from Cranford''s analysis is the need for deeply democratic alliances across multiple axes of inequality. To support both flexible care and secure work, she argues for an intimate community unionisTrade ReviewCranford's in-depth, thought-provoking, and insightful work is an important read not only for scholars of care work and labor, but also for activists, social workers, and organizers outside of academia who are interested in building alliances of care. * New Books Network *Home Care Fault Lines provides an innovative and essential analysis of the politics of community-based personal and attendant care and demonstrates the power of sociological analysis to inform policy and promote social justice. * American Journal of Sociology *In Home Care Fault Lines, Cynthia Cranford has written an ambitious and pathbreaking book. More than ever before, we cannot ignore the glaring need to invest in the home care sector in a way that is responsive to the needs of both care workers and recipients of care. Luckily, just in time, Cranford's book has provided us with an insightful analysis of how to do just that. * Contemporary Sociology *We can expect Home Care Fault Lines to become a pivotal reference for international care scholarship. * International Journal of Care and Caring *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Tenions between Flexibility and Security 1. Gender, Migration, and the Purist of Security 2. Disability and the Quest for Flexibility 3. Managing Flexibility without Security in Toronto's Direct Funding 4. Negotiating Flexibility with Security in Los Angeles's In-Home Supportive Services 5. Agency-Led Flexibility and Insecurity in Toronto's Home Care 6. Bargaining for Security with Flexibility in Toronto's Attendant Services 7. Toward Flexible Care and Secure Work in Intimate Labor

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book provides an accessible overview of the care and management of people living with a long-term condition. Develop your skills and knowledge of the particularities of working with this group, including supporting self-care and self-management as well as providing care for those with complex needs, comorbidities and palliative care. Key features Each chapter is mapped to the 2018 NMC standards Structured sequentially to follow the journey an individual with an LTC might take, from diagnosis through to palliative care Case students and activities relate theory and research to your own experiences and practice Table of ContentsChapter 1: Long Term Conditions Across the Lifespan Chapter 2: The Nurse-Patient Relationship in Long Term Conditions Chapter 3: Health Promotion in Long Term Conditions Chapter 4: Self-management in Long Term Conditions Chapter 5: Quality of Life and Symptom Management in Long Term Conditions Chapter 6: Managing Complex Care in Long Term Conditions Chapter 7: Palliative Care in Long Term Conditions

Read more less

Book SynopsisYour best tool to optimize patient care by minimizing restraint use Frontline nurses face fraught decisions every day about whether and how to use restraints in dementia care. They need to consider many complicated issues: legislation governing the use of restraints, the policies of health-care facilities, the expectations of families, and--most importantly--the well-being, dignity, and safety of patients and care providers. Frontline nurses need the right support to navigate decisions about restraint use. Dr. Atul Sunny Luthra and his colleagues have developed an algorithm to provide that support. Their work comes from focus-group consultations with frontline staff, a review of current literature on restraint use, and a clear summary of key legislation. The algorithm's systematic approach ensures restraints are a last-resort measure, and puts the right steps in place when restraints are necessary. This short guide includes: A review of nurses' perspectives on restraint use. Alternatives to restraints in patient management and assessment of clinical indicators for restraint use. Procedures to ensure informed consent when restraints are necessary. A reference on appropriate and inappropriate restraint use in everyday clinical situations.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis revised edition looks to the future of public health nursing and provides essential guidance in the form of standards and competencies for generalist and the advanced public health nurse. It is a must-have title for public health nursing practitioners, educators, students, researchers and others directly involved in public health. Employers, insurers, lawyers, regulators, policy makers and stakeholders will find value in referencing this publication.Table of Contents Scope of Public Health Nursing Practice Public Health Nursing: Past, Present, and Future Definition of Public Health Nursing Public Health Nursing Practice: Focus on Population Health The Art and Science of Public Health Nursing: A Synergy Public Health Nursing Standards and Core Competencies Essential Public Health Services Principles of Public Health Nursing Practice Core Elements of Public Health Nursing A Synergy of Systems Public Health Nursing Practice: Application and Context Evidence-Based Practice Practice Environments Characteristics of Recipients of Public Health Nursing Services Professional Partners and Collaboration Tiers (Levels) of Public Health Nursing Practice Influences on Public Health Nursing Practice Institute of Medicine (IOM) Reports National Health Initiatives Global Public Health Nursing Initiatives Ethical Considerations Education and Preparation Issues and Trends in Public Health Nursing Necessary Knowledge Base for Public Health Nursing Public Health Department Accreditation Digital Technology in Communication and Information Use and Management Summary of the Scope of Public Health Nursing Practice Standards of Professional Public Health Nursing Practice Standards of Practice for Public Health Nursing Standard 1. Assessment Standard 2. Population Diagnosis and Priorities Standard 3. Outcomes Identification Standard 4. Planning Standard 5. Implementation Standard 5A. Coordination of Care Standard 5B. Health Teaching and Health Promotion Standard 5C. Consultation Standard 5D. Prescriptive Authority Standard 5E. Regulatory Activities Standard 6. Evaluation Standards of Professional Performance for Public Health Nursing Standard 7. Ethics Standard 8. Education Standard 9. Evidence-Based Practice and Research Standard 10. Quality of Practice Standard 11. Communication Standard 12. Leadership Standard 13. Collaboration Standard 14. Professional Practice Evaluation Standard 15. Resource Utilization Standard 16. Environmental Health Standard 17. Advocacy Glossary References and Bibliography Appendix A. Crosswalk of the Tier 1 Core Competencies for Public Health Nursing and Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Ed. Appendix B. Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2007)

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis text presents foundational concepts pivotal to delivering nursing care in the community setting, with specific attention to the NLN competencies for community-based nursing care. The author examines the variety of settings and situations in which the community-based nurse provides care, highlighting cultural diversities in the patient populations, and emphasizing interactions between the individual and the family.Some exciting features of the 5th edition include: The Nurse Speaks/The Nursing Student Speaks is a real-life, clinical, community-based nursing example opening each chapter. Healthy People 2020, the foundation for the nation's 10-year health objectives, is examined and applied wherever relevant, providing the most up-to-date information on community issues such as access to care, obesity, emerging infectious diseases, technological advances, and alternative complementary therapies. Client Situations in Practice boxes examine real life community-based nursing situations and solutions specific to each chapter's content. Assessment Tools boxes provide opportunities to apply learning and test knowledge gained.

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn 2008, in an effort to provide helpful information to consumers and improve provider quality, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed and implemented the Five-Star Quality Rating System (Five-Star System). The Five-Star System assigns each nursing home an overall rating and three component ratingshealth inspections, staffing, and quality measuresbased on the extent to which the nursing home meets CMSs quality standards and other measures. The rating scale ranges from one to five stars, with more stars indicating higher quality. This book examines how CMS developed and implemented the Five-Star System and what key methodological decisions were made during development; the circumstances under which CMS considers modifying the Five-Star System; and the extent to which CMS has established plans to help ensure it achieves its goals for the Five-Star System.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFor more than a decade, The Art and Practice of Home Visiting has been a go?to guide for effective, culturally sensitive home visits with young children and families. Now reframed as a textbook for a new generation of home visitors, this second edition includes student?friendly features, downloadable course companion materials, and fresh content on timely topics.Presenting a collaborative, family?centered approach to home visiting, Cook and Sparks prepare preservice professionals to form respectful and productive partnerships with caregivers and help each unique family reach their specific goals. Future home visitors will get practical, in?depth guidance on all the complex issues they'll face in their work with families and children, including implementing evidence?based practice; providing trauma?informed care; and addressing challenges with sleep, feeding, and behavior.A foundational text for future professionals—and an ideal source of wisdom and guidance for in?service practitioners—this book will help all home visitors master the art and practice of effective home visiting with today's diverse families.WHAT'S NEW: New student-friendly features: Learning Outcomes and Read?Reflect?Discuss Questions in each chapter, case studies, chapter summaries, and a glossary Expanded focus on all home visitors working with children with and without disabilities New and updated content on critical topics, such as resolving barriers to successful home visits and working with culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse families Expanded table of contents for easy navigation Increased focus on family?centered home visiting and the home visitor as a collaborative coach and partner for the family A complete package of downloadable companion materials for faculty ONLINE COMPANION MATERIALS: Faculty members will easily integrate this book into their courses with the online companion materials, including a sample syllabus, test bank, and PowerPoint outlines.TOPICS COVERED: history of home visiting collaboration with diverse families formal and informal assessment evidence-based intervention trauma-informed care and the pandemic the structure of effective home visits facilitation of caregiver-child relationships family empowerment interpreters and translators cross-cultural conflicts legal, ethical, and personal safety concerns common challenges such as sleep, feeding, and behavior different types of families, including military families, teenage parents, and immigrant families children with specific disorders, such as autism, Down syndrome, and motor challenges Table of Contents About the Downloads About the Authors About the Contributor Foreword  By Kathy Wahl From a Mother to Her Home Visitors Preface Acknowledgements Section I Chapter 1: An Overview of Home Visiting Learning Outcomes History of Home Visiting  Eradication of Poverty by Changing Environmental Conditions  Massive Arrival of Immigrants  Rapid Transformation of Society  Early Home Visitors  Lessons from The Past Home Visiting Today  Competencies Needed  Home Visitors as Coaches  Remote Home Visiting Philosophy and Approach to Home Visiting  Approaches to Home Visiting   Child Focused   Family Focused   Collaborative Team Evidence-Based Practice  Critical Needs Positively Impacted by Home Visiting   Healthy Babies   Safe Homes and Nurturing Relationships   Optimal Early Learning and Long-Term Academic Achievement   Self-Sufficient Parents Cultural Influences Summar Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 2: Collaborating with Families Learning Outcomes Family Reaction to Vulnerability and Crisis  Increased Stress Levels  Denial Can Be A Friend Viewing the Family as a Whole Understanding Familes as Systems  Family Structure  Cultural Orientation  Individualism Vs Collectivism  Family Dynamics   Sensitive Responsiveness   Family-Orchestrated Child Experiences   Health and Safety  Fathers   Strategies to Engage Fathers  Siblings Family Functions Strategies to Facilitate Family Empowerment  Developing Empathy  Achieving Empathy  Asking Questions  Listening Attentively and With Reflection  Avoid Jargon  Phrase Negative Information Carefully  Respecting Family Preferences  Preparing Families for Change  Focusing on Strengths, Achievements and Desires  Identifying Strategies That Will Help Families Achieve Desired Outcomes Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Section II Chapter 3: Building Home Visitor:Family Relationships Learning Outcomes First Impressions  Personal Characteristics of The Home Visitor  Emotional Needs of Both Families and Home Visitors The Initial Visit  Greeting  Hand Cleansing  Act Like You Are A Guest in The Home  Blending Cultures  Getting Down to Business  Connecting with Siblings Other Home Visitor Behaviors That Build Relationships  Be Reliable  Abandon Your Agenda  Observe Yourself Developing A Plan of Intervention with The Family  Identifying the Family’s Most Important Concerns  Explain and Summarize All Assessment Results   Summarize and Prioritize Assisting the Family with Implementation of The Plan  Information and Services   On-Line Information   Resource Supports   Social Supports Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 4: Facilitating Parent‐Child Relationships Learning Outcomes The Caregiver‐Infant Relationship  Relationship Terminology Types of Attachment  Secure Attachment  Ambivalent Attachment  Avoidant Attachment  Disorganized Attachment  Interference with Attachment—Parents  Interference with Attachment—Infants Parent‐Infant Interactions  Infant Communication Signals   Eye Gaze   Joint Attention   Gestures   Reciprocity Interactional Patterns of Children with Unique Needs  What to Consider When Encouraging Caregiver‐Infant Attachment  Adult‐Adult Dyadic Interactions  Intervention When Caregiver‐Infant Interaction Signals Are Unique The Infant Mental Health Model (IMH)  Carefully Observe the Evidence of Attachment Behaviors  Establishing Interaction Through Reciprocity   Serve and Return   Establishing Attachment Through Feeding   Establishing Attachment Through Play Intervention in A Cultural Context Reflecting on Success as A Home Visitor  Green Flags of Effective Visits  Red Flags of Ineffective Visits Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 5: Structure of Home Visitations Learning Outcomes Before Home Visiting Begins  Assessment for Program Planning and Monitoring   Formal Assessment   Informal Assessment  Factors to Be Considered in Interpretation of Assessment Home Visiting Activities  Format of Home Visits   Upon Arrival   What's New?   Today's Activities   Where to Begin?   Toy Bag or Not?   Reflect and Plan for The Next Visit   What's Coming Up?   Anything Else?   Good‐Bye  Elements of A Home Visit   Upon Arrival   What's New?   Today's Activities   Where to Begin?   Toy Bag or Not?   Reflect and Plan for The Next Visit   What's Coming Up?   Anything Else?   Good‐Bye Approaches to Intervention  Home Visitor Direct Approach   Unique Role of Modeling  The Eight Steps of Modeling   Applied Behavior Analysis (Aba)   Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI)  Home Visitor Indirect Approach   Family‐Guided Routine Based Intervention  Points to Keep in Mind  Problems to Avoid  Direct Vs Indirect Approaches  Home Visitors as Coaches  Parents as Interventionists Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Section III Chapter 6: Specific Family Challenges Learning Outcomes Adverse Childhood Experiences  Trauma Informed Care and the 2020 Pandemic  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Parents with Mental Health Challenges  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Parents with Cognitive Disabilities  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Teenage Parents  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Foster and Adoptive Parents  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Grandparents In The Role Of Parents  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Military Families  Military Families are Resilient  Military Family Separations are Difficult and Complicated  Most Military Parents Were Not Military Children  Change is Constant  Peers can Pave the Way for Service Members  Military Lingo  Not Everyone in Uniform has Access to the Same Programs  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Poverty  Homelessness  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Immigrant And Refugee Families  Avoiding Communication/Cultural Barriers with Effective Interpreters/Translators  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 7: Responding to Children's Challenges Learning Outcomes Primary and Secondary Conditions Daily Challenges Feeding  Oral‐Motor‐Skill Deficits  Feeding within the Cultural Context  Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder  Children on Gastrostomy Tubes  Need for a Feeding Specialist  Role of the Home Visitor   Structure   Social Modeling   Behavioral Treatment   Make Foods Manageable   Encourage Children to Use Their Cognitive Skills  Potential Resources Sleeping  Sleep Routines within the Cultural Context  Need for Concern about Sleep Disturbances  Signs of Possible Problems with Sleep  Role of the Home Visitor   Establishing a Consistent Bedtime Routine  Potential Resources Speech and Language Challenges  Characteristics of a Possible Language Disorder  Characteristics of a Possible Articulation Disorder  Characteristics of a Possible Fluency Disorder  Role of the Home Visitor   Imitation   Taking Turns   Shared Regard   Play Games  Potential Resources Hearing Challenges  Types of Hearing Loss  Role of the Home Visitor Medically Fragile  Staying Healthy  Multiple Challenges  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Visual Challenges  Self‐stimulating Behaviors  Language Development with Children with Visual Challenges  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 8: Enduring Challenges With Carole Osselear Learning Outcomes Common Enduring Challenges Motor Challenges  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Developmental Challenges  Cultural Differences in Developmental Challenges  Down Syndrome  Pointers for Working with Children with Down Syndrome  Role of the Home Visitor Autism Spectrum Disorders  The Autism Spectrum   Facilitating a Diagnosis   Responding When Parents Suspect ASD   Responding When Parents Look for Answers  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder  Diagnosis  Symptoms of FASD are Variable   Intervention Concepts  Role of the Home Visitor  Potential Resources Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss Chapter 9: Personal Concerns of the Home Visitor Learning Outcomes Ethical Issues  Confidentiality  Boundaries  Cross-cultural Conflicts Agency Guidelines  Home Visitor—Agency or Legal Issues Boundaries in Family Service Noncooperative Families  Making Compromises  Discontinuing Visits Personal Safety Nurturing the Nurturer Personal Organization Summary Read‐Reflect‐Discuss References Appendixes  Appendix A: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — Heads Up  Appendix B: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Crawler-Creeper  Appendix C: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Cruiser  Appendix D: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Walker  Appendix E: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Doer  Appendix F: Infant Development from Birth to 3 Years — The Tester  Appendix G: Speech and Language Development of Infants and Young Children  Appendix H: Home Visit Record Form  Appendix I: Toys Cleverly Disguised as Household Items  Appendix J: Guidelines for Referral: Red Flags  Appendix K: Suggested Resources (by Subject) Glossary Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe ideal "how-to" book for harnessing the power of the nurse-family relationship!Use the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models to assess families effectively and know when and how to intervene to reduce suffering and promote health. They are easy to-apply and practical models for nurses working with a wide variety of complex issues and family structures. You’ll develop the knowledge you need to prepare, conduct, and document family interviews while you also hone your skills to use questions more effectively. You’ll also learn how to avoid the three most common errors in family nursing and how to conduct a 15-minute interview. Revised & Updated! Applications of the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models to today’s complex health care environments and the evolving family New & Expanded! Coverage of diverse groups, pluralism, and cultural dynamics Expanded! Focus on the family within society and the challenges facing families today, including the pandemic and post-pandemic outcomes, bullying, violence, crime, and drugs Expanded! Content on nursing interventions to improve outcomes for the person with the disorder or illness by improving family engagement and effectiveness Detailed clinical guidelines for preparing, conducting, and documenting a family interview Clinical case examples that reflect the diversity of families in society today and the issues encountered in a variety of practice settings, including hospital, primary care, school, community, outpatient, and the home Case scenarios with reflective questions that use the nursing process and illustrate the connection between the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models Table of Contents Introduction 1.Family Assessment and Intervention: An Overview 2.Theoretical Foundations of the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models 3.The Calgary Family Assessment Model 4.The Calgary Family Intervention Model 5.Family Nursing Interviews: Stages and Skills 6.How to Prepare for Family Interviews 7.How to Conduct Family Interviews 8.How to Use Questions in Family Interviewing 9.How to Do a 15-Minute (or Shorter) Family Interview 10.How to Move Beyond Basic Family Nursing Skills 11.How to Avoid the Three Most Common Errors in Family Nursing 12.How to Terminate with Families 13.Pulling It All Together References

Read more less

Book SynopsisHow do you solve population-level health problems, develop nursing inventions, and apply them to clinical practice?This problem-solving, case-based approach shows you how to apply public health knowledge across all settings and populations. You’ll encounter different case studies in every chapter as you explore concepts such as community assessments, public health policy, and surveillance. Step by step, you’ll develop the knowledge and skills you need to apply public health principles across a variety of health care settings, special populations, and scenarios, and to evaluate their effectiveness. New! Healthy People 2030 boxes that present its goals and objectives and discuss how to apply them to everyday work settings New & Expanded! Content on communicable diseases and pandemics and how they affect the structure of public health, plus updated coverage of the social determinants of health and vulnerable populations New! “Why It Matters” boxes exploring the clinical nurse’s role in public and community health and illustrating the application of theory to practice Three case studies in each chapter, “Solving the Mystery,” “Applying Public Health Science,” and one at the end of the chapter to provide examples of the step-by-step processes that enable you to apply public health principles in the real world Four simulation scenarios (facilitator and participant versions) that cover hot topics tied to problem-based learning as well as a new simulation scenario covering social determinants of health Coverage of public health nursing competencies and roles that highlights national standards in public health “Evidence-Based Practice” boxes illustrating how research and its resulting evidence support and inform public health nursing practice Callout boxes in each chapter highlighting relevant Healthy People 2030 information, evidence-based practice, and rate calculations Problem-based learning approach featuring exercises such as critical-thinking and end-of-chapter questions to enhance your skills and enable you to apply what you’re learning Table of Contents I. Basis for Public Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills 1.Public Health and Nursing Practice 2.Optimizing Population Health 3.Epidemiology and Nursing Practice 4.Introduction to Community Assessment 5.Health Program Planning 6.Environmental Health II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues 7.Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health 8.Health and Vulnerable Populations 9.Communicable Diseases 10.Noncommunicable Diseases 11.Mental Health 12.Substance Use and the Health of Communities 13.Injury and Violence III. Public Health Planning 14.Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments 15.Health Planning for Acute Care Settings 16.Health Planning for Primary Care Settings 17.Health Planning with Rural and Urban Communities 18.Health Planning for Maternal-Infant and Child Health Settings 19.Health Planning for School Settings 20.Health Planning for Occupational and Environmental Health 21.Health Planning, Public Health Policy, and Finance 22.Health Planning for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management

Read more less

Book SynopsisAn inspiring travel adventure memoir that explores a young woman's quest to live life on the front lines, chasing adventure, and confronting the harsh realities of crisis work in Asia and Africa.In 1975, a time of new freedom for women, Ella Harvey lived in Paris, worked as a nurse in war-torn Lebanon, and fell in love in Istanbul. Jostled between cultures, between love and loss, she found her way home. A year later, restless once again, she set off alone for India, a land of unsettling contradictions. A solo trek in the Himalayas completed that Asian journey.By 1980 Ella was working for the International Red Cross, immersed in the heart-wrenching tragedy of a Cambodian refugee camp, and later that same year with the nomadic Issa in the drought-ridden desert of Djibouti, Africa. Faced with the immensity of poverty and suffering, her commitment to service was shaken.Four decades later, in 2019, Ella returned to India, asking herself as an older woman, Would I dare do now what I readily did then? A Time of Light and Shadow explores one woman's complicity in privilege, a troubled past with her mother, and reflections on solitude and friendship, youth and aging, longing and belonging.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book explores the theory and practice of the developing innovative practice of 'co-production' - a model of service in which users of a service will play an active and participatory role in the service provided to them, adopting a working partnership.Examples of methods and services designed on co-production principles are given by the experienced contributors, including housing initiatives in which the users, rather than professionals, provide support to each other and criminal justice settings in which offenders participate in active restorative justice programmes.Drawing together key figures in the field of social care, this book is important reading for social care practitioners and service providers wanting to stay up to date on the latest developments in the field , as well as academics, researchers and students.Trade ReviewCo-Production and Personalisation in Social Care has at its core a focus on the value of working in partnership with service users and treating disabled people with respect and as actors who are involved in co-producing their own situations and futures, rather than as 'problems' and passive recipients of professionally decided servides. -- Ethics and Social WelfareDrawing together key researchers and practitioners, this book will be essential reading for social care practitioners and service providers, academics, researchers and students. -- Handicap InfoHunter and Ritchie's book Co-Production and Personalisation in Social Care, is an important publication which provides an excellent introduction to co-production in social work... The authors impressed this reader as being experienced, knowledgeable and grounded and a great strength of the book is its practicality. -- SWAP E-bulletinTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction. Pete Ritchie, Ex-Director of Scottish Human Services and Susan Hunter, Edinburgh University. Chapter 2: It's About More Than the Money: Local Area Coordination as an Innovative Approach to Supporting People with Disabilities to Get a Good Life and to Creating More Welcoming Communities. Eddie Bartnik and Dr. Ron Chalmers, Directors of Disability Services Commission, Western Australia. Chapter 3: Co-Production through Encouragement: The Braveheart Project. James Mulholland (on behalf of Braveheart). Chapter 4: Co-Production in Supported Housing: KeyRing Living Support Networks and Neighbourhood Networks. Carl Poll, former director of KeyRing. Chapter 5: Co-Production - Support for Self-Employment. Jane Pagler, Wales. Chapter 6: Family Group Conferencing and `Partnership'. James Cox, Co-ordinator of Family Group Conferencing project, Edinburgh City Council. Chapter 7: Person-Centred Planning and Co-Production. Steve Coulson, Development Worker, Edinburgh Development Group. Chapter 8: Restoring `Stakeholder' Involvement in Justice. Bill Whyte, Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland. Chapter 9: Recovery in Psychosis: Moments and Levels for Collaboration. Dr. Kristjana Kristiansen, University of Trondheim. Endnote. References. Subject Index. Author Index.Research Highlights in Social WorkThis topical series examines areas of particular interest to those in social and community work and related fields. Each book draws together different aspects of the subject, highlighting relevant research and drawing out implications for policy and practice. The project is under the editorial direction of Professor Joyce Lishman, Head of the School of Applied Social Studies at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe award-winning PEARL (Positively Enriching and enhancing Residents' Lives) programme was developed to enable care homes to move from providing good fundamental care to excellent person-centred dementia care. Trialled extensively by one of the UK's largest care providers, it has been proven to dramatically increase the quality of life of people with dementia living in care homes, significantly reducing the use of antipsychotics and the incidence of stress-related behaviours. This concise and accessible guide, written by the Director of Dementia Care at the care provider which trialled and developed PEARL, describes the key criteria of the programme, and provides best practice guidelines for dementia care practitioners wishing to use the approach in their own care home. With an emphasis on the practical, achievable elements of the programme, and drawing on many useful examples, the author and contributors provide guidelines on, amongst many things, getting the fundamentals of person-centred care right; enabling decision-making; reducing stress-related behaviours; psychosocial treatments; safeguarding; supporting staff; and involving relatives.Trade ReviewThis book is a real pearl. It's full of practical, down to earth ways of helping people and their families get the most out of life in their care home. It's written by compassionate people who have years of experience and who have thought carefully about how to make things better. There is something for everyone to learn from them. -- Professor Dawn Brooker PhD CPsychol (clin) AFBPsS, Director of the Association for Dementia Studies, University of WorcesterAn engaging and accessible book, which provides a 'can do' perspective on the delivery of person-centred dementia care. This book provides practical examples and scenarios to help care providers think through best practice approaches to a range of everyday and more complex situations. As such it is a must-have book for anyone providing care for people living with dementia. -- Dr Claire Surr, Reader in Dementia Studies, Bradford Dementia Group, University of Bradford, UKOur ultimate goal should always be to positively enrich and enhance the life of people living with dementia. Caroline has made achieving this possible through this very practical and step-by-step guide to implementing a person centered care approach. Based on her many years of hands-on experience and extensive work within the dementia care field, this is a 'must have' for anyone rendering care. Highly recommended! -- Karen Borochowitz, Executive Director at the Dementia SA Team, South AfricaThis is a 'must-read' for anyone involved with the care of the elderly living with dementia including therapists working with this client group. Caroline Baker's project, POSITIVELY ENRICH AND ENHANCE RESIDENTS LIVES (PEARL) has transformed the lives of residents in those care homes which have 'signed up' to the PEARL programme... Caroline Baker has left no stone unturned to create a 'step-by-step' guide for care staff and therapists to adopt the PEARL approach, thereby ensuring that each resident living with dementia is treated with person-centred care and best practice approaches, resulting in 'excellent care for people living with dementia in care homes.' -- Alice Allen, Dramatherapist * The Prompt - British Association of Dramatherapists (BADTH) Magazine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Person Centred Care in Practice. 2. Nothing About Me Without Me. 3. Life Story and Life Style. 4. Person Centred Planning. 5. Getting the Fundamentals Right. Sue Goldsmith, Four Seasons Health Care, UK. 6. Making the Most of Mealtimes. Jason Corrigan, Head of Dementia Care (North England & Scotland), Four Seasons Health Care, UK. 7. Reducing Distressed Reactions. 8. Reviewing the Use of Antipsychotic Medication. Dr Pete Calveley. 9. Developing the Environment. 10. Supporting Staff. Jason Corrigan. 11. Proactive Analysis and Follow Through. Sue Goldsmith. 12. Celebrating Success. References. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisDispelling the myths about how personalisation works for people with dementia living in care homes, this book demonstrates how to introduce Individual Service Funds (ISFs), what works and what doesn't, and how to deal with difficulties and setbacks.Individual Service Funds are one way that people living with dementia can have a personal budget. The authors explain how they went about introducing the principles of ISFs to people living with dementia in a large care home in Stockport, without using any additional funding. They describe the person-centred practices used and the involvement of the council, commissioners, staff and families. Through clear and detailed stories and examples, they demonstrate the dramatic approach to quality of life for people with dementia the approach can deliver. There is a strong emphasis on managerial and organisational issues, including getting staff 'on board', providing adequate support, budgeting, building effective partnerships and implementing change.Providing helpful insights and examples for good practice, this book is essential reading for all those involved in providing personalised care for people with dementia living in care homes, including care staff, care home managers, local authority commissioners, service providers and policy makers.Trade ReviewThis book is packed full of stories that illustrate the outcomes for people that can result from deploying an ISF model. It focuses on the outstanding work that has been done at Bruce Lodge, a large care home for people with dementia now arranged as 43 separate ISFs, with every resident able to control a number of hours of support that are set aside for them to do the things they want, when and where they want... Delivering better outcomes is at the heart of all of these stories, and it is at the heart of this book... I feel sure that this book will help many more people to bring about these positive changes within services and within people's lives. -- from the foreword by Dr. Sam Bennett, Programme Director, Think Local Act PersonalTable of ContentsForeword by Dr Sam Bennett. 1. Introduction and Getting Started. 2. Plans and Processes. 3. Starting with Staff One-Page Profiles. 4. Individual Time. 5. Four Plus One Questions. 6. What Next? 7. Night Staff, Volunteers and Faith Communities. 8. Person-Centred Reviews and Working Together for Change. 9. What Changed? 10. Overall Impact and Lessons Learned. Appendix I: Example Agenda. Appendix II: One-Page Profile Standards for Borough Care. Appendix III: One-Page Strategy. Appendix IV: Dashboard. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisResearch in Nursing Series The main objectives of this study were to present profiles of a hostel in Glasgow and a comparative hostel, to make assessments and referrals and to evaluate their effect. These objectives were successfully met along with secondary objectives to discover insights into the residents' experiences and lifestyles, and their interaction with health and nursing services. The objectives were addressed by gathering and analysing quantitative and qualitative data and the use of theoretical perspectives: Roy's nursing theory of adaptation (to study the men as individuals) and a sociological perspective, including Deviance Theory, to examine the men as a group. Although the study concentrated on District Nursing practise, it demonstrates universal methods of nursing practise relevant to all community nurses.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Literature Review. Research Design, Method and Pilot Study. Results: Part One. Results: Part Two. Results: Evaluation of the Health Professionals. Responses. Evaluation: The Expert Panel and Expert Witness. Analysis: The Men as Individuals. Analysis: The Residents as a Group. Discussion and Recommendations. Appendix I - Fieldwork Pack. Appendix II - Sample Letters.

Read more less

Book SynopsisEffective public health strategies depend on surveillance, preventative measures, outbreak investigation and the institution of control measures including appropriate treatment. This handbook, written specifically for community nurses, describes the communicable diseases likely to be encountered by the community nurse and offers practical guidance on their assessment and treatment. The book looks at staff hygiene and a clean environment and examines the causes and management of blood-borne illnesses together with recommendations for the treatment of head lice, scabies and threadworms. The latter part of the book discusses the prevention of influenza and the rising incidence of tuberculosis and the care of patients with these conditions and considers other common infections such as MRSA, impetigo, shingles and meningitis.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. The Environment. 2. Blood-borne Infections. 3. Gastrointestinal Infections. 4. Parasitic Infections. 5. Respiratory Infections. 6. Other Common Infections. Appendix. Resources. References. Index .

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe day-to-day responsibility for wound management is a role usually undertaken by nurses. It includes assessing the wound, selecting an appropriate treatment, and evaluating the patients' progress. In order to do this effectively the nurse needs to understand the healing process, recognize the factors which may delay wound healing, understand how wound healing can be optimized, know how to recognize complications if they arise and know how to treat them. This text, specifically written for community nurses, including practice nurses, provides a picture of wound healing for both acute and chronic wounds that may be encountered in a community setting. An overview of the function of the skin and phases of wound healing are examined prior to looking at the relationship between wound healing and the patients' health and lifestyle. The reference is written in a question-and-answer format, and includes relevant case studies.Table of ContentsSeries Preface vii Preface ix Chapter 1 Wound healing 1 Chapter 2 Wound assessment 11 Chapter 3 Factors affecting wound healing 23 Chapter 4 Wound cleansing 30 Chapter 5 Dressings 33 Chapter 6 Surgical wounds 45 Chapter 7 Burns, scalds and minor injuries 50 Chapter 8 Leg ulcers 56 Chapter 9 Pressure sores 81 Chapter 10 Wound infection 95 Chapter 11 Miscellaneous 105 Chapter 12 Clinical effectiveness, Sarah Freeman 111 Glossary 129 Resources 133 References 136 Index 143

Read more less

Book SynopsisA handy, pocket-sized guide designed to help student nurses make the most of their community nursing placements. Community placements can be daunting – you’ll be working in a variety of settings, caring for a range of individual people and families with different needs, often in their own homes. There are new colleagues to work with, and newly learned nursing theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful. From absence policy to palliative care, via home visiting, it’s full of practical detail, hints and tips. Written by experienced lecturers with the input of current nursing students – this guidance is really produced with you in mind. Pocket-sized format – carry it with you at all times. Space to make your own notes – be it uniform policy, observations about the community you’re supporting, or just the names of your new colleagues! Reduce your stress and make the most of your community placement by having this book to hand from the start. Pocket Guides is a series of handy, pocket-sized books designed to help students make the most of their practice learning experiences.Trade ReviewGreat little guide ‘This has really helped me in my community placement, I no longer have to carry my big community books with me as this has all the basic information needed to have a quick reference.’ Amazon reviewerTable of ContentsGetting there 1. Preparing for community placement 2. Uniform 3. Absence policy 4. Professionalism 4.1 The NMC Code 4.2 Raising concerns 4.3 Consent and confidentiality 4.4 Social media 5. Person-centred practice Settling there 6. Induction / first day 7. Key colleagues you will be working with 7.1 Health Visitors 7.2 District Nurses 7.3 General Practice Nurses 7.4 School Nurses 8. Getting to know your community 9. Working with your mentor Being there 10. Home visiting 11. Interpersonal skills 12. Communicating with colleagues 12.1 Nursing handover 12.2 Answering the telephone 13. Health and safety 13.1 Infection control 13.2 Manual handling 13.3 Lone working 14. Community emergencies 14.1 Falls in the community 14.2 Infections and the risk of sepsis 14.3 Basic Life Support (BLS) 14.4 Violence and aggression 15. Documentation 15.1 Incident reporting 15.2 Yellow Card Scheme 16. Caring and supporting people across the lifespan 16.1 Childhood development 16.2 Long-term conditions 16.3 Palliative and end of life care 16.4 Following a death in the community 17. Opportunities for learning 17.1 Practice assessment documentation Moving on from there 18. Reflection 19. Completion of your practice assessment documentation 20. Transferable skills 21. Further reading

Read more less

Book SynopsisPostnatal Depression and Maternal Mental Health: a handbook for frontline caregivers working with women with perinatal mental health difficulties is an accessible handbook that is intended to support midwives, health visitors, community workers and frontline healthcare providers in their detection and assessment of postnatal depression and maternal mental health. Midwives, health visitors, community workers and frontline healthcare providers for pregnant women, and mothers and babies in the first postnatal year, need better information on the kinds of help that women need, and resources they can use to support discussions about difficult and complex feelings. It will provide readers with a good understanding of postnatal depression and the range of perinatal mental health difficulties they may come across in universal services for mental illness in pregnant and postnatal women, and will support them in their detection and assessment of these difficulties in the women on their caseload.This handbook will enable you to:Identify and assess postnatal depression in mothers and then facilitate difficult conversations with sensitivit.Address key learning objectives to progress with CPD accreditation, such as national guidelines and good practice guidance for health providers. Look at new and improved ways of communicating with women with postnatal depression, with a focus on offering support to mothers and babies at an early stage, before intervention is required.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Sue Gellhorn (SG), lead author (SG)Chapter 2. Perspectives on Postnatal Depression (SG)Chapter 3. Detection, recognition and assessment of maternal mental health difficulties (SG)Chapter 4. Levels of intervention, treatment and support (SG)Chapter 5. Normal Anxieties in early motherhood and those needing professional attention (SG) Chapter 6. Keeping the Baby in Mind: baby-mindedness in parents and professionalsEleanor GrantChapter 7. Working with the Whole Family (SG)Chapter 8. Supporting Mothers in Complex Family Contexts (SG)Chapter 9. Severe Perinatal Mental Health DifficultiesAgnieszka Klimowicz and Elizabeth Best Chapter 10. Other types of Maternal Mental Health Difficulties (SG)Chapter 11. Challenges for MidwiferyHeather JenkinsChapter 12. Challenges for Health VisitingGemma CatonChapter 13. Perinatal Mental Health NetworksEleanor Grant and Gemma Caton

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisRemaining as wise and relevant as it ever was, this updated second edition brings professional care partners a wealth of new advice on how to incorporate the celebrated tenets of Best Friends™ into the everyday care of people with dementia. Using the best qualities of friendship—respect, empathy, support, trust, and humor—you can ensure the highest quality of life for the people in your care, making each day reassuring, enjoyable, and secure.In addition to explaining the basic elements of communication and caregiving Knack that are essential to the Best Friends approach, this revised edition includes all-new chapters on using the life story, planning activities, being successful when behaviors become challenging, getting the best from families and volunteers, and effectively creating and sustaining a Best Friends program.What’s New?The 2nd edition is substantially reorganized for the benefit of professional care partners and it features an all-new final section:Part 1:Introduces the building blocks of the Best Friends™ approach, including the Dementia Bill of Rights, the concept of relationship-centered care, and the core tenets of Best FriendsPart 2:Explains Best Friends in practice in formal care settings, with in-depth chapters on the life story, communication, caregiving Knack, activities, and challenging behavior.Part 3:Discusses how to create and sustain a Best Friends program as well as how to use volunteers and partner with families.Trade Review“An outstanding guide for anyone involved in the care of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The Best Friends™ method is an innovative, sensitive and unique approach that can greatly improve the quality of life for patients with the most devastating disease known to man.”—William R. Markesbery, M.D., past director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky.“Virginia Bell & David Troxel are leaders in the field of aging. Their words will offer caregivers new ideas and new hope as they face the challenge of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.”—Gloria H. Cavanaugh, former President & CEO, American Society on Aging“As a neurologist, I dream about the day that we will find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Until that time, the Best Friends approach is here to give families practical tools for bringing out the best in persons with Alzheimer’s disease. This is a well-written, insightful book that gives caregivers a life-affirming, practical framework for approaching this difficult disease. I recommend it to my patients and their families.”—Donna Masterman, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Neurology UCLA Medical Center, Clinical Core Director of the UCLA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.[Bell and Troxel] have laid out a way of relating that is immediately accessible to all involved in dementia and a policy and programme for service provision. …Here is an initiative that is easy to understand and is within the immediate capacity of each of us to deliver.”—Journal of Dementia Care (on The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care).

Read more less

Book SynopsisCommunity and Public Health Nursing, 3rd EditionRosanna F. DeMarco, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, APHN-BC, FAAN; and Judith Healey-Walsh, PhD, RN Turn evidence-based data into confident clinical decisions. Succinct, approachable, and logically organized, Community and Public Health Nursing, 3rd Edition, helps you develop the critical thinking skills and complex reasoning abilities you need to connect data with effective decisions in community and public health practice. This extensively revised, heavily illustrated edition emphasizes an evidence-based perspective and focuses on the individual in the context of the community setting and on the global community to equip you for challenges you’ll encounter throughout your nursing career. Case Studies stimulate your critical thinking and analytic skills. Evidence for Practice Briefs offer objective evidence obtained from research and guide you in making practi

Read more less

Book SynopsisFrom the competencies outlined in the Quad Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations (ACHNE) to the AACN’s Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice and the Healthy People 2023 objectives, Community and Public Health Nursing: Evidence for Practice, 4th Edition, prepares your students to meet the challenges of today’s community and public health nursing practice—and beyond—with an evidence-based perspective and an engaging suite of powerful learning tools. Guided by the premise that evidence-based practice improves quality performance, authors DeMarco and Healey-Walsh walk students through the process of gathering, assessing, analyzing, applying, and evaluating clinical evidence derived from epidemiology and other sources, incorporating immersive case studies, exercises, and clinical examples to help students interpret and apply statistical data to practice decisions. This 4th Edition is significantly updated to reflect the most timely topics in community and public health nursing practice, including COVID-19 preparedness, cultural diversity, health disparities, globalism, epidemiology and basic biostatistics, ethical considerations, and more. Dynamic activities and ancillaries round out this practical primer, instilling the critical thinking and clinical reasoning capabilities students will employ throughout their nursing careers.

Read more less

Book SynopsisApproachable, timely, and tailored to today’s active learners, Rector’s Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public's Health, 11th Edition, provides an engaging introduction to population-focused care, broadening students’ viewpoints from the client–nurse relationship to encompass a community healthcare focus and highlighting the critical role of public health nursing in protecting and promoting care for vulnerable populations.   This highly visual, student-friendly text incorporates a plethora of meaningful real-life examples and case studies to facilitate a foundational understanding of public health principles and evidence-based practice. Reflecting an integrated emphasis on the NCSBN’s Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, content and learning features throughout the 11th Edition encourage critical thinking and foster the clinical judgment capabilities students need to excel in their courses and to confidently apply concepts to nursing practice.    The 11th Edition prepares students for modern healthcare challenges by focusing on community and value-based care models. Updated content throughout addresses current issues—including the opioid crisis, mental health, natural disasters, and healthcare reform—while emphasizing social determinants of health and cultural sensitivity in nursing.  

Read more less

Book SynopsisApproachable, timely, and tailored to today's active learners,Rector's Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public's Health, 11th Edition, provides an engaging introduction to population-focused care, broadening students' viewpoints from the clientnurse relationship to encompass a community healthcare focus and highlighting the critical role of public health nursing in protecting and promoting care for vulnerable populations. This highly visual, student-friendly text incorporates a plethora of meaningful real-life examples and case studies to facilitate a foundational understanding of public health principles and evidence-based practice. Reflecting an integrated emphasis on the NCSBN's Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, content and learning features throughout the 11th Edition encourage critical thinking and foster the clinical judgment capabilities students need to excel in their courses and to confidently apply concepts to nursing practice. The 11th Edition prepares students for modern healthcare challenges by focusing on community and value-based care models. Updated content throughout addresses current issuesincluding the opioid crisis, mental health, natural disasters, and healthcare reformwhile emphasizing social determinants of health and cultural sensitivity in nursing.

Read more less

Book SynopsisCommunity health workers (CHWs) are an increasingly important member of the healthcare and public health professions who help build primary care capacity. Yet, in spite of the exponential growth of CHW interventions, CHW training programs, and CHW certification and credentialing by state agencies, a gap persists in the literature regarding current CHW roles and skills, scope of practice, CHW job settings, and national standards. This collection of contributions addresses this gap by providing information, in a single volume, about CHWs, the roles CHWs play as change agents in their communities, integration of CHWs into healthcare teams, and support and recognition of the CHW profession. The book supports the CHW definition as defined by the American Public Health Association (APHA), Community Health Worker Section (2013), which states, “A community health worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served.” The scope of the text follows the framework of the nationally recognized roles of CHWs that came out of a national consensus-building project called “The Community Health Worker (CHW) Core Consensus (C3) Project”. Topics explored among the chapters include: Cultural Mediation Among Individuals, Communities, and Health and Social Service Systems Care Coordination, Case Management, and System Navigation Advocating for Individuals and Communities Building Individual and Community Capacity Implementing Individual and Community Assessments Participating in Evaluation and Research Uniting the Workforce: Building Capacity for a National Association of Community Health Workers Promoting the Health of the Community is a must-have resource for CHWs, those interested in CHW scope of practice and/or certification/credentialing, anyone interested in becoming a CHW, policy-makers, CHW payer systems, CHW supervisors, CHW employers, CHW instructors/trainers, CHW advocates/supporters, and communities served by CHWs.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction (Authors: Julie St. John, Wandy Hernandez, Susan Mayfield-Johnson, Lee Rosenthal, Carl Rush) a. Introduction to CHW book and purpose (Authors: Julie St. John, Wandy Hernandez, Susan Mayfield-Johnson) b. Results from national CHW survey (Authors: Julie St. John, Susan Mayfield-Johnson, Danielle Fastring) c. C3 scope and purpose (Authors: Lee Rosenthal, Carl Rush, Julie St. John) d. Description of book contents and authorship (Authors: Julie St. John, Wandy Hernandez, Susan Mayfield-Johnson)Abstract: This introductory chapter accomplishes three tasks. First, the chapter describes the book purpose and content. This includes why the editors compiled the book, how the design and context developed, a description of the book layout and format, and the rationale for having CHW teams (comprised of CHWs, instructors/trainers, stakeholders/allies, supervisors, employers, and clients/communities) write the chapters on CHW roles and scope of work.Second, the book summarizes the scope and purpose of The Community Health Worker (CHW) Core Consensus (C3) Project, along with a description of the outcomes of the C3 project and the national scope and impact of the C3 project on the CHW workforce. Third, the book describes the national CHW survey conducted to inform the development of the book, as well as summarize the data and results from the survey. Chapter 2: Cultural Mediation among Individuals, Communities, and Health and Social Service SystemsAbstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of how he/she provided cultural mediation for his/her clients, community, and local healthcare and social service entities. The CHW describes specific examples of successful activities involving cultural mediation, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in providing cultural mediation, and lessons learned/best practices for providing cultural mediation for the population served. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in conducting cultural mediation and serving as change agents in their respective communities. Chapter 3: Culturally Appropriate Health Education and InformationAbstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of how he/she provided culturally appropriate health education and information for his/her clients. The CHW describes specific examples of successful activities involving culturally appropriate health education and information, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in providing culturally appropriate health education and information, and lessons learned/best practices for providing culturally appropriate health education and information for the population served. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in providing culturally appropriate health education and information and serving as change agents in their respective communities. Chapter 4: Care Coordination, Case Management, and System NavigationAbstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of how he/she provided care coordination, case management, and system navigation for his/her clients. The CHW describes specific examples of successful activities involving care coordination, case management, and system navigation, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in providing care coordination, case management, and system navigation, and lessons learned/best practices for providing care coordination, case management, and system navigation. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in providing care coordination, case management, and system navigation and serving as change agents in their respective communities. Chapter 5: Coaching and Social SupportAbstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of how he/she provided coaching and social support for his/her clients. The CHW describes specific examples of successful activities involving coaching and social support, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in providing coaching and social support, and lessons learned/best practices for providing coaching and social support. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in coaching and social support and serving as change agents in their respective communities. Chapter 6: Developing Individual and Community Advocacy Abstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of how he/she helped develop individual and community capacity. The CHW describes specific examples of successful activities involving individual and community advocacy, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in advocating for his/her clients and community, and lessons learned/best practices for individual and community advocacy. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in individual and community advocacy and serving as change agents in their respective communities.Chapter 7: Building Individual and Community CapacityAbstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of how he/she built individual and community capacity for his/her clients. The CHW describes specific examples of successful activities involving the development of individual and community capacity, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in building capacity, and lessons learned/best practices for building individual and community capacity. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in building individual and community capacity and serving as change agents in their respective communities.Chapter 8: Provision of Direct ServicesAbstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of providing direct services for his/her clients. The CHW describes specific examples of providing direct services, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in providing direct services, and lessons learned/best practices from providing direct services. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in providing direct services and serving as change agents in their respective communities.Chapter 9: Individual and Community AssessmentsAbstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of conducting individual and community assessments. The CHW describe specific examples of successful activities involving individual and community assessments, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in conducting individual and community assessments, and lessons learned/best practices from conducting individual and community assessments. Additionally, other members of the CHW team will share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in conducting individual and community assessments and serving as change agents in their respective communities.Chapter 10: OutreachAbstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of how he/she conducted outreach. The CHW describes specific examples of successful activities involving outreach, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in conducting outreach, and lessons learned/best practices for outreach. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s outreach role and serving as change agents in their respective communities.Chapter 11: Participation in Evaluation and Research Abstract: In this chapter, a CHW shares his/her personal testimony and perspective of how he/she participated in evaluation and research in his/her community. The CHW describes specific examples of successful activities involving evaluation and research, the CHW’s experience of challenges he/she faced in participating in evaluation and research, and lessons learned/best practices for participating in evaluation and research. Additionally, other members of the CHW team share their personal experiences related to the CHW’s role in evaluation and research and serving as change agents in their respective communities.Chapter 12: Conclusion and Next StepsAbstract: The concluding chapter discusses the movement towards a national CHW association, network, or council; highlight CHW funding models; and propose recommendations for promoting the CHW workforce and scope or work.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less