Author: Gunnar Almgren MSW PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: social, justice, analysis, services, policy, care, politics, health
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2006-10-30
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0826102360
ISBN-13: 9780826102362

Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award! " Who has a right to health care? " What is the government’s role? " How are corporations, insurance companies, and health care providers affecting the quality of health care? " Can we reform the U.S. health care system? In this innovative text, Gunnar Almgren provides all the tools necessary to understand and critique a health care policy in dire need of change. With its comprehensive coverage of U.S. health care, this unique text is accessible to all those in public health, nursing, social work, public policy, or public administration.

Author: Walter Toman PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: social, behavior, personality, effects, constellation, family
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1992-11-15
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0826104967
ISBN-13: 9780826104960

The Newest edition of this classic work is presented in an updated format. Dr. Toman’s revisions to the text include new interpretations of statistical data, a questionnaire for reader use, and a fully updated bibliography.

Author: Jacqueline Fowler Byers Phd Rn CnaaSusan V. Whi
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: practice, principles, safety, patient
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2004-06-03
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0826133460
ISBN-13: 9780826133465

This book provides readers with both a foundation of theoretical knowledge regarding patient safety as well as evidence-based strategies for preventing errors in various clinical settings. The authors’ goal is to help clinicians and administrators gain the skills and knowledge they need to develop safe patient practices in their organizations. Key topics include: An overview of evidence-based best practices for patient safety Clear explanation of important patient safety policies and legislation Innovative uses of technology such as computerized provider order entry, barcoding medicat

Authors:Eileen M. Sullivan-marx, Deanna Gray-Miceli,
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: care, term, skills, management, leadership
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-04-18
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0826159931
ISBN-13: 9780826159939

This book was developed to fill a widely-recognized gap in the management and leadership skills of RNs needed to improve the quality of long term care. The book is based around learning modules in leadership and management competencies that were site-tested in three types of long term care settings and revised based on the resulting feedback. Several of the nurse experts involved in the project contribute to this book. The leadership modules cover: Team building Communication Power and negotiation Change theory and process Management: Directing and Designing Management: Moving

Author: John Hamel Lcsw
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: springer, approach, series, family, violence, comprehensive, abuse, inclusive, treatment, intimate, partner, gender
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2005-02-08
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0826118739
ISBN-13: 9780826118738

This breakthrough handbook for mental health professionals and educators offers practical, hands-on information for conducting assessments and providing treatments that take the entire family system into account. Rich with research that shows women are abusive within relationships at rates comparable to men, the book echews the field’s reliance on traditional domestic violence theory and treatment, which favors violence interventions for men and victim services for women and ignores the dynamics of the majority of violent relationships. Thus, the author identifies and measures protocols

Author: Diana Guthrie RN PhD CDE FelRichard Guthrie MD F
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: approach, sixth, pattern, guide, diabetes, mellitus, management
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2008-10-22
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0826119093
ISBN-13: 9780826119094

The sixth edition of Management of Diabetes offers clear and concise explanations of the disease process, newly revised guidelines for the use of complementary and alternative therapies, and a guide for developing an educational program. The new edition also further differentiates treatment and management strategies for various age groups. Guthrie and Guthrie also stress the importance of self-management of diabetes, educating the patient on controlling acute and chronic complications of the disease. The book contains reproducible forms, protocols, and guides for managing diabetes, includin

Author: James C. Kaufman Phd
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: psych, creativity
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-02-05
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0826106250
ISBN-13: 9780826106254

[F]ull of keen and illuminating insight....written with creative flair and great elegance." --Robert Olen Butler, Author, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, Winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction [W]itty, charming, and informative....Creativity 101 makes a convincing case for the importance of creativity in society, in our schools, and in our daily lives....And no, we aren’t related." --Scott Barry Kaufman, PhDAuthor of The Psychology of Creative Writing What is creativity and how can we measure it? Creativity 101 serves as a brief, engaging introduction to the field of c