Home Care category: 386 books
Foundations of Nursing in the Community - E-Book
Community-Oriented Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
With concise, focused coverage of community health nursing, Foundations of Nursing in the Community: Community-Oriented Practice, 4th Edition provides essential information for community practice — from nursing roles and care settings to vulnerable population groups. The book uses a practical, community-oriented...
Community Health Nursing Test Success
An Unfolding Case Study Review
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
This innovative case study review for community health nursing students features a unique format that facilitates active learning through the use of unfolding case studies. Unlike other content review books, it builds content right into vivid case studies to foster greater retention of the material....
The Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
In this thought-provoking book, the acclaimed author of Our Inner Ape examines how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans.
Are we our brothers' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival...
Modern Book Collecting
A Basic Guide to All Aspects of Book Collecting—What to Collect, Who to Buy from, Auctions, Bibliographies, Care, Fakes and Forgeries, Investments, Donations, Definitions, and More
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
“Highly recommended as a handy one-volume guide for the beginner and a tantalizing treat for the collector (The Sewanee Review).
Modern Book Collecting offers advice that answers all the basic questions a book lover and collector might have:
What to collect and where to find it
How to...
Promoting Health
The Primary Health Care Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The new edition will provide readily accessible material for public health educators and practitioners, in a number of professions, who are increasingly being required to address the challenges emerging from the inter-related impacts of the social and environmental factors impacting on health in an era of globalisation.
by Richard Polt
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
The connoisseur's guide to the typewriter, entertaining and practical
What do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists, and musicians have in common? They love typewriters—the magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surprising second life in...
Manual of School Health - E-Book
A Handbook for School Nurses, Educators, and Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Completely updated, the 3rd edition of this practical, highly portable manual offers quick access to the most relevant health and wellness information for children -- from birth through age 21 – in the school setting. You’ll find valuable guidance on developmental stages, learning domains, acute...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Since the first edition of this book was published, there has been considerable change across public health, health visiting and community nursing. The positive emphasis on developing and describing all...
by Loretta Graziano Breuning
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
You care about the greater good, but you want to define it for yourself. What if you disagree with the politically correct view?
You fear ridicule, shunning and attack, so you tell yourself it’s not worth it and find a way to conform. Until one day you can’t.
I was politically correct...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
'Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas, and Uncomfortable Truths' presents multi-perspective critical analyses of the ethics and principles that guide the conservation of works of art and design, archaeological artefacts, buildings, monuments, and heritage sites on behalf of society. Contributors from...
Health Visiting
A Rediscovery
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
This timely and relevant new edition of an established and well-regarded text is essential reading for those training to become health visitors and those who are practitioners working with and in the community. Health Visiting: A Rediscovery has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the many...
by Maureen D. Raynor, MA PGCEA ADM RMN RN RM, Amanda Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
The book looks at a broad perspective of decision making and each chapter focuses on a specific aspect related to making crucial decisions. Following an initial introduction the book explores the concept of autonomy and the many factors that influence autonomous practise. The role of knowledge in...
Fast Facts for the School Nurse
School Nursing in a Nutshell
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
"Fast Facts for the School Nurse is a comprehensive guide to school nursing. It compiles any and all information a new school nurse could possibly need, all in one easy and accessible place. This guide is, as promised, a way to quickly glean needed information about confusing and unexpected situations...
by Madeline O'Carroll, MSc, PGDip(HE)
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2007
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book will help to identify the skills and resources that students already have and show how these can be developed into the essential skills needed for nursing in the mental health practice environment....