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Provides the knowledge and skills social workers need when navigating the complex health care environment, while having to continuously adapt to change. Substantially revised and updated, this fourth edition delivers a wealth of new information reflecting the rapidly evolving health care landscape.
This unique text not only provides DNP students with practical guidance throughout their education, but also focuses on an often overlooked but vitally important DNP component: developing the leadership skills needed to effectively implement, sustain and spread change.
Delivers proven strategies to help nurses overcome stressors and challenges when - and even before - they arise. This edition focuses not only on resilience strategies nurses can implement to help themselves, but also provides them with tools they can use to strengthen and motivate patients, families, and health care communities at large.
Provides a scientific yet accessible introduction to the science of animal cognition. Written for undergraduate college courses as well as any interested reader, this book encompasses the history of animal cognition studies, essential theories and methodology, and the latest findings and controversies in animal consciousness and communication.
The second edition of this engaging text reflects a welcome new paradigm for aging - that of aging as a positive stage of life. It provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the wide variety of subject areas within gerontology, and combines research with engrossing narratives, new trends, and controversial topics.
Written specifically for the needs of family and adult nursing students, medical students, and primary care practitioners in Canada, this ""bible"" of family practice in America - named a 2013 Doody's core title - now provides current Canadian practice protocols for professional standards of care across the lifespan.
Reading this book will make you a more effective, prolific author of scholarship. Coverage includes an explanation of why it is important to write; the unique but basic structure of scholarly writing; annotated examples you can use to write a variety of scholarly documents; and strategies for increasing readership of your manuscript.
Provides nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other advanced practice providers with the clinical knowledge they need to practice adult-gerontology acute care effectively. Written in a quick-reference format, this system-based text describes the common conditions health care providers are likely to see in their acute care practice.
