ISBN:
9781455734085
Copyright:
2004
Publication Date:
11-04-2003
Page Count:
688
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$67.99
Promoting Health in Families - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition
by Perri J. Bomar, PhD, RN
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card
ISBN:
9781455734085
Copyright:
2004
Publication Date:
11-04-2003
Page Count:
688
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$67.99
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- Presents a unique focus on health promotion and illness prevention for families.
- Addresses all major areas of family life, such as culture, roles, communication, stress management, nutrition, spirituality, sexuality, and recreation.
- Provides a theoretical and historical perspective of family health and family nursing.
- Focuses on the nursing process in the discussion of family care, especially specific interventions to use when working with families.
- Emphasizes key information through pedagogical features such as chapter objectives and chapter highlights.
- A diverse contributor panel includes experts from all areas of family health, both within nursing and in other health disciplines.
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- Unique! A new chapter, Family Health Promotion During Life Threatening Illness and End of Life (Chapter 18), addresses families experiencing life-threatening illnesses and the end-of-life stage.
- Unique! A new chapter, Health Promotion of Families in Rural Settings (Chapter 20), describes the unique health care issues of families who live in rural settings.
- Theoretical Foundations for Family Health Nursing Practice (Chapter 4) presents an overview of the theories specific to family nursing.
- Using the Nursing Process with Families (Chapter 10) is devoted to all stages of the nursing process as applied to families.
- Family Health Promotion and Family Nursing in the New Millennium (Chapter 22) discusses the state of family health at the beginning of the twenty-first century and the potential effect of current and future trends.
- Unique! Canadian Perspective boxes highlight family nursing care practices in Canada, providing an international Perspective.
- Unique! Critical Thinking Activities challenge students to apply chapter content in practice settings.
- Promotes family health promotion research studies in Research Synopsis boxes.
- Presents and discusses "real-life" family health situations through Case Scenarios boxes.
- Offers more assessment tools that provide guidance for nurses as they assess and determine interventions for families in their care.