Springer Publishing Company imprint: 1125 books
by Elise Beaulieu, PhD, MSW
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
ìBeaulieuís decades of social work practice illuminate every chapter, her years of networking with colleagues in Massachusetts and nationwide enhance every paragraph, and nuggets of insight earned through successfully establishing meaningful relationships with residents and families are reflected...
Implementing Culture Change in Long-Term Care
Benchmarks and Strategies for Management and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
"As one who is involved in the culture change movement and is trying to review the huge volume of available resources, I find it refreshing to have a book that draws it all together....I highly recommend this book to administrators who are overwhelmed at the thought of implementing change in...
Fast Facts for the Hospice Nurse
A Concise Guide to End-of-Life Care
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2017
An on-the-go reference for hospice nurses and those interested in end-of-life care, this practical guide covers the essential elements in the compassionate and holistic care of terminally ill patients and their families. Nurses care for patients facing end-of-life issues in every practice specialty...
Dementia and Wandering Behavior
Concern for the Lost Elder
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2006
Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!
Alzheimer's is quickly becoming the epidemic of the 21st century. Today, an estimated four million Americans suffer from this devastating disease. This number could explode to 14 million by the year 2050, when baby boomers come of age.
Written...
Depressed Older Adults
Education and Screening
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Designated a Doody's Core Title!
"This volume is one of the best practice-oriented books on mental health and aging that I have read. I hope that the coming years will see substantive developments in outreach to depressed older adults. This book lays a solid and credible foundation for...
Child Welfare in the United States
Challenges, Policy, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Distinguished by its critical perspective, this book delivers a balanced and comprehensive examination of the child welfare system in the United States today. In a clear and accessible style, it outlines key issues, reviews the history of the child welfare system, and explores the challenges to developing...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
101 Careers in Healthcare Management, Second Edition continues to be the only comprehensive guide to careers in health administration, ranging from entry-level management positions to the most senior executive opportunities. The second edition has been updated throughout and includes three new chapters...
Applied Exercise Psychology
A Practitioner's Guide to Improving Client Health and Fitness
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2005
This is the first applied handbook for practitioners who want to help patients begin and maintain an exercise program as a lifestyle change.
Mental health practitioners (MHPs) often earn a trust that not many other professionals do with their patients. It is with this trust that MHPs are able...
Introduction to Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
Core Competencies
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
This is the first undergraduate textbook to provide a comprehensive overview of essential knowledge, skill, and attitudes about safety in nursing practice. It reflects the six areas of nursing competencies as developed by the Quality and Safety Education Program for Nurses (QSEN) initiative, which...
Introduction to Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, Second Edition
Core Competencies for Nursing Leadership and Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2018
Updated to incorporate a leadership and management and interprofessional focus
This second edition of Introduction to Quality and Safety Education for Nurses has been thoroughly updated with a leadership and management perspective while retaining core content that unpacks the knowledge and...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2003
Collaborations, which bring organizations together in a community to implement or improve an innovative program or change a policy or procedure, have become a central strategy for promoting community change. Funders require them; nonprofits see them as useful solutions to their problems of declining...
Advocacy Strategies for Health and Mental Health Professionals
From Patients to Policies
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
"[I]t is becoming much more common for mental health providers to become community mental health advocates, and given the complexities and nuances associated with tasks such as getting involved with legislative issues or fund raising, a work like this serves an important and useful purpose. It...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
This is the only nursing text to facilitate the achievement by Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates DNPs of the highest possible competency in conducting systematic and in-depth evaluations of all aspects of health care. The second edition of this award-winning text keeps pace with the rapidly evolving...
Advanced Public and Community Health Nursing Practice 2e
Population Assessment, Program Planning and Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Written by advanced practice public/community health nurse experts, this comprehensive resource for advanced practice nursing students and clinicians builds upon the core foundations of practice: social justice, interdisciplinary practice, community involvement, disease prevention, and health promotion....