Rural Nursing
Concepts, Theory and Practice
3rd Edition
Published on 5. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-0-8261-0456-4 (ISBN)
Description
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[T]his extended text on rural nursing is a significant contribution to the knowledge base on a phenomenon that is of significant importance to nurse educators, researchers, policy makers, and clinicians.""
--Dr. Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Central Florida
College of Nursing (From the Foreword)
Thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of Rural Nursing provides the knowledge, skills, and insight nurses must acquire to meet the unique needs of rural populations. Winters and Lee present a broad overview of the perspectives of rural persons, the characteristics of health care in rural settings, and the requirements for effective nursing practice.
With contributors from the United States, Canada, and Australia, this new edition presents an expanded view of how nurses can help make large-scale health care improvements in rural settings. Nurses will learn how to encourage changes in the health behaviors of rural people, pursue evidence-based practice and research, and create initiatives for improved education, practice, and policy.
New and expanded topics include:
Rural male caregivers
Perinatal experiences of rural women
Complementary therapy and health literacy in rural dwellers
Childhood obesity and environmental risk reduction for rural children
Rural public health in Native American communities
[T]his extended text on rural nursing is a significant contribution to the knowledge base on a phenomenon that is of significant importance to nurse educators, researchers, policy makers, and clinicians.""
--Dr. Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Central Florida
College of Nursing (From the Foreword)
Thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of Rural Nursing provides the knowledge, skills, and insight nurses must acquire to meet the unique needs of rural populations. Winters and Lee present a broad overview of the perspectives of rural persons, the characteristics of health care in rural settings, and the requirements for effective nursing practice.
With contributors from the United States, Canada, and Australia, this new edition presents an expanded view of how nurses can help make large-scale health care improvements in rural settings. Nurses will learn how to encourage changes in the health behaviors of rural people, pursue evidence-based practice and research, and create initiatives for improved education, practice, and policy.
New and expanded topics include:
Rural male caregivers
Perinatal experiences of rural women
Complementary therapy and health literacy in rural dwellers
Childhood obesity and environmental risk reduction for rural children
Rural public health in Native American communities
Reviews / Votes
"Of significant importance to nurse educators, researchers, policy makers, and clinicians." From the Forward by Dr. Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor & Bert Fish Chair Community Health Nursing College of Nursing University of Central Florida"More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
10|10 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8261-0456-4 (9780826104564)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
11/2005
2nd Edition
Springer Publishing Company
€90.15
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Content
Part I - The Rural Nursing Theory Base
Ch 1 - Rural Nursing: Developing the Theory Base
Ch 2 - Examining the Rural Nursing Theory Base
Ch 3 - Exploring Rural Nursing Theory Across Borders
Part II - Perspectives of Rural Persons
Ch 4 - Health Needs and Perceptions of Rural Persons
Ch 5 - Strategizing Safety: Perinatal Experiences of Rural Women
Ch 6 - Health Perceptions, Needs, and Behaviors of Remote Rural Women of Childbearing and Childrearing Age
Ch 7 - Rural and Remote Women and Resilience: Grounded Theory and Photovoice Variations on a Theme
Ch 8 - Rural Family Health: Enduring Acts of Balancing
Part III - The Rural Dweller and Response to Illness
Ch 9 - Patterns of Responses to Symptoms in Rural Residents: The Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process
Ch 10 - Updating the Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process
Ch 11 - The Chronic Illness Experience of Isolated Rural Women: Use of an Online Support Group Intervention
Ch 12 - Negotiation of Constructed Gender Among Rural Male Caregivers
Ch 13 - Complementary Therapy and Health Literacy in Rural Dwellers
Ch 14 - Acceptability: One Component in Choice of Health Care Provider
Part IV - Rural Nursing Practice
Ch 15 - The Distinctive Nature and Scope of Rural Nursing Practice: Philosophical Bases
Ch 16 - The Rural Nursing Generalist in the Acute Care Setting: Flowing Like a River
)Ch 17 - The Rural Nursing Generalist in Community Health
Ch 18 - Men Working as Rural Nurses: Land of Opportunity
Ch 19 - Continuing Education and Rural Nurses
Ch 20 - Rural Nurses' Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Evidence-Base Practice
Part V - Rural Public Health
Ch 21 - Public Health Emergency Preparedness in Rural or Frontier Areas
Ch 22 - Environmental Risk Reduction for Rural Children
Ch 23 - The Culture of Rural Communities: An Examination of Rural Nursing Concepts at the Community Level
Ch 24 - Community Resiliency and Rural Nursing: Canadian and Australian Perspectives
Ch 25 -The Influence of the Rural Environment on Children's Physical Activity and Eating Behaviors
Part VI - Looking Ahead
Ch 26 - Implications for Education, Practice, and Policy
Ch 27 - An Analysis of Key Concepts for Rural Nursing
Index
Ch 1 - Rural Nursing: Developing the Theory Base
Ch 2 - Examining the Rural Nursing Theory Base
Ch 3 - Exploring Rural Nursing Theory Across Borders
Part II - Perspectives of Rural Persons
Ch 4 - Health Needs and Perceptions of Rural Persons
Ch 5 - Strategizing Safety: Perinatal Experiences of Rural Women
Ch 6 - Health Perceptions, Needs, and Behaviors of Remote Rural Women of Childbearing and Childrearing Age
Ch 7 - Rural and Remote Women and Resilience: Grounded Theory and Photovoice Variations on a Theme
Ch 8 - Rural Family Health: Enduring Acts of Balancing
Part III - The Rural Dweller and Response to Illness
Ch 9 - Patterns of Responses to Symptoms in Rural Residents: The Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process
Ch 10 - Updating the Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process
Ch 11 - The Chronic Illness Experience of Isolated Rural Women: Use of an Online Support Group Intervention
Ch 12 - Negotiation of Constructed Gender Among Rural Male Caregivers
Ch 13 - Complementary Therapy and Health Literacy in Rural Dwellers
Ch 14 - Acceptability: One Component in Choice of Health Care Provider
Part IV - Rural Nursing Practice
Ch 15 - The Distinctive Nature and Scope of Rural Nursing Practice: Philosophical Bases
Ch 16 - The Rural Nursing Generalist in the Acute Care Setting: Flowing Like a River
)Ch 17 - The Rural Nursing Generalist in Community Health
Ch 18 - Men Working as Rural Nurses: Land of Opportunity
Ch 19 - Continuing Education and Rural Nurses
Ch 20 - Rural Nurses' Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Evidence-Base Practice
Part V - Rural Public Health
Ch 21 - Public Health Emergency Preparedness in Rural or Frontier Areas
Ch 22 - Environmental Risk Reduction for Rural Children
Ch 23 - The Culture of Rural Communities: An Examination of Rural Nursing Concepts at the Community Level
Ch 24 - Community Resiliency and Rural Nursing: Canadian and Australian Perspectives
Ch 25 -The Influence of the Rural Environment on Children's Physical Activity and Eating Behaviors
Part VI - Looking Ahead
Ch 26 - Implications for Education, Practice, and Policy
Ch 27 - An Analysis of Key Concepts for Rural Nursing
Index