Rn: 1483 books
Watson's Caring in the Digital World
A Guide for Caring when Interacting, Teaching, and Learning in Cyberspace
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
This innovative text, built on the foundations of Watson's Caring Science, demonstrates how nursing professionals can develop virtual relationships that encompass caring and understanding in professional, teaching/learning, and everyday cyber communications. It describes how caring and love can transcend...
Health Care System Transformation for Nursing and Health Care Leaders
Implementing a Culture of Caring
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
"The authors' approach to creating a transforming culture through use of foundations laid in the theoretical development of "Nursing As Caring" offers a solid foundation upon which to recalibrate and reconfigure toward a caring organizational health system."
-Tim Porter-O'Grady,...
Econometrics of Panel Data
Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Panel data is a data type increasingly used in research in economics, social sciences, and medicine. Its primary characteristic is that the data variation goes jointly over space (across individuals, firms, countries, etc.) and time (over years, months, etc.). Panel data allow examination of problems...
by Paolo Mr. Mauro, Törbjörn Mr. Becker, Jonathan Mr. Ostry
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Citizenship in Nordic Welfare States
Dynamics of Choice, Duties and Participation In a Changing Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
This book offers an innovative analysis of the ways in which the relationship between citizens and welfare states - social citizenship - becomes more dynamic and multifaceted as a result of Europeanization and individualization.
Written by interdisciplinary contributors from politics, sociology,...
Ways of Knowing
Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
The revised second edition of this innovative textbook on methodology in social and political science focuses centrally on the debate between positivist and constructivist approaches. Lively and accessible, the book introduces a range of key issues which show how methodological pluralism can be combined with intellectual rigor.
Along the Continuum of Care
What Every Case Manager Must Know...
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Along the Continuum of Care creates a mind shift for the case manager in the new paradigm to be effective agents of change and resource connectors. The urgent need to improve health outcomes is resulting in moment-to-moment changes in the world of case management. Along the Continuum of Care focus...
Root Cause Analysis, Second Edition
Simplified Tools and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This updated and expanded edition discusses many different tools for root cause analysis and presents them in an easy-to-follow structure: a general description of the tool, its purpose and typical applications, the procedure when using it, an example of its use, a checklist to help you make sure it...
Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development
Lessons from Key Industries and Economies in the Global South
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book provides a framework for evaluating big data and cloud computing based on how they evolve to fit users’ needs in developing countries in key areas, such as agriculture and education. The authors discuss how this framework can be utilized by businesses, governments, and consumers to accelerate...
by Martha L. Sylvia, PhD, MBA
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Praise for the First Edition:
“DNP students may struggle with data management, since their projects are not research, but quality improvement, and this book covers the subject well. I recommend it for DNP students for use during their capstone projects." Score: 98, 5 Stars
--Doody's...
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing
Enhancing Professional Quality of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
"[T]his is an exceptionalbook and worth the investment for both the novice nursewho wants to proactively recognize compassion fatigueand for the experienced nurse who is struggling with professionalquality of life."--Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
"An excellent...
by Riane Eisler, JD, PhD(h)
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships: A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-Based Health Care provides nurses and other health care professionals tools to reexamine the current state of interdisciplinary partnerships in order to build a more effective, caring, and sustainable health care...
Evaluation Beyond Exams in Nursing Education
Designing Assignments and Evaluating With Rubrics
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Helps educators to design assignments and rigorous rubrics that truly measure student learning objectives
The ability of students to pass an examination does not necessarily reflect or guarantee their ability to apply knowledge in practice, nor are traditional exams a sufficient means to evaluate...
Newborn 101
Secrets from Expert Nurses on Preparing and Caring for Your Baby at Home
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
National Parenting Publications Gold Award Winner
Ever wish you could have a baby nurse at home to answer your most urgent questions around the clock? Now you can!
Carole Kramer Arsenault has spent the last two decades helping parents through pregnancy, labor, and all of their new responsibilities...