Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span

Carole Lium Edelman MSN GCNS-BC CMC; Elizabeth Connelly Kudzma DNSc MPH WHNP-BC CNL; Carol Lynn Mandle PhD AP RN CNS FNP

ISBN 10: 0323091415 / ISBN 13: 9780323091411

Verlag: Mosby, 2013

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0323091415I2N00

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With the advent of health care reform and an emphasis on reducing health care costs, health promotion and disease prevention is a priority in nursing care. Be prepared with Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 8th Edition, your comprehensive guide to major health promotion concepts. Featuring practical guidance - including boxes on diversity awareness, evidence-based practice, innovative practice, hot topics, and quality and safety as well as case studies and care plans - our experienced authors give you all the tools you need to stay current on the latest research and trends in health promotion.

• Extensive coverage of growth and development throughout the lifespan emphasizes the unique problems and health promotion needs of each age and stage of development.
• Separate chapters on each population - group, individual, family, and community - stress the unique issues faced when providing care to each group.
• Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize current research efforts and opportunities in health promotion.
• Hot Topics and Innovative Practice boxes engage students' interest by introducing significant issues, trends, and creative programs and projects in health promotion practice.
• Diversity Awareness boxes address various cultural perspectives and provide important information that needs to be considered in planning care.
• Case studies and care plans present realistic situations that challenge students to reflect upon important health promotion concepts.
• Think About It boxes dig deeper into the chapter topic and encourage critical thinking.
• Numerous pedagogical features such as objectives, key terms, and textual summaries highlight the most important concepts and terms in each chapter.

• NEW! Healthy People 2020 boxes include related goals and objectives for each chapter to address emerging health issues and health priorities over the next decade.
• NEW! Quality and Safety scenarios include examples and suggestions to encourage quality and safety in nursing.
• NEW! Redesigned Nutrition chapter highlights the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPlate food guide.
• NEW! Standard headings in the growth and development chapters reinforce the concepts of Gordon's Functional Health Patterns.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span
Verlag: Mosby
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: As New
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket