Harness the power of the nurse-family relationship! Use the thoroughly revised Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models to assess families effectively and know when and how to intervene to reduce suffering and promote health.

The ideal "how-to" book! Master assessment, communication and intervention skills when working with families across the lifespan. Rely on practical guidelines for family interviewing. Consult clinical tools, skills, and case study examples. Harness the power of the nurse-family relationship! Use the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models to assess families effectively and know when and how to intervene to reduce suffering and promote health. They are easy to-apply and practical models for nurses working with a wide variety of complex issues and family structures, from the first interview through to discharge or termination. From theory to practice, you’ll develop the knowledge you need to prepare, conduct, and document family interviews while you also hone your skills to use questions more effectively. You’ll also learn how to avoid the three most common errors in family nursing and how to conduct a 15-minute interview.

This seventh edition includes new chapters and maintains popular features from previous editions such as self awareness prompts while adding research boxes and student worksheets at the end of each chapter.

Wright & Leahey's Nurses and Families

The AJN Book of the Year award-winning textbook, Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice, is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fourth Edition. Based on the biopsychosocial model of psychiatric nursing, this text provides thorough coverage of mental health promotion, assessment, and interventions in adults, families, children, adolescents, and older adults. Features include psychoeducation checklists, therapeutic dialogues, NCLEX® notes, vignettes of famous people with mental disorders, and illustrations showing the interrelationship of the biologic, psychologic, and social domains of mental health and illness. This edition reintroduces the important chapter on sleep disorders and includes a new chapter on forensic psychiatry. A bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website offer numerous student and instructor resources, including Clinical Simulations and questions about movies involving mental disorders.

Based on the premise that the family unit is the most influential factor in the health status of individuals, this edition provides both the theory and practical knowledge that students need in the specialty of family nursing, as well as in community health nursing and nurse practitioner roles.

This unique new textbook explores the theory, practice, and implications for treating the family as a client across a variety of practice settings and within the specialties in which nurses practice. Illustrated.

The fourth edition of this text addresses the full practice of family nursing, identifying the family as a whole, and teaches a holistic, philosophical approach. The reader is guided through generalized concepts and theoretical foundation, reality-based applications, case studies, discussions, assessment and nursing diagnoses. The book includes foundations in family theory and family nursing essential in preparing a family nursing assessment, and planning appropriate interventions.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architechture and Building Materials (CEABM 2014), May 24-25, 2014, Haikou, China

This New Edition of Home Health Care Nursing is a comprehensive and authoritative text for nurses working in the dynamic field of home health. Administrative and clinical content is included, providing all the essential, detailed material that today's home health care nurse needs. It places home health nursing in the context of the health care system, discussing such administrative issues as the continuum of care, discharge planning, managed care, and reimbursement. It also presents the basic competencies of home health: assessment, nursing diagnosis, symptom control, nutritional support, and rehabilitation. Caring for clients throughout the lifespan and in a family context is emphasized, as well as the specialized care of clients with specific disorders most commonly seen in the home, such as pulmonary disease, cancer, AIDS, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, heart failure, and renal and genitourinary disorders. Finally, it identifies and discusses the professional challenges of ethics, stress, and research in home health nursing. Case studies are included throughout the book to help illustrate the concepts being discussed Paediatric content added to each chapter of the Specific Disorders section as appropriate; helps guide the care of this population of home care clients New chapters on Case Management and Home Health Care (chapter 2) and Managed Care (chapter 5) New chapters on Cultural Competency in Home Care (chapter 14) and Psychiatric Home Care Nursing (chapter 26) An extensively revised chapter on Research in Home Care