Published October, 2017
By Anthony R. Kovner and Leonard H. Friedman
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A comprehensive guide to careers in health administration, ranging from entry-level management positions to the most senior executive opportunities. This second edition has been updated throughout and includes three new chapters that will assist students and healthcare managers alike. The book includes over 40 new interviews spanning those in entry-level positions to CEOs.

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Published October, 2017
By K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, K. Nikki Barefoot and Nikki K. Barefoot
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Offers a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive view of mental, medical, and public health conditions within the LGBT community. This book examines the health outcomes and risk factors that gender and sexual minority groups face while simultaneously providing evidence-based clinical recommendations and resources for meeting their health needs.

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Published October, 2017
By Deborah Dolan Hunt
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Guides novice nurse educators step-by-step through the challenging process of transitioning from service to academe. This book comprehensively addresses not only the fundamentals of teaching, evaluation, and curriculum development, but also the entire spectrum of skills and duties required of the nurse educator.

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Published October, 2017
By Rose Utley, Kristina Henry and Lucretia Smith
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Illuminates the daunting task of understanding and applying philosophies, models, theories, and taxonomies in nursing practice and research at the masters or doctoral level. Distinguished by a unique organizational structure, the text is divided into two broad areas of practice/focus: individuals and families, and communities, populations, and systems.

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Published October, 2017
By Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, Karen Daley, Suzanne Campbell and Karen M. Daley
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When employed as a substitute for real clinical time, simulation scenarios have proven effective in bridging the gap between theory and practice. Written by educators for educators, this book provides all the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to make simulation feasible, enjoyable, and meaningful for students.

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Published October, 2017
By Pamela G. Reed, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer, Pamela Reed and Nelma Shearer
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Focuses on the science and philosophy of nursing knowledge development, with a special emphasis on theory as a tool in developing practice-relevant knowledge. This second edition features important updates and a reorganisation of information to better highlight the roles of theory and the major philosophical perspectives in knowledge development.

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Published October, 2017
By Carolyn M. Aldwin, Heidi Igarashi, Diane Fox Gilmer and Michael R. Levenson
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Uniquely bridging a gap in the gerontology literature between the biological and psychosocial aspects of aging, the second edition of this interdisciplinary text provides key updates on an abundance of cutting edge research, expands information on diversity issues in aging, and examines in greater depth the physiology of aging, theories of biological aging, and methodological issues.

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Published October, 2017
By Martha Craft-Rosenberg, Cecily Betz and Marilyn Krajicek
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Delivers the most current evidence-based practice standards and their application. This second edition contains substantial updates to all guidelines based on the most current research evidence and demonstrates examples of how to best apply the guidelines to nursing practice.

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Published October, 2017
By Irmo Marini, Michael J. Millington and Noreen M. Graf
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Fully updated, this second edition of a unique rehabilitation counseling text reflects growing disparities among "haves and have-nots" as they bear on the psychosocial aspects of disability. New content focuses on returning veterans afflicted with physical and mental health problems, persons with disabilities living in poverty, and the need for increased family and community-based engagement.

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Published October, 2017
By Gunnar Almgren
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Helps readers understand and critically assess the US health care system and policies. With a focus on the prevalence of disparities in health and health care, the book reviews the historical evolution and organisation of the American health care system.

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