Published February, 2016
By Jaon R. Bloch, Maureen R. Courtney, Myra L. Clark and Joan R. Bloch
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Building on and expanding traditional nursing research methods, this book focuses on existing and evolving methods of clinical inquiry, some of which incorporate technology and knowledge from other disciplines. These are approaches that can be translated into clinical practice, providing the nursing profession with opportunities for collaboration in improving health and health care systems.

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Published February, 2016
By Janet S. Fulton, Melanie Duffy and Susan Dresser
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Disseminating a wealth of current professional practice guidance and practical information on reimbursement and certification, the second edition has been fully updated to reflect changes resulting from the Affordable Care Act and the APRN Consensus Model.

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Published February, 2016
By David Anthony Forrester
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With an emphasis on the qualities that have fostered strong nursing leadership, this book provides a unique perspective on the lives and achievements of the most revered nurses throughout history. It is comprised of biographies of many of nursing's most important activist agents of change, with a focus on those characteristics that enabled them to accomplish their goals and implement changes.

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Published February, 2016
By Andrew M. Leeds
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Published January, 2016
By Dr Eleanor Lowndes Stevenson, Dr Patricia Hershberger, Eleanor Stevenson, Particia Hershberger, Eleanor L. Stevenson and Particia F. Hershberger
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Written in response to the ever-evolving science within the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), this book provides insight about issues and perspectives surrounding contemporary family formation that involve advanced fertility and infertility treatments.

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Published January, 2016
By Geraldine McCarthy and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
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This DNP and PhD doctoral-level nursing text delivers analyses of 30 core concepts that define nursing theory, research, education, and professional practice. Grounded in the concept analysis framework developed by Walker and Avant, the book clearly demonstrates how concepts are used to build theory, support research, and improve education and professional practice.

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Published January, 2016
By Joanne R Duffy
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This is the first resource to demonstrate to nurse leaders, administrators, and staff how to develop, apply, and successfully integrate a professional practice model into a health system. It guides nursing leaders and educators in best practices for developing, implementing, evaluating, adapting, adopting, and revising professional practice models that contribute to improving patient outcomes.

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Published December, 2015
By Susanne W. Gibbons and Michaela Shafer
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Published December, 2015
By Margaret P Moss
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Written by and for nurses, this is the first text to focus exclusively on American Indian health and nursing. It addresses the profound disparities in policy, health care law, and health outcomes that affect American Indians, and describes how these disparities are responsible for the marked lack of wellbeing of American Indians.

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Published December, 2015
By Carina A. Iati and Rachel N. Waford
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This concise, accessible guide for helping professionals not trained in psychiatric health is a quick reference for identifying and intervening with a person experiencing a first psychotic episode. It guides non-medical helping professionals in how to identify a possible psychotic episode, how to interact effectively with the individual, and how to make appropriate referrals for proper treatment.

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