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Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span
by Carole Lium Edelman APRN MS CS CMC, Carol Lynn Mandle PhD RN CS FNP Price: $72.95ISBN: 0323031285 ISBN-13: 9780323031288 Edition: 6 Data published: 2005 Publisher: Elsevier/Mosby All Customer Reviews Read more |
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Description of the Book: Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span
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This comprehensive text provides the most current and accurate health promotion and disease prevention information available. The book addresses health promotion for all ages and all population groups - individuals, families, and communities. It includes extensive coverage of growth and development throughout the life span, with an emphasis on normal development as well as the specific problems and health promotion issues common to each stage. A complete unit is devoted to health promotion interventions. It also offers a unique assessment framework based on Gordon's Functional Health Patterns to provide consistency in presentation and an approach in line with the promotion of health.
Extensive coverage of growth and development throughout all stages of the life span.
A unit on specific interventions for health promotion.
Addresses health promotion for all population groups - individual, family, and the community.
Incorporates Case Studies that depict actual clinical situations to give students a "real-life" perspective.
Innovative Practice examples highlight unique and creative health promotion programs.
Summarizes specific clinical interventions in Health Teaching boxes to provide students with "how-to" nursing actions.
Think About It clinical scenarios provide critical thinking questions to help readers grasp important concepts.
Multicultural Awareness boxes present cultural perspectives important to care planning.
Introduces significant issues, trends, and controversies in health promotion through Hot Topics boxes to engage students in critical discussion and debate about these topics.
Research Highlights emphasize current research efforts and research opportunities in health promotion.
A new Study Questions section (with answers and rationales) helps you review and assess your understanding of chapter content.
Care Plans are presented in a consistent format: Nursing Diagnosis, Defining Characteristics, Related Factors, Expected Outcomes, and Interventions.
Healthy People 2010 boxes highlight current national health promotion priorities.
A new full-color design helps to highlight important features and content.
A new companion Evolve website offers case studies with questions and answers, WebLinks, content updates, and a Glossary with search capability to enhance your learning experience.
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Details of the Book: Health Promotion Throughout the Life SpanAuthor: Carole Lium Edelman APRN MS CS CMC, Carol Lynn Mandle PhD RN CS FNP Number Of Pages: 720 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 0805073698 ISBN-13: 9780323031288 Language: English Amazon Sales Rank: 87372 Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: Elsevier/Mosby Package Dimensions: 1.10 x 10.70 x 8.40 inches |
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