Health promotion in nursing / Janice A. Maville and Carolina G. Huerta

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albany, New York : Delmar Cengage Learning, c2002Description: xviii, 453 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 827380089
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RT 42 .M38 2002
Contents:
Conceptual Foundations and Theoretical Appropaches -- Health Promotion: Past, Present, and Future -- Defining Health Promotion -- Health Promotion: Past -- Sociopolitical Influences for Health Promotion in the 20th Century -- Initiatives for Health Promotion in the 20th Century -- Nursing Practice and Health Promotion -- Health Promotion: Where Is It Going? -- Nursing Concepts and Health Promotion -- Professional Nursing Practice and Health Promotion -- Nursing's Metaparadigm -- Defining Nursing -- Person, Environment, Health, and Nursing -- Nursing as a Profession -- Integrating Health Promotion Concepts into Nursing Practice -- Theoretical Foundations -- Organizing Nursing Theory -- Theoretical Foundations and Planning for Health Promotion -- Clarifying Terms -- Theoretical Foundations -- Theories of Human Behavior -- Theories of Human Behavior and Health -- Health Promotion Models -- Developing a Health Promotion Plan -- The Role of the Nurse in Health Promotion -- Domains Fundamental to Nursing Practice in Health Promotion -- Holistic Philosophy -- Holistic Nursing Practice -- Roles of the Nurse in Health Promotion -- Overview of the Nursing Process -- Nursing Process and Health Promotion for the Individual, Families, and Aggregates -- Risk Factors and Health Promotion -- Current Factors Affecting Nursing Roles in Health Promotion -- Factors Related to Health Promotion -- Communication: A Cornerstone In Health Promotion -- Communication and Nursing -- Types of Communication -- Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship.
Summary: This book provides an extensive background on wellness and health promotion concepts within a nursing framework. This textbook is written in easy to understand language that is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate nursing students who desire an overview of health promotion concepts, nursing theories, and health promotion strategies. Health promotion nursing strategies are highlighted and are appropriate in the care of individuals, communities, and groups. Unique features include the domains identified as they relate to wellness and health promotion. This second edition has added an additional domain that focuses on technology and its influence on health and wellness. It is a very readable text with features that assist students in applying the concepts described. These features include case studies, think about it boxes, nursing tips/alerts, and research notes. The chapter on health promotion for the health professional has been updated to include additional information on issues and strategies that influence the health of the nurse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptual Foundations and Theoretical Appropaches -- Health Promotion: Past, Present, and Future -- Defining Health Promotion -- Health Promotion: Past -- Sociopolitical Influences for Health Promotion in the 20th Century -- Initiatives for Health Promotion in the 20th Century -- Nursing Practice and Health Promotion -- Health Promotion: Where Is It Going? -- Nursing Concepts and Health Promotion -- Professional Nursing Practice and Health Promotion -- Nursing's Metaparadigm -- Defining Nursing -- Person, Environment, Health, and Nursing -- Nursing as a Profession -- Integrating Health Promotion Concepts into Nursing Practice -- Theoretical Foundations -- Organizing Nursing Theory -- Theoretical Foundations and Planning for Health Promotion -- Clarifying Terms -- Theoretical Foundations -- Theories of Human Behavior -- Theories of Human Behavior and Health -- Health Promotion Models -- Developing a Health Promotion Plan -- The Role of the Nurse in Health Promotion -- Domains Fundamental to Nursing Practice in Health Promotion -- Holistic Philosophy -- Holistic Nursing Practice -- Roles of the Nurse in Health Promotion -- Overview of the Nursing Process -- Nursing Process and Health Promotion for the Individual, Families, and Aggregates -- Risk Factors and Health Promotion -- Current Factors Affecting Nursing Roles in Health Promotion -- Factors Related to Health Promotion -- Communication: A Cornerstone In Health Promotion -- Communication and Nursing -- Types of Communication -- Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship.

This book provides an extensive background on wellness and health promotion concepts within a nursing framework. This textbook is written in easy to understand language that is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate nursing students who desire an overview of health promotion concepts, nursing theories, and health promotion strategies. Health promotion nursing strategies are highlighted and are appropriate in the care of individuals, communities, and groups. Unique features include the domains identified as they relate to wellness and health promotion. This second edition has added an additional domain that focuses on technology and its influence on health and wellness. It is a very readable text with features that assist students in applying the concepts described. These features include case studies, think about it boxes, nursing tips/alerts, and research notes. The chapter on health promotion for the health professional has been updated to include additional information on issues and strategies that influence the health of the nurse.

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