Handbook of clinical nursing research [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ada Sue Hinshaw, Suzanne Feetham, Joan Shaver

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480851503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999
• ISBN: 1-4129-9145-5; 1-4522-6188-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (713 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HinshawAda Sue; FeethamSuzanne; ShaverJoan Louise Fowler <1943->
• Disciplina: 610.73072
• Soggetti: Nursing - Research; Nursing; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I - Philosophical, Theoretical, and Methodological Perspectives and Issues; Chapter 1 - Diversity in Philosophical Approches; Chapter 2 - Evolving Nursing Research Traditions: Influencing Factors; Chapter 3 - What is Known about Caring in Nursing Science: A Literary Meta-Analysis; Chapter 4 - Relationship of Research Perspectives To Methodology; Part IIA - Critical Health Needs of Communities and Vulnerable Populations: Clinical Nursing Research for Vulnerable Populations; Chapter 5 - The Sampler Quilt: A Metaphor of Rural Communities; Chapter 6 - Research with Immigrants and RefugeesChapter 7 - Cultural Interventions for Ethnic Groups of Color; Chapter 8 - Community-Focused Intreventions and Outcomes Strategies; Part IIB - Clinical Nursing Practice Strategies and Nurse Sensitive Outcomes; Chapter 9 - Promoting Physiological Stability; Chapter 10 - Therapeutic Actions and Outcomes for Preterm (Low Birth Weight) Infants; Chapter 11 - Therapeutic Outcomes Sensitive To Nursing; Part IIC - Families in Health, Illness, and Life Transitions; Chapter 12 - Normative Family Transitions and Health Outcomes; Chapter 13 - Nursing Care of Families in Non-Normative Transitions: The State of Science and PracticeChapter 14 - Nursing Research of Families: State of the Science and Correspondence with Policy; Part IID - Health Promotion and Risk Reduction; Chapter 15 - Interventions for Promoting Health in Adolescents; Chapter 16 - Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension in Black Americans; Chapter 17 - Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Adolescents; Chapter 18 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Intervention in Worksites; Part IIE - Biobehavioral Manifestations of Health and IllnessChapter 19 - Management of Mobility and Altered Physical Activity; Chapter 20 - Managing Dyspnea; Chapter 21 - Managing Pain; Chapter 22 - Managing Urinary and Fecal Incontinence; Chapter 23 - Managing Nausea and Vomiting; Chapter 24 - Managing Sleep and Waking Behaviors and the Symptom of Fatigue; Part IIF - Women's Health; Chapter 25 - Women's Work, Women's Health; Chapter 26 - From Menarche to Menopause: Contributions from Nursing Research and Recommendations for Practice; Chapter 27 - Infertility; Chapter 28 - Women and Sexuality: Contributions from Nursing Research and Practice RecommendationsChapter 29 - Clinical Nursing Research on Battered Women and Their Children: A Review; Part IIG - Older Adults: Health and Illness Issues; Chapter 30 - Activities of Daily Living: Factors Related to Independence; Chapter 31 - Managing Cognitive Impairment and Depression in the Elderly; Chapter 32 - Supportive and Nonsupportive Care Environments for the Elderly; Part IIH - Environments for Optimizing Client Outcomes; Chapter 33 - Acute Care Environments; Chapter 34 - Transitional Environments; Chapter 35 - Quality Outcomes and Contextual Variables in Nursing Homes
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a comprehensive but critical guide to the state of nursing research, particularly in areas most relevant to current practice.