1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457391303321

Autore

Mertig Rita G

Titolo

Nurses' guide to teaching diabetes self-management [[electronic resource] /] / Rita Girouard Mertig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2012

ISBN

1-280-12880-1

9786613532688

0-8261-0828-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

616.4/620231

Soggetti

Diabetes - Nursing

Patient education

Self-care, Health

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

Diabetes : the basics -- Treatment : medical nutrition management -- Treatment : physical activity -- Treatment : medication -- Glycemic control -- Chronic complications -- The healthcare professional as teacher -- Teaching and motivating families with young children / by Kearsten Adams -- Teaching and motivating adolescents and their parents / by Bev Baliko -- Teaching and motivating adults -- Teaching and motivating clients with psychiatric/mental health issues / by Bev Baliko -- Client noncompliance.

Sommario/riassunto

This is an optimistic and empowering approach to the daunting task of teaching diabetes patients to care for themselves. Written by a highly respected diabetes educator who has suffered with diabetes for 25 years, the guide provides the clinical and personal expertise that will help nurses and other health professionals to successfully teach diabetes self-management and compliance to adults, children, adolescents, and parents. The book contains a vast reservoir of information ranging from a thorough overview of diabetes and the physical and emotional toll of living with the disease to number o



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002879599707536

Autore

Orza, Mariano

Titolo

Francesco Baldovini e il Lamento di Cecco da Varlungo / Mariano Orza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : D'Auria, 1909

Descrizione fisica

42 p. ; 25 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961819703321

Autore

Douglas Mary <1921-2007, >

Titolo

Purity and danger : an analysis of concepts of pollution and taboo / / Mary Douglas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-48927-4

1-315-01581-1

1-136-48920-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Collected works / Mary Douglas ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

390

Soggetti

Taboo

Purity, Ritual

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1966"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; MARY DOUGLAS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Ritual Uncleanness; 2. Secular Defilement; 3· The Abominations of Leviticus; 4· Magic and Miracle; 5· Primitive Worlds; 6. Powers and Dangers; 7· External Boundaries; 8. Internal Lines; 9· The System at War with Itself; 10. The System



Shattered and Renewed; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of application, rebuttal and development within anthropology.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954774603321

Autore

Zhang Liang <1974->

Titolo

Does quality pay? : benefits of attending a high-cost, prestigious college / / Liang Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2005

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-92317-5

1-283-60808-1

9786613920539

1-135-92318-3

0-203-94332-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Studies in higher education

Disciplina

338.4/3378

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - United States - Evaluation

Wages - College graduates - United States

Wages - Effect of education on - United States

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 (p. 143-150) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Literature Review and Theoretical Framework; Chapter Three: Who Completes at High-Quality Colleges?; Chapter Four: The Economic Effect of College Quality; Chapter Five: Variability in the Economic Effect of College Quality1; Chapter Six: College Quality and Earnings Distribution; Chapter Seven: College Quality and Graduate Education1; Chapter Eight: College Quality and Job Satisfaction; Chapter Nine: Summary and Discussion; Notes;



Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Previous research has generally shown a very small although statistically significant economic benefit from attending high-quality colleges. This small effect was at odds with what students' college choice and various social theories would seem to suggest. This study sought to reconcile the empirical evidence and theories. The effort was in two directions. First, the economic effect of college quality was expanded from examining only the economic benefit to considering other student outcomes including job satisfaction and graduate degree accomplishment. A new perspective regarding the socia