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How to Nurse

Relational Inquiry in Action

by Gweneth Hartrick Doane, Colleen Varcoe ...

Confidently address the theory-to-practice gap and equip your students with a theoretically sound, research-informed approach to successful nursing practice. How to Nurse: Relational Inquiry in Action, Second Edition, focuses on the “how” of relational inquiry to demonstrate the relevance of nursing research and help students confidently navigate the complexities of real-life nursing practice. A ... Read more

$116.19 CAD

Confidently address the theory-to-practice gap and equip your students with a theoretically sound, research-informed approach to successful nursing practice. How to Nurse: Relational Inquiry in Action, Second Edition, focuses on the “how” of relational inquiry to demonstrate the relevance of nursing research and help students confidently navigate the complexities of real-life nursing practice. A
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Realities of Canadian Nursing

Professional, Practice, and Power Issues

by Carol McDonald, Marjorie McIntyre ...

In Realities of Canadian Nursing, influential scholars throughout Canada give voice to the unheard concerns of nurses and go to great lengths to ensure the text offers readers more than an update on current and pressing professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues in nursing and healthcare. In chapter 1 of the text, authors Carol McDonald PhD, RN and Marjorie ... Read more

$135.99 CAD

In Realities of Canadian Nursing, influential scholars throughout Canada give voice to the unheard concerns of nurses and go to great lengths to ensure the text offers readers more than an update on current and pressing professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues in nursing and healthcare. In chapter 1 of the text, authors Carol McDonald PhD, RN and Marjorie
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Confessions of a Male Nurse

by Michael Alexander ...

Series series The Confessions Series
From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands; ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands;
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Come From Away

Nurses who Immigrated to Newfoundland and Labrador

by Jeanette Walsh ...

The third volume in the best-selling nursing history series. ... Read more

$13.59 CAD

The third volume in the best-selling nursing history series.
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Strengths-Based Nursing Care

Health And Healing For Person And Family

by Laurie N. Gottlieb, PhD, RN ...

"This is the first book to provide an in-depth exploration of strengths-based nursing care. It includes personal stories from practicing nurses and expert consultants using SBC, which enhances interest and credibility. It is filled with exercises and examples to help educators or nurses include SBC in their practice. As Dr. Benner states, the book is 'accessible and easy to read but requires much ... Read more

$107.99 CAD

"This is the first book to provide an in-depth exploration of strengths-based nursing care. It includes personal stories from practicing nurses and expert consultants using SBC, which enhances interest and credibility. It is filled with exercises and examples to help educators or nurses include SBC in their practice. As Dr. Benner states, the book is 'accessible and easy to read but requires much
... Read more
Saving Lives

Why the Media's Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk

by Harry Jacobs Summers, Sandy Summers ...

For millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media's portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes -- has devalued the profession and contributed to a global shortage that constitutes a public health crisis. Today, the thin ... Read more

$27.19 CAD

For millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media's portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes -- has devalued the profession and contributed to a global shortage that constitutes a public health crisis. Today, the thin
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From Silence to Voice

What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public

by Bernice Buresh, Suzanne Gordon ...

Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
**This is an invaluable book for all nurses, especially those who are proud of being nurses and who have always wanted to make others understand our passion.**â• Nursing StandardFor more than a decade, From Silence to Voice has been providing nurses with communication tools they can use to win the resources and respect they deserve. Now, in a timely third edition, authors Bernice Buresh and ... Read more

$11.19 CAD

**This is an invaluable book for all nurses, especially those who are proud of being nurses and who have always wanted to make others understand our passion.**â• Nursing StandardFor more than a decade, From Silence to Voice has been providing nurses with communication tools they can use to win the resources and respect they deserve. Now, in a timely third edition, authors Bernice Buresh and
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Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada

Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada

by Bonnie Fournier, Dr. Fareen Karachiwalla ...

Work more effectively with a complete understanding of Canadian public health! Shah's Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada, Sixth Edition examines health care policy in Canada and the issues and trends faced by today's health care professionals. It puts health promotion and prevention models into a historical perspective, with discussions including the evolution of national health ... Read more

$81.59 CAD

Work more effectively with a complete understanding of Canadian public health! Shah's Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada, Sixth Edition examines health care policy in Canada and the issues and trends faced by today's health care professionals. It puts health promotion and prevention models into a historical perspective, with discussions including the evolution of national health
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Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Health Care in Canada

Bridging Health and Healing

by Vasiliki Douglas, BSN, BA, MA, PhD ...

Written by one of the leading researchers in First Nations and Inuit Health, this is the only entry-level text to address the current state of knowledge in the field of aboriginal health. The book places aboriginal health in Canada within its historical and philosophical context as it addresses social and clinical approaches to major health issues facing this population. It discusses the ... Read more

$75.99 CAD

Written by one of the leading researchers in First Nations and Inuit Health, this is the only entry-level text to address the current state of knowledge in the field of aboriginal health. The book places aboriginal health in Canada within its historical and philosophical context as it addresses social and clinical approaches to major health issues facing this population. It discusses the
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Leddy & Pepper's Professional Nursing

by Lucy J Hood ...

Easy to read, visually engaging, and updated with the latest practices and considerations in clinical nursing practice, Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing, 10th Edition provides a practical overview of the contemporary nursing profession and addresses the philosophical, developmental, sociocultural, environmental, political, health care delivery, and leadership issues essential to career ... Read more

$108.39 CAD

Easy to read, visually engaging, and updated with the latest practices and considerations in clinical nursing practice, Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing, 10th Edition provides a practical overview of the contemporary nursing profession and addresses the philosophical, developmental, sociocultural, environmental, political, health care delivery, and leadership issues essential to career
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The New Arrival

The Heartwarming True Story of a 1970s Trainee Nurse

by Sarah Beeson ...

‘I hadn’t been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn’t even lunchtime yet …’On a hot summer’s day in 1969, fresh-faced 17 year old Nurse Sarah Hill arrives at Hackney General Hospital in London’s East End.Battered suitcase in hand, she takes eager steps ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

‘I hadn’t been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn’t even lunchtime yet …’On a hot summer’s day in 1969, fresh-faced 17 year old Nurse Sarah Hill arrives at Hackney General Hospital in London’s East End.Battered suitcase in hand, she takes eager steps
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TOP 10 Geriatric Syndromes: Clinical Management Strategies

by Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist ...

This book will present many of the expected changes caused by normal aging and the Top Ten Geriatric Syndromes elders experience. These syndromes are a cascade of problems in an elders health and revolve around vision and hearing problems, elimination issues, dizziness, falls, and cognitive impairment including delirium as well as dementia (such as Alzheimers disease). For these reasons, providing ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

This book will present many of the expected changes caused by normal aging and the Top Ten Geriatric Syndromes elders experience. These syndromes are a cascade of problems in an elders health and revolve around vision and hearing problems, elimination issues, dizziness, falls, and cognitive impairment including delirium as well as dementia (such as Alzheimers disease). For these reasons, providing
... Read more
Middle Range Theory for Nursing, Third Edition

Third Edition

by Mary Jane Smith, PhD, RN, Patricia R. Liehr, PhD, RN ...

Praise for the Second Edition:"Smith and Liehr's exposition on nursing theory enhances nursing science and clinical practice with 12 middle range nursing theories. The discussion format of each chapter helps the reader understand the theories and the comparisons among them. This user-friendly reference is a must-have for students as well as academic and clinical nurse scholars."--AJN Book of the ... Read more

$121.99 CAD

Praise for the Second Edition:"Smith and Liehr's exposition on nursing theory enhances nursing science and clinical practice with 12 middle range nursing theories. The discussion format of each chapter helps the reader understand the theories and the comparisons among them. This user-friendly reference is a must-have for students as well as academic and clinical nurse scholars."--AJN Book of the
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Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow

Canadian Health Professionals’ Experience of Compassion Fatigue

by Wendy Austin, E. Sharon Brintnell, Erika Goble, Leon Kagan, Linda Kreitzer, Denise J. Larsen, Brendan Leier ...

First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name—along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress—the condition of caregivers who become “too tired to care.” Compassion, long seen as the foundation of ethical caring, is ... Read more

$25.59 CAD

First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name—along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress—the condition of caregivers who become “too tired to care.” Compassion, long seen as the foundation of ethical caring, is
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Arnold and Boggs's Interpersonal Relationships - E-Book

Arnold and Boggs's Interpersonal Relationships - E-Book

by Claire Mallette, Olive Yonge, Elizabeth C. Arnold, Kathleen Underman Boggs ...

Now more than ever, effective communication skills are key for successful patient care and positive outcomes. Arnold and Boggs's Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Canadian Nurses helps you develop essential skills for communicating effectively with patients, families, and colleagues in order to achieve treatment goals in health care. Using clear, practical ... Read more

$66.39 CAD

Now more than ever, effective communication skills are key for successful patient care and positive outcomes. Arnold and Boggs's Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Canadian Nurses helps you develop essential skills for communicating effectively with patients, families, and colleagues in order to achieve treatment goals in health care. Using clear, practical
... Read more
100 idées pour se sortir d’un trouble alimentaire

by Daniel Rigaud ...

Series series 100 Idées pour
Les troubles du comportement alimentaire (TCA : anorexie, boulimie, compulsion) concernent en France aujourd’hui près d’un million de personnes. Ce sont des maladies qui débutent le plus souvent autour de l’adolescence et touchent avant tout les femmes (plus de 80% des malades sont des jeunes filles ou des femmes adultes).Face à ces troubles, l’environnement familial a un rôle essentiel à jouer. ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Les troubles du comportement alimentaire (TCA : anorexie, boulimie, compulsion) concernent en France aujourd’hui près d’un million de personnes. Ce sont des maladies qui débutent le plus souvent autour de l’adolescence et touchent avant tout les femmes (plus de 80% des malades sont des jeunes filles ou des femmes adultes).Face à ces troubles, l’environnement familial a un rôle essentiel à jouer.
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Forensic Nursing

Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition

by American Nurses Association, International Association of Forensic Nurses ...

This new edition is the premier resource by forensic nurses for forensic nurses. Working atthe intersections of multiple health and legal systems, the forensic nurse practices nationally and globally,providing specialized nursing care and treatment, which focuses on those affectedby violence and trauma, be they individuals, families, communities, or populations. Continuing and building on over 20 ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

This new edition is the premier resource by forensic nurses for forensic nurses. Working atthe intersections of multiple health and legal systems, the forensic nurse practices nationally and globally,providing specialized nursing care and treatment, which focuses on those affectedby violence and trauma, be they individuals, families, communities, or populations. Continuing and building on over 20
... Read more
The Mindful Nurse - Using the Power of Mindfulness and Compassion to Help You Thrive in Your Work

by Carmel Sheridan ...

After reviewing this book, I strongly suggest that every nurse across the globe purchase a copy, and that every school of nursing make this book part of their required reading. My reasons are two fold: not only does this book help nurses provide cutting-edge, patient-centred care, but it also provides strategies for self-care and personal enrichment at the same time. Very few books offer such rich ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

After reviewing this book, I strongly suggest that every nurse across the globe purchase a copy, and that every school of nursing make this book part of their required reading. My reasons are two fold: not only does this book help nurses provide cutting-edge, patient-centred care, but it also provides strategies for self-care and personal enrichment at the same time. Very few books offer such rich
... Read more
The Nature of Theoretical Thinking in Nursing, Third Edition

Third Edition

by Hesook Suzie Kim, PhD, RN ...

"Designated a Doody's Core Title!*This is a well-written, thought-provoking book on theoretical thinking and knowledge development in nursing.*Score: 93, 4 stars--Doody'sThe past decade has seen tremendous growth and enrichment in nursing?s theoretical work. This third edition has therefore been updated, revised, and expanded to cover the gamut of recent developments in theoretical thinking in ... Read more

$86.39 CAD

"Designated a Doody's Core Title!*This is a well-written, thought-provoking book on theoretical thinking and knowledge development in nursing.*Score: 93, 4 stars--Doody'sThe past decade has seen tremendous growth and enrichment in nursing?s theoretical work. This third edition has therefore been updated, revised, and expanded to cover the gamut of recent developments in theoretical thinking in
... Read more
At the Coalface

The memoir of a pit nurse

by Joan Hart ...

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the
... Read more
The Art and Science of Nurse Coaching, 2nd Edition

The Provider’s Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies, 2nd edition

by Mary Elaine Southard, Barbara M. Dossey, Linda Bark, Bonney Gulina Schaub ...

The nurse-client relationship is at the core of quality nursing care. Nurse coaching is a structured, relationship-centered approach that promotes achievement of client goals. This new edition of The Art and Science of Nurse Coaching: The Provider’s Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies teaches RNs how to interact with clients in a skilled, purposeful, and results-oriented way. Grounded in the ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

The nurse-client relationship is at the core of quality nursing care. Nurse coaching is a structured, relationship-centered approach that promotes achievement of client goals. This new edition of The Art and Science of Nurse Coaching: The Provider’s Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies teaches RNs how to interact with clients in a skilled, purposeful, and results-oriented way. Grounded in the
... Read more
Managing to Nurse

Inside Canada's Health Care Reform

by Janet Rankin, Marie Campbell ...

Series series Heritage
How does the contemporary restructuring of health care affect nursing practice? Increasingly since the 1970s, and more intensively under recent reforms, Canadian health care is the focus of information-supported, professionally based management. In Managing to Nurse, Janet M. Rankin and Marie L. Campbell probe the operation of this new form of hospital and its effect management on nurses and ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

How does the contemporary restructuring of health care affect nursing practice? Increasingly since the 1970s, and more intensively under recent reforms, Canadian health care is the focus of information-supported, professionally based management. In Managing to Nurse, Janet M. Rankin and Marie L. Campbell probe the operation of this new form of hospital and its effect management on nurses and
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At the Limits of Care

Gendered Work and Stories That Matter

by Janna Klostermann ...

For author Janna Klostermann, reaching her limits and resigning from care work felt like a crisis of self. In the aftermath of this upheaval, this is the book she needed to write. At the Limits of Care will change how you think about care work and about the women who provide it.Now an assistant professor in sociology and a radical care scholar, Klostermann interrogates women’s counter-stories of ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

For author Janna Klostermann, reaching her limits and resigning from care work felt like a crisis of self. In the aftermath of this upheaval, this is the book she needed to write. At the Limits of Care will change how you think about care work and about the women who provide it.Now an assistant professor in sociology and a radical care scholar, Klostermann interrogates women’s counter-stories of
... Read more
Fast Facts for the Nurse Preceptor

Keys to Providing a Successful Preceptorship in a Nutshell

by Maggie Ciocco, MS, RN, BC ...

Series series Fast Facts
Dedicated and competent nurse preceptors are vital to the success of health care organizations and to the retention of nurses in the profession. Yet clinical teaching and supervision is a skill that must be developed; a knowledgeable and experienced practitioner does not automatically become a successful nurse preceptor. This pithy reference guide for nurses in the preceptor role is brimming with ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

Dedicated and competent nurse preceptors are vital to the success of health care organizations and to the retention of nurses in the profession. Yet clinical teaching and supervision is a skill that must be developed; a knowledgeable and experienced practitioner does not automatically become a successful nurse preceptor. This pithy reference guide for nurses in the preceptor role is brimming with
... Read more

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