This book will be of interest to all qualified nurses working in acute care and primary care settings who have contact with children, young people and their families. It will also be of interest to those undertaking post-qualifying and post-graduate courses and will be particularly relevant for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHNs) many of whom, once qualified, have significant child protection roles in practice.

This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their families. It explores the challenges that practitioners face routinely - with suggestions as to how to address them - as well as the established areas for assessment, of children's developmental needs, parenting ability and motivation, and socio-economic factors.This new edition has been extended substantially to include recent practice, p...

Your Undergraduate Dissertation in Health and Social Care provides a practical step-by-step guide to both the theoretical and practical aspects of the process of doing an undergraduate dissertation, equipping the reader with all the skills necessary to plan, conduct and write up a research project successfully.This is a revised edition of Nicholas Walliman′s best-selling Your Undergraduate Dissertation, which has been specially tailored to the need...

When introverted Jane Appleton and charismatic Franklin Pierce first met, they fell in love immediately, despite being complete opposites. Jane’s pious family vetoed any relationship between them, and it was eight years before they finally married. Their life together was a loving though often difficult one, as frail Jane adapted to the uncertainties of political life that climaxed in ostensible deceit and tragedy just prior to Franklin’s presidency.This book offers insight into th...

August 18, 2020, marked the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1920, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee, awaiting the roll call of men who would cast their votes for or against a woman’s right to a voice in government.Though this movement won rights for some women—an achievement to be acknowledged and celebrated—the struggle did not end there. Due to states’ laws and prohibitive policies, ...

Dépourvue de toute beauté et de fortune, Miss Jane Featherstone ne s’est encore attiré aucun prétendant. Refusant d’être à la charge de son frère et son odieuse épouse, Miss Featherstone fait le serment de se donner au premier homme qui demandera sa main – même si depuis toujours elle n’a d’yeux que pour un lord avec lequel elle n’a aucune chance.Lord Slade doit épouser une héritière afin d’honorer le serment qu’il a fait à son père, mais il devra demander l’aide de Miss Feathersto...

Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times introduces a history as dynamic and diverse as Kentucky itself. Covering the Appalachian region in the east to the Pennyroyal in the west, the essays highlight women whose aspirations, innovations, activism, and creativity illustrate Kentucky’s role in political and social reform, education, health care, the arts, and cultural development. The collection features women with well-known names as well as those whose lives and work deserve greater...

Please Note: This is an expanded version of a very similar book published under the title His Lordship's Vow...Bereft of beauty as well as fortune, the exceedingly plain Miss Jane Featherstone has failed to attract any suitor during her three Seasons. Rather than be a burden to her brother and his obnoxious wife, Miss Featherstone vows to accept the first man who asks—even though she's always worshipped a lord who's far above her touch. . .Lord Sla...

3 Jane Austen Inspired NovellasMiss Darcy’s New CompanionJust as Alex, the Earl of Fane, decides to court the heiress Miss Darcy to save his estate, he unwittingly falls in love with her companion, beautiful but shabbily dressed Miss Wetherspoon. A mix-up involving Mr. Collins compels Alex to offer for Miss Darcy despite that his heart belongs to another.Miss Darcy’s Secret LoveThinking to please her brother, Miss Darcy plans to accept one ...

Die überaus unscheinbare Miss Jane Featherstone hat während ihrer drei Saisons keinen Verehrer anziehen können, da es ihr sowohl an Schönheit wie an Vermögen mangelt. Lieber, als ihrem Bruder und seiner widerwärtigen Frau zur Last zu fallen, schwört Miss Featherstone, den ersten Mann zu akzeptieren, der um sie anhält - obwohl sie seit jeher einen Lord verehrt, der für sie unerreichbar ist …Lord Slade muss eine Erbin heiraten, um den Schwur, den er seinem Vater an dessen Sterbebett ...

Gerade als Alex, der Earl von Fane, beschließt, der Erbin Miss Darcy den Hof zu machen, um seinen Besitz zu retten, verliebt er sich wider Willen in ihre Gesellschafterin, die schöne, aber schäbig gekleidete Miss Wetherspoon. Eine Verwechselung, in der Mr. Collins eine Rolle spielt, zwingt Alex, Miss Darcy einen Antrag zu machen, obwohl sein Herz einer anderen gehört.Miss Darcys geheime LiebeUm, wie sie denkt, ihrem Bruder einen Gefallen zu tun, beabsichtigt Miss Darcy, ein...