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Using peers, assertion to develop career: The Handbook of Nursing
MARCH 1986, VOL. 43, NO 3
patient care. Unlike textbooks for a nutrition class, this book defines and uses medical knowledge and terms to facilitate the presentation of nutrition into a student’s learning process. This information enhances learning of major disease processes and treatments in all age groups. The first section deals with individual nutrients, their digestion, absorption, and metabolism. The second part discusses different diseases of the body systems and their special nutritional needs. The third topic addresses the basic food groups. SHERRYKINCAID,RN, CNOR PONCA CITY, OKLA Measurement in Nursing Research. Carolyn Feher Waltz, et al. F A Davis, 1915 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 1984, 407 pp, $35 clothbound.
The authors used their expertise in the classroom to write this book in an extremely effective manner. They review the formulas needed to validate raw numbers obtained from tests, surveys, and questionnaires in a step-by-step manner. To aid the reader, each formula is demonstrated using nursing research data. I recommend this book whether or not a nurse is actively involved in nursing research. Research reports in journals are easier to read and understand by knowing the measurement process. It is a valuable addition to a personal library. ELLENGORE,RN WARRENTON. VA People in Crisis: Understanding and Helping, 2nd ed. Lee Ann Hoff. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Nursing Division, 2725 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, 1984,394 pp, $15.95 paperback.
This book is dedicated to people in crisis and those who help them. Those in the health care system would do well to read this book because it addresses the escalating health care costs and the need for preventive services. The second edition focuses on the increased violence and terrorism-changes that demand crisis intervention. These changes include: increased suicide, increased sensitivity to ethnic
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identity and women’s issues, fear of violence against individuals, and nuclear war. This edition gives updated information on how to cope with those challenges, as well as expanding strategy on prevention, intervention, and follow-up. This book is for anybody who helps people; I recommend it for managers. JACQUELINE PAWLOWSKI, RN, CNOR TULSA,OKLA Patient Care Standards, 3rd ed. Susan Martin Tucker et al, C V Mosby Publishing Co, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr, St Louis, MO 63146, 1984, 81 1 pp, $24.95 paperback.
This nursing text provides patient care standards designed to assist in developing a plan of nursing care to meet individual patient requirements. Nursing observations and care from the preoperative stage through discharge are discussed. Attention is also focused on medical-surgical standards, physiological systems, and diseases. The standards are clinically significant and succinctly presented. Because planning nursing care is a necessary skill that one must use throughout their entire nursing career, this text would be a useful addition for one’s personal reference library. JANICE L. DAVIS,RN JACKSONVILLE, FLA The Handbook of Nursing. Jeanne Howe. John Wiley & Sons, 605 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10016, 1984, 1,756 pp, $34.95 clothbound.
This book provides a technical understanding of the determinants of health and illness, and the organization, provision, and evaluation of care. It is written clearly and concisely, and has several special features. Compared to other texts in this field, The Handbook of Nursing offers an organized approach with each chapter following a consistent outline. Over 50 authors from a variety of disciplines contributed to this comprehensive volume. It is well worth its weight in knowledge. MARYANN PAPANIER WELLS,RN, CNOR PHILADELPHIA
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patient care. Unlike textbooks for a nutrition class, this book defines and uses medical knowledge and terms to facilitate the presentation of nutrition into a student’s learning process. This information enhances learning of major disease processes and treatments in all age groups. The first section deals with individual nutrients, their digestion, absorption, and metabolism. The second part discusses different diseases of the body systems and their special nutritional needs. The third topic addresses the basic food groups. SHERRYKINCAID,RN, CNOR PONCA CITY, OKLA Measurement in Nursing Research. Carolyn Feher Waltz, et al. F A Davis, 1915 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 1984, 407 pp, $35 clothbound.
The authors used their expertise in the classroom to write this book in an extremely effective manner. They review the formulas needed to validate raw numbers obtained from tests, surveys, and questionnaires in a step-by-step manner. To aid the reader, each formula is demonstrated using nursing research data. I recommend this book whether or not a nurse is actively involved in nursing research. Research reports in journals are easier to read and understand by knowing the measurement process. It is a valuable addition to a personal library. ELLENGORE,RN WARRENTON. VA People in Crisis: Understanding and Helping, 2nd ed. Lee Ann Hoff. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Nursing Division, 2725 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, 1984,394 pp, $15.95 paperback.
This book is dedicated to people in crisis and those who help them. Those in the health care system would do well to read this book because it addresses the escalating health care costs and the need for preventive services. The second edition focuses on the increased violence and terrorism-changes that demand crisis intervention. These changes include: increased suicide, increased sensitivity to ethnic
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identity and women’s issues, fear of violence against individuals, and nuclear war. This edition gives updated information on how to cope with those challenges, as well as expanding strategy on prevention, intervention, and follow-up. This book is for anybody who helps people; I recommend it for managers. JACQUELINE PAWLOWSKI, RN, CNOR TULSA,OKLA Patient Care Standards, 3rd ed. Susan Martin Tucker et al, C V Mosby Publishing Co, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr, St Louis, MO 63146, 1984, 81 1 pp, $24.95 paperback.
This nursing text provides patient care standards designed to assist in developing a plan of nursing care to meet individual patient requirements. Nursing observations and care from the preoperative stage through discharge are discussed. Attention is also focused on medical-surgical standards, physiological systems, and diseases. The standards are clinically significant and succinctly presented. Because planning nursing care is a necessary skill that one must use throughout their entire nursing career, this text would be a useful addition for one’s personal reference library. JANICE L. DAVIS,RN JACKSONVILLE, FLA The Handbook of Nursing. Jeanne Howe. John Wiley & Sons, 605 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10016, 1984, 1,756 pp, $34.95 clothbound.
This book provides a technical understanding of the determinants of health and illness, and the organization, provision, and evaluation of care. It is written clearly and concisely, and has several special features. Compared to other texts in this field, The Handbook of Nursing offers an organized approach with each chapter following a consistent outline. Over 50 authors from a variety of disciplines contributed to this comprehensive volume. It is well worth its weight in knowledge. MARYANN PAPANIER WELLS,RN, CNOR PHILADELPHIA
711