Caring for the vulnerable : perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and research / Mary de Chesnay, Barbara A. Anderson

Includes bibliographical references and index

Vulnerable populations : vulnerable people -- Advocacy role of providers -- Intersection of racial disparities and privilege -- Social justice in nursing : a review of the literature -- Health literacy : through the lens of one provider -- Bullying -- Applying middle-range concepts and theories to the care of vulnerable populations -- Resilience in health care and relevance to successful rehabilitation among registered nurses with substance use disorders -- Afghan women refugees : application of intersectionality feminist theory -- A holistic approach to women's employment -- The boys on the porch : life among previously homeless men -- Validation of fluid intake tracking system designed for heart failure patients -- A systematic review of cardiomyopathy and peripartum mortality in the United States -- Life beyond movement : a life history of a male quadriplegic -- Overcoming breastfeeding challenges : a case study -- Adult family relationships after childhood maltreatment and parental substance use or mental disorder : pursuing an ethics of care -- HIV prevention education -- Obstetric fistula : the cost to child brides -- Caring for the transgender community -- Developing population-based programs for the vulnerable -- The hepatitis C epidemic : outreach and intervention for boomers -- Trauma-informed primary care : promoting change among patients with early life adversity -- Opioid abuse and diversion prevention in rural eastern Kentucky -- Culturally contextualized community outreach program to promote breastfeeding among African American women -- Strangulation related to intimate partner violence : caring for vulnerable women in the emergency department -- The effects of gun trauma on rural Montana healthcare providers -- Teaching nurses about vulnerable populations -- Caring for vulnerable populations : outcomes with the DNP-prepared nurse -- Vulnerability and resilience : teaching students in low-resource and culturally unfamiliar settings -- Heath care in Mexico -- Honors capstone : preparing grant content for The Hope Box -- Public policy and vulnerable populations -- Facing the nursing workforce shortage : policies and initiatives to promote a resilient healthcare system -- The implementation of the strong start for mothers and newborns initiative in freestanding birth centers -- Protecting vulnerable populations from mosquito-borne diseases : the cases of yellow fever and zika -- The link between animal abuse and interpersonal violence -- Long after Allende and Pinochet : uncovering vulnerability in political history -- method and agency -- Aging in place policy

"Caring for the Vulnerable focuses on vulnerable populations and how nurses can care for them, develop programs for them, conduct research, and influence health policy. Units I and II focus on concepts and theories; Unit III on research; Units IV, V, and VI on practice-oriented measures, including teaching nursing students to work with vulnerable patients and clients; and Unit VII on policy. It provides a broad overview of material critical to working with these populations, comprehensive treatment of issues related to vulnerable populations, outstanding contributors who are experts in what they write, and a global focus. Continuing the effort undertaken in the Fourth Edition, the authors will continue to focus more on DNP authors and assess each chapter for relevance to DNP-prepared nurses in the Fifth Edition. While most of the adoptions for this title are at the graduate level, we do have a fair amount of business in higher-level undergrad courses as well. For this reason, the authors plan to balance their focus on the DNP audience with an effort to maintain the universality of the text. This text is generally used as a supplement in a wide variety of courses - from health promotion to population health, to global health"-- Provided by publisher

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