Now in its 6th edition this book is thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research and terminology. [...] It has three goals: to introduce the major individual and community models and theories that guide health promotion interventions; to offer evidence-based strategies for effective health promotion in practice settings; and to foster critical thinking about future opportunities for research and more effective interventions. [Ed.].

For BSN and MSN courses in health promotion, and as a supplement to community nursing courses. This book presents a strong, up-to-date foundation for understanding and building the science and practice of health promotion. It has three goals: to introduce the major individual and community models and theories that guide health promotion interventions; to offer evidence-based strategies for effective health promotion in practice settings; and to foster critical thinking about future opportunities for research and more effective interventions. This Sixth Edition is thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research and terminology. New coverage includes: the U.S. Government’s Healthy People 2020 Goals; more ecological approaches encompassing families, communities, and nations; new health promotion technologies, and more.

This is a book nurse managers and all managers throughout the hospital should be reading! It provides an overview of how to create the inter disciplinary team management and shared values essential to effective restructuring. It also contains valuable advice on staffing plans, man agement challenges and solutions, quality control issues, lessons lear ned and pitfalls to avoid, and a host of other special considerations. You'll learn how to develop a viable financial plan, predict the impa ct of restructuring, and collect and evaluate data to determine cost s avings, quality of care outcomes, and patient satisfaction!

Describes approaches to operational redesign and clinical process redesign and provides examples and case studies from the field, designed to assist health care professional in redesign. Part I examines operational redesign, with discussion of the case for change, and structure and team processes fo

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