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Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 8th Edition

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By Carole Lium Edelman, MSN, GCNS-BC, CMC, Elizabeth Connelly Kudzma, DNSc, MPH, WHNP-BC, CNL and Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, AP, RN, CNS, FNP
With the advent of health care reform and an emphasis on reducing health care costs, health promotion and disease prevention is a priority in nursing care. Be prepared with Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 8th Edition, your comprehensive gu ...view more

With the advent of health care reform and an emphasis on reducing health care costs, health promotion and disease prevention is a priority in nursing care. Be prepared with Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 8th Edition, your comprehensive guide to major health promotion concepts. Featuring practical guidance – including boxes on diversity awareness, evidence-based practice, innovative practice, hot topics, and quality and safety as well as case studies and care plans – our experienced authors give you all the tools you need to stay current on the latest research and trends in health promotion.

ISBN :
9780323096638
Publication Date :
14-10-2013
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With the advent of health care reform and an emphasis on reducing health care costs, health promotion and disease prevention is a priority in nursing care. Be prepared with Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 8th Edition, your comprehensive guide to major health promotion concepts. Featuring practical guidance – including boxes on diversity awareness, evidence-based practice, innovative practice, hot topics, and quality and safety as well as case studies and care plans – our experienced authors give you all the tools you need to stay current on the latest research and trends in health promotion.


New to this edition
  • Updated nutrition coverage includes MyPyramid from the FDA, as well as the latest information on food safety and fad diets.
  • Expanded health policy coverage focuses on global health, historical perspectives, financing healthcare, concierge medical practices, and the hospitalist movement.
  • Health Promotion for the Twenty-First Century explores current and future health promotion challenges and research initiatives.
  • Updated Healthy People 2010 data includes midcourse review objectives and an introduction to Healthy People 2020.
  • Case Studies and Care Plans summarize key concepts and show how they apply to real-life practice.

Key Features
  • UNIQUE! The assessment framework for this textbook is based on Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns and offers a consistent presentation of content and a health promotion approach.
  • Extensive coverage of growth and development throughout the life span emphasizes the unique problems and health promotion needs of each stage of development.
  • UNIQUE! Think About It boxes present a realistic clinical scenario and critical thinking questions.
  • UNIQUE! Multicultural Awareness boxes present cultural perspectives important to care planning.
  • Research Highlights boxes discuss current research efforts and research opportunities in health promotion.
  • UNIQUE! Hot Topics boxes explore significant issues, trends, and controversies in health promotion to spark critical discussion and debate.
  • UNIQUE! Innovative Practice boxes offer examples of unique and creative health promotion programs and projects.

Author Information
By Carole Lium Edelman, MSN, GCNS-BC, CMC, Private Practice,Professional Geriatric Care Management,Westchester County, New York; Elizabeth Connelly Kudzma, DNSc, MPH, WHNP-BC, CNL, Professor,Emeritus School of Nursing Curry College; Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, AP, RN, CNS, FNP, Associate Professor, Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Family Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Scientist, Mind-Body Medical Institute, Boston, MA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA