Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 26: Focus on Rural Health 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Fitzpatrick, Joyce J. (Editor), Merwin, Elizabeth |
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ISBN: 0826101267 ISBN-13: 9780826101266 Publisher: Springer Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $95.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: Many challenges face the nursing community in expanding the empirical knowledge base that informs rural nursing practice. This collection develops creative and effective strategies in identifying relevant research and presents them within the context of the rural delivery system. The contributors, all noted nurse scientists, include discussions of the key problems they deal with within the context of recent reports on the state of rural health. This approach enables the reader to situate available nursing knowledge within the broader context of knowledge about each problem as a whole. While the primary examples are drawn from American contexts, a special chapter on global perspectives highlights analogous problems and issues that rural nursing research raises across countries, particularly the availability of resources. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Nursing - Research & Theory |
Dewey: 610.730 |
Series: Annual Review of Nursing Research |
Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.39" W x 8.98" (1.23 lbs) 311 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From reviews of the previous volume: This volume should be quite useful to the target audience. It provides a good foundation for evidence-based practice and further research (4 stars). The nursing community is continually challenged with expanding the empirical knowledge base that informs rural nursing practice. This volume of the prestigious Annual Review of Nursing Research, Focus on Rural Health, addresses this challenge. Contributors have developed creative and effective strategies to identify relevant research and present them in the context of the rural delivery system. Topics include:
The contributors, all noted nurse scientists, discuss the key problems they deal with on a daily basis, utilizing recent rural and general health policy reports. This approach allows readers to learn new techniques and strategies for rural nursing practice that are firmly grounded in the evidence. While the primary examples are drawn from American contexts, a special chapter on global perspectives highlights analogous problems and issues that rural nursing research raises across countries, particularly the availability of resources. About the Editors This volume is edited by Elizabeth Merwin, Associate Dean, Research and the Director of the Rural Health Care Research Center at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. The series editor is Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, who has received numerous honors and awards including the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award 18 times, and is the Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. |