Rural Nursing: Concepts, Theory, and Practice, 2nd Edition

✍ Scribed by Helen J. Lee, Charlene A. Winters

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 377
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book will provide you with a broad understanding of the characteristics of health care in rural settings and what is required for effective nursing practice in this context. The thoroughly revised second edition chronicles the path to creating a coherent, conceptual framework for rural nursing practice. By bringing together research, theory, and narratives, the editors and contributors provide readers with a foundation for understanding the special dimensions of rural nursing and health. New chapters look at: Rural family health Rural public health Chronic illness Online intervention Men as rural nursesEnvironmental health

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page......Page 1
About the Authors......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 0826169554......Page 5
Contents (with page links)......Page 8
Editorial Board......Page 11
Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 20
Acknowledgments......Page 24
Part I. The Rural Nursing Theory Base......Page 26
1 Rural Nursing: Developing the Theory Base......Page 28
2 Examining the Rural Nursing Theory Base......Page 42
3 Exploring Rural Nursing Theory Across Borders......Page 52
Part II. Perspectives of Rural Persons......Page 66
4 Old-Timers......Page 68
5 Health Needs and Perceptions of Rural Persons......Page 78
6 Health Perceptions, Needs, and Behaviors of Remote Rural Women of Childbearing and Childrearing Age......Page 91
7 Rural and Remote Women Developing Resilience to Manage Vulnerability......Page 104
8 Strategizing Safety: Perinatal Experiences of Rural Women......Page 121
9 Rural Family Health: Enduring Acts of Balancing......Page 135
Part III. The Rural Dweller and Response to Illness......Page 152
10 Patterns of Responses to Symptoms in Rural Residents: The Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process......Page 154
11 Updating the Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process......Page 163
12 The Chronic Illness Experience of Isolated Rural Women: Use of an Online Support Group Intervention......Page 178
13 Acceptability: One Component in Choice of Health Care Provider......Page 191
Part IV. Rural Nursing Practice......Page 202
14 The Distinctive Nature and Scope of Rural Nursing Practice: Philosophical Bases......Page 204
15 Rural Health Professionals’ Perceptions of Lack of Anonymity......Page 222
16 The Rural Nursing Generalist in Community Health......Page 230
17 The Rural Nursing Generalist in the Acute Care Setting: Flowing Like a River......Page 243
18 Men Working as Rural Nurses: Land of Opportunity......Page 257
19 Continuing Education and Rural Nurses......Page 273
Part V. Rural Public Health......Page 282
20 Public Health Emergency Preparedness in Rural or Frontier Areas......Page 284
21 Environmental Risk Reduction for Rural Children......Page 295
22 Rural School Health: Who Covers for the Rural School Nurse When There is None?......Page 307
23 Improving the Health Literacy of Rural Elders: An Interdisciplinary Approach......Page 316
24 The Culture of Rural Communities: An Examination of Rural Nursing Concepts at the Community Level......Page 326
Part VI. Looking Ahead......Page 336
25 Further Development of the Rural Nursing Theory Base......Page 338
26 Implications for Education, Practice, and Policy......Page 347
APPENDIX: An Analysis of Key Concepts for Rural Nursing......Page 356
A......Page 368
C......Page 369
E......Page 370
I......Page 371
J......Page 372
O......Page 373
R......Page 374
S......Page 375
T......Page 376
W......Page 377