A unique figure in medieval Jewish history, Isaac ibn Khalfun was a professional poet during the Golden Age of Hebrew poetry in Spain. Like the Arabic poets of his day, Ibn Khalfun wandered throughout the Mediterranean east in search of wealthy patrons, writing panegyrics for those who complied, and witty, often pointed requests for payment from those who did not. His poems, which were not rediscovered until the twentieth century, are as fascinating for their literary quality as for the light which they shed on medieval Jewish society in the lands of Islam.
Perhaps the greatest Hebrew poet since biblical times, Judah Halevi (ca. 1075-1141) is best-known for his “Songs of Zion,” written late in life. But when Halevi first appeared on the stage of history, he was just a young man, incredibly talented - and completely unknown. This study focuses on Halevi’s earliest period of creativity within a circle of Hebrew poets centering on the Muslim city-kingdom of Granada. Part One examines the lure of Muslim Spain for an up-and-coming young poet and the poems paving his way thither; Part Two, the social setting in which this circle of poets flourished and the dynamics behind many of its poems. A number of poems are brought in translation, many for the first time.
The first edition of People in Crisis, published in 1978, established success as a comprehensive and user-friendly text for health and social service professionals. The book and its following incarnations included critical life events and life cycle transition challenges, clearly pointing out the interconnections between such events, stressful developmental changes, and their potential for growth but also danger of suicide and/or violence toward others. This revised edition includes new case examples and expanded coverage of cross-cultural content, including 'commonalities and differences' in origins, manifestations, and crisis responses. The authors illustrate the application of crisis concepts, assessment, and intervention strategies across a wide range of health and mental health settings, as well as at home, school, workplace, and in the community. Each chapter contains a closing summary that includes discussion questions, references, and online data sources for maximum application and learning. Updated chapters discuss new, research-based content on: • workplace violence and abuse • youth violence in schools and higher education settings • the use of psychotropic drugs, including for very young children in the absence of comprehensive assessment • the crisis vulnerability of war veterans and the hazards of 'pathologizing' what should be considered a 'normal' response to the repeated and catastrophic trauma of war • the intersection of socio-political factors with individuals’ psychological healing from catastrophic experiences such as war and natural disaster.
As the social work profession increasingly emphasizes scholarship and research, the education and training of faculty and students in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) becomes imperative. Research Integrity and Responsible Conduct of Research provides specific guidelines regarding the practical considerations, recommendations, and tools in the ethical and responsible practice of social work research. Using core instructional areas identified by the U.S. Office of Research Integrity, this essential guide covers data acquisition, management, sharing and ownership; conflict of interest and commitment; subjects' protection; research misconduct; publication practices and responsible authorship; mentor and mentee responsibilities; peer review; and collaborative science. For each core area, the book identifies specific issues that are relevant for social work researchers. For example, the chapter on collaborative science discusses issues related to community-based research, and the chapter on subjects' protection covers common institutional review board issues with social behavioral protocols, such as doing research "on" students. Case studies designed to enhance critical thinking about ethical dilemmas confronted by social scientists in the practice of research are also included. Drawing on research, curriculum models, and identified best practices that have been primarily developed for biomedical researchers, the book presents practical strategies for educating and promoting RCR among social scientists. With useful case studies, sample protocols, and take-home points, this is a succinct yet valuable guide to the ethical practice of research for social work students, faculty, and agency-based staff.
Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice, 7th Edition, simplifies your students’ path to success in psychiatric mental health nursing, providing a comprehensive, recovery framework approach that emphasizes interventions and wellness promotion to ensure positive patient outcomes. This trusted, up-to-date text makes complex concepts easy to understand and incorporates a wealth of examples, case studies, clinical vignettes, and patient experience videos to help students confidently apply what they’ve learned in the clinical setting.
PCCN Certification Review is an exceptional resource that takes critical care nurses through the entire PCCN certification process, guiding them through the procedures for registering for the exam, offering test-taking strategies, and providing the various resources and paperwork they need to complete their certification.Includes a free CD-ROM of practice questions!
Dr. Parnell has captured the essence of health literacy and cultural competence, not only for nurses, but also applicable to all care providers and community workers. [and] provides us with a road map to enhance our success through health literacy and cultural competence. This is a must read for all health professionals." -Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS (From the Foreword) 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-2006) Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona Promoting the health literacy of patients across all settings is an essential component of prevention, wellness, and effective medical treatment. This health literacy textbook provides an overview of health literacy, discusses the magnitude of the issue, and explains implications of low health literacy. It details strategies to enhance effective communication between patients and nursing practitioners. Through case-based examples, this textbook and clinical guide assists nurses in developing the requisite skills needed to communicate effectively so that patients can truly make informed health decisions and enhance health outcomes. Health Literacy in Nursing promotes verbal and written communication strategies that nurses can use to effectively meet the individualized needs of an increasingly diverse patient population in an effort to enhance patientñprovider communication across the entire continuum of care. It provides strategies for creating culturally appropriate written materials in plain language that patients can read and follow when they arrive home. Nursing professionals can build upon the basic tools offered in the text throughout their career to stay abreast of methods to effectively communicate and educate a culturally and linguistically diverse demographic. Additionally, the material can easily be incorporated into course content regarding ìunique populationsî (pediatrics, older adults, research participants, and those managing mental health and end-of-life care decisions) for whom health literacy is often overlooked. The book will be valuable to undergraduate and graduate nursing students studying to meet advanced nurse practice competencies and is an essential resource for practicing nurses who must stay abreast of evolving standards and regulations related to the provision of safe and effective patient and family-centered care. Key Features: Provides a solid foundation for developing skills that foster health literacy among all patients and practitioners Assists in meeting the regulatory requirements for providing culturally and linguistically appropriate patient education Includes guidelines for improving health literacy according to increasingly evolving regulatory standards Includes case-based examples to illustrate the purpose and effectiveness of enhancing patient and provider health literacy skills Addresses both oral and written communication strategies
Adolescence is a unique developmental period characterized by a time of dramatic physical and psychological changes. It is important for emerging professionals and trainees who wish to work with youth to be familiar with the developmental issues and current trends in substance use and co-existing mental disorders. Adolescent Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders is a comprehensive and clinically-oriented resource aimed at students seeking a degree or certificate as an addiction counselor, as well as early-career professionals. The text is broken into three sections: adolescent development (covering physical and psychosocial development), comorbid disorders (such as externalizing and internalizing disorders and addictions), and interventions and treatment (featuring cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectic behavior therapy, and motivational enhancement therapy, among others). Each chapter includes side-bar points of interest, summary highlights, discussion questions, recommendations for further reading, and learner's test questions. Several chapters include case vignettes. This vital resource will be a must-have for trainees in social work, counseling, and psychology, as well as service providers.
Psychology 2ed will support you to develop the skills and knowledge needed for your career in psychology and within the professional discipline of psychology. This book will be an invaluable study resource during your introductory psychology course and it will be a helpful reference throughout your studies and your future career in psychology. Psychology 2ed provides you with local ideas and examples within the context of psychology as an international discipline. Rich cultural and indigenous coverage is integrated throughout the book to help your understanding. To support your learning online study tools with revision quizzes, games and additional content have been developed with this book.
This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Mary Ann Zagaria, PharmD, is devoted to Polypharmacy. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Support for Medication Therapy Management (Enhanced Medication Therapy Management): Testing Strategies for Improving Medication Use Among Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare Part D; The Role of Patient Preferences in Deprescribing; Polypharmacy Reduction Strategies: Tips on Incorporating American Geriatrics Society Beers and Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions Criteria; Polypharmacy and Delirium in Critically Ill Older Adults: Recognition and Prevention; Geriatric Polypharmacy: Pharmacist as Key Facilitator in Assessing for Falls Risk; Medication Reconciliation in Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Facilities: Opportunity for Pharmacists to Minimize Risks Associated with Transitions of Care; Can Managed Care Manage Polypharmacy?; Medication Risk Mitigation: Coordinating and Collaborating with Health Care Systems, Universities, and Researchers to Facilitate the Design and Execution of Practice-Based Research; and Geriatric Polypharmacy: Two Physicians’ Personal Perspectives.
Help beginning nursing students gain the basic knowledge, therapeutic communication capabilities, and patient interaction skills to confidently prepare for psychiatric nursing practice. Easy to use and backed by the latest clinical evidence, Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing, 3rd Edition, is rich with clinical examples and explanations that help clarify challenging concepts and equip students for success as entry-level nurses. Whether used in dedicated psychiatric nursing courses or for integrating psychiatric nursing principles into an existing course, this engaging text establishes the fundamental understanding students need to effectively care for individuals with emotional and mental health problems in any healthcare setting. New and Updated Features NEW! Content helps students recognize and address the effects of COVID-19 on mental health and embrace changes in the practice and delivery of mental health nursing, such as virtual therapy. UPDATED! Coverage of veteran care empowers students to confidently manage specific mental health issues affecting military veterans and their families. UPDATED! Community nursing care coverage helps students make a confident transition to practice outside of traditional hospital settings, increasing their career prospects.
- NEW! Includes the 2015 Dietary Goals for Americans which covers the latest guidelines and medications. - NEW! MyPlate for Older Adults developed by the Tufts University Human Research Center on Aging and the AARP Foundation replaces former Food Guide Pyramid. - NEW! Newly-approved Nutrition Labeling Guidelines incorporated into text along with the latest medications, research findings, and clinical treatment therapies. - NEW! New and refreshed case studies illustrate key concepts in authentic, "real-life" scenarios that reinforce learning and promote nutritional applications. - NEW! Expanded coverage of health promotion includes strategies for implementation. - NEW! New coverage of text messages for nutrition and health information includes what to watch out for when visiting health-related web sites.
CEN Examination Review is an essential guide for nurses preparing to take the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Exam. Containing more than 1,200 practice questions with rationales representative of those found on the exam, it provides a succinct, yet comprehensive review of the core material. Organized to give essential test taking strategies and techniques for passing the exam, CEN Examination Review explores key content areas such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopedic and wound care, maxillofacial and ocular, neurology, obstetrical and gynecological, gastrointestinal, and psychological.Included with the book is an online access code for JB TestPrep, our online interactive testing program, to help you pass the exam. This online program includes all of book's questions and answers, practice exams providing feedback, and final exams to help prepare you for the CEN Exam.Don't forget to visit our new nursing certification website: www.NursingCertificationSuccess.com
Equips NPs and other primary care providers with the evidence-based knowledge to effectively treat behavioral and mental health issues in youths Amid increasing mental health concerns for children and adolescents, this important book delineates the guidelines to support nurse practitioners and other primary care providers in effectively integrating mental health care into routine pediatric primary care. The text addresses the different approaches to care in a primary care setting versus a psychiatric-focused environment and provides insights tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities encountered by healthcare professionals in integrated primary care and mental health settings. The book first focuses on incorporating mental health care into pediatric primary care settings by exploring various integration models and outlining steps for facilitating such a synthesis. It discusses how to create a therapeutic environment and addresses potential barriers to effective practice. The second section provides a detailed overview of how to conduct a mental health-focused history and physical exam, with special consideration given to age and developmental stage. The book then examines common mental health concerns of children and adolescents, covering both behavioral and developmental issues as well as psychiatric diagnosis. Chapters address epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, assessment and treatment strategies, and necessary collaborations. Also included is guidance on patient and family education and follow-up recommendations. Key Features: Delivers current evidence-based guidelines for effective management of mental health in pediatrics Addresses the unique features of treating the pediatric population, including the role of school and ancillary support systems Examines the differences between approaches to mental health care in primary care and psychiatric-focused settings Discusses the challenges and opportunities for healthcare professionals in integrated primary care and mental health settings Presents information in clear, easy-to-access outline format
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Nutrition** Master the essentials of nutrition science and patient care with this concise text! Williams' Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 13th Edition helps you understand and apply nutrition concepts in the treatment of disease, disease prevention, and life enhancement. The text is broken out into three parts: the basics of nutrients and the body, the life cycle and community nutrition, and clinical nutrition. Case studies help you determine nutritional interventions in treating both acute and chronic conditions. Written by nutrition specialists Joyce Gilbert and Eleanor D. Schlenker, this book includes the latest advances in research and evidence-based practice. - Strong community focus includes robust coverage of health promotion, cultural competence, patient safety, lifespan, and public health issues. - Person-centered approach helps you develop practical solutions to individual problems, based on the authors' personal research and clinical experience. - MyPlate for Older Adults is included, as developed by nutrition scientists at Tufts University and the AARP Foundation, along with the Nestlé Mini Nutritional Assessment Scale. - Health Promotion sections help you with nutrition education, stressing healthy lifestyle choices and prevention as the best medicine. - Case studies provide opportunities for problem solving, allowing you to apply concepts to practical situations in nutrition care. - Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize critical thinking and summarize current research findings. - Focus on Culture boxes highlight cultural competence and the nutritional deficiencies, health problems, and appropriate interventions relating to different cultural, ethnic, racial, and age groups. - Focus on Food Safety boxes alert you to food safety issues related to a particular nutrient, population group, or medical condition. - Complementary and Alternative Medicine boxes offer uses, contraindications, and advantages/disadvantages of common types of herbs and supplements, and potential interactions with prescription or over-the-counter medications. - Chapter summaries and review questions reinforce your understanding of key concepts and their application. - Key terms are identified in the text and defined on the page to help reinforce critical concepts.
New edition of a basic text surveying attitudes, cross-cultural and historical perspectives, socialization, health care systems, living with life-threatening illness, funerals and body disposition, the experience of loss, death in children's lives, medical ethics, the law, suicide, and concepts of i
Charles Barkley, Alice Cooper, Kevin Costner, Amy Grant, Bret Favre, Celine Deon.what could they all possibly have in common? A passion for golf! Sports talk show host and media maven Ann Ligouri has collected 35 of her most fascinating interviews with celebrities and her time on the links with them. Hundreds of golf quips and quotes from a red carpet collection of celebrities from all walks of life comprise this entertaining collection of interviews.
Edition after edition, this comprehensive text for the adjustment course has enjoyed best-seller status in a crowded field. While professors cite the book for its academic credibility and the authors' ability to stay current with ''hot topics, '' students say it's one text they just don't want to stop reading. Its relevant examples spark students' interest in psychology, and its engaging applications that show students how psychology helps them understand themselves and their world. Students and instructors alike find the text and associated workbooks to be a highly readable, engaging, visually appealing package that provide a wealth of personal applications
A unique figure in medieval Jewish history, Isaac ibn Khalfun was a professional poet during the Golden Age of Hebrew poetry in Spain. Like the Arabic poets of his day, Ibn Khalfun wandered throughout the Mediterranean east in search of wealthy patrons, writing panegyrics for those who complied, and witty, often pointed requests for payment from those who did not. His poems, which were not rediscovered until the twentieth century, are as fascinating for their literary quality as for the light which they shed on medieval Jewish society in the lands of Islam.
In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne’s life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding, and the legacy of her diary. Black-and-white illustrations including maps and diagrams provide historical and visual reference in an easy-to-read biography written in a way that is appropriate and accessible for younger readers.
Scholars, clergy, teachers and writers present stimulating essays on the theme that Anne Frank's Diary movingly symbolizes the triumph of childhood innocence over totalitarian brutality. This may be of value for classes and study groups with interests in religion and religious ethics, the Holocaust, ethnic cleansing, discrimination, the role of the individual in society, and the daunting moral dilemmas posed by emerging nationalisms all over the world.
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When Jacqueline met Anne on her way home from school in the 1940s, the two girls formed an instant friendship. But with every day came an increasing sense of fear, especially as the Nazis took over Amsterdam. Despite the impending war, the friendship between Anne Frank and Jacqueline van Maarsen would never be broken, even when Anne was forced into hiding. In this beautiful memoir, Jacqueline remembers Anne, their friendship, and the chilling Holocaust experience of barely escaping deportation by the Nazis, helplessly watching friends and family disappear, and starting her life again after the war. Through Jacqueline's memories and black-and-white photos, Anne Frank will come to life and continue to be remembered. "[A] fascinating account of Anne, her family, and her friends before she went into hiding . . . This absorbing book vividly portrays life in occupied Amsterdam and throws interesting sidelights on Anne Frank's story."—Booklist
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