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Developing Reflective Practice: a Guide for Beginning Teachers

By: Debra McGregor,Lesley Cartwright

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Developing Reflective Practice: a Guide for Beginning Teachers

By: Debra McGregor,Lesley Cartwright

This student friendly practical guide helps you get to grips with reflective practice in teaching, through bite-sized sections that are informative and quickly digestible. The book clearly explains some of the best-known theories on reflective practice and then shows how reflection on and in practice can have a positive impact on classroom performance. The very real problems faced by beginning teachers are brought to life through the use of rich case studies as well as extracts drawn from the reflective journals of those starting their teaching career. The illustrative case studies consider how reflective practice can inform your teaching practice, including: Preparing for teaching Fitting into your school Designing lessons Managing behaviour Planning for creativity Assessing effectively Developing essential teaching techniques Working effectively with your mentor Extending your professional practice at Master’s level An additional feature of the book is the inclusion of a number of new suggestions for developing reflective practice based on the authors’ experience of training new teachers and supporting beginning teachers. Through reflective tasks based on the real problems that beginning teachers face you can actively develop your understanding and confidence in this area. This book is essential reading for trainees and newly qualified teachers as well as those supporting new entrants to the profession.

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0335242596

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Developing Thinking; Developing Learning

By: McGregor, Debra

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Developing Thinking; Developing Learning

By: McGregor, Debra

The author discusses how thinking programmes, learning activities and teachers' pedagogy in the classroom can fundamentally affect the nature of pupils' thinking, and considers the effects of the learning environment created by peers and teachers.

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033521780X

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9780335217809

Old West Christmas Brides

6 Historical Romances Celebrate Christmas on the Frontier

By: Margaret Brownley,Rosey Dow,Darlene Franklin,Marcia Gruver,Vickie McDonough,Debra Ullrick

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Old West Christmas Brides

6 Historical Romances Celebrate Christmas on the Frontier

By: Margaret Brownley,Rosey Dow,Darlene Franklin,Marcia Gruver,Vickie McDonough,Debra Ullrick

Christmas Romances Filled with the Spirit of the Old West It is hard for a woman to make a decent living in the Wild West of the late 1800s, and as the Christmas season approaches, prospects for a happy celebration seem dim. A Pony Express Christmas by Margaret Brownley Stranded alone in Nebraska Territory in 1882 with a broken wagon and two stubborn mules, Ellie-Mae Myers has no way to continue searching for her twin brother along the deserted Pony Express route or of returning home to Kentucky. Could a man on the verge of being hanged be the answer to her prayers? A Wife in Name Only by Rosey Dow Katherine Priestly seeks a job to help support her mother and brother. A local ranch seeks a cook, but by 1884 standards, the owner, Brett Masten, will only hire a married woman to work among his men. Desperate, Catherine claims she is a married woman at the tender age of eighteen. Will her charade become a barrier to true love and send her home without enough money to buy Christmas presents? Lucy Ames, Sharpshooter by Darlene Franklin Lucy Ames’ dreams come true when her sharp shooting makes her the star act of Major Paulson’s Wild West Show in 1891. Gordon Paulson is traveling with his parents for one last season before accepting a teaching position at West Texas Christian College. As Lucy’s and Gordon’s love for each other grows, will God weave their gifts and dreams into a single calling? A Badlands Christmas by Marcia Gruver Noela Nancarrow and her pampered sister have been dragged into the Badlands by their adventurous father to live penniless in a sod house in 1885. When a local rancher invites Noela to a lavish Christmas party, will her holiday spirit return or will she learn a lesson far greater from the experience? Unexpected Blessings by Vickie McDonough Anna Campbell sets out to deliver two small orphans to their uncle in Texas during December of 1880. Erik Olson knows it’s impossible for those cute little pests to be his brother’s and refuses to accept them—regardless of Anna’s persistence. Little do they know that behind the scenes, Erik’s Uncle Lars and his buddies are doing a little matchmaking, hoping to give the children a father and a mother. A Grand County Christmas by Debra Ullrick In 1883, Awnya O’Crean is on the brink of starvation and homeless in the Colorado Mountains. When she goes hunting for food, God places her in the path of Amadeus Josef. Will Christmas with the Josef family teach Awnya how God works in mysterious ways?

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Barbour Publishing

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1683227182

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Refugia Faith

Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth

By: Debra Rienstra

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Refugia Faith

Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth

By: Debra Rienstra

In Refugia Faith, Debra Rienstra explores nature's refugia--places where life endures in a crisis--and applies this model to faith. Drawing from theology, nature writing, and science, she examines how Christian spirituality and practice must adapt for a climate-altered planet.

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Augsburg Fortress Publishers

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1506473792

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From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management

Lessons for the Gulf Coast from Flooding in Other Places in the Last Sixty Years

By: James P. Kahan,Mengjie Wu,Sara Hajiamiri,Debra Knopman

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From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management

Lessons for the Gulf Coast from Flooding in Other Places in the Last Sixty Years

By: James P. Kahan,Mengjie Wu,Sara Hajiamiri,Debra Knopman

The loss of life and devastation in the Gulf coast region of the United States after the hurricane season of 2005 has led to considerable debate about how to recover from the damage and mitigate damage from future incidents. This document reports the experiences of four major floods since 1948 (two in the United States, one in the Netherlands, and one in China), to draw lessons for the Gulf coast restoration effort.

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Rand Corporation

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0833042793

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Team for Change

A Practitioner’s Guide to Implementing Change in the Modern Workplace

By: Debra Orr Ph.D.

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Team for Change

A Practitioner’s Guide to Implementing Change in the Modern Workplace

By: Debra Orr Ph.D.

Team for Change: A Practitioner's Guide to Implementing Change in the Modern Workplace addresses the problems and multiple complexities of change process, focusing on the most intractable and unpredictable aspect of change: the human aspect.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1800430167

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Preparing Principals for a Changing World

Lessons From Effective School Leadership Programs

By: Linda Darling-Hammond,Debra Meyerson,Michelle LaPointe,Margaret T. Orr

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Preparing Principals for a Changing World

Lessons From Effective School Leadership Programs

By: Linda Darling-Hammond,Debra Meyerson,Michelle LaPointe,Margaret T. Orr

Preparing Principals for a Changing World provides a hands-on resource for creating and implementing effective policies and programs for developing expert school leaders. Written by acclaimed author and educator Linda Darling-Hammond and experts Debra Meyerson, Michelle LaPointe, and Margaret Terry Orr, this important book examines the characteristics of successful educational leadership programs and offers concrete recommendations to improve programs nationwide. In a study funded by the Wallace Foundation, Darling-Hammond and the team examined eight exemplary principal development programs, as well as state policies and principals' experiences across the country. Using the data from the study, they reveal how successful programs are structured, the skills and knowledge participants gain, and what they are able to do in practice as school leaders as a result. What do these exemplary programs have in common? Aggressive recruitment; close ties with schools in the community; on-the-ground training under the wing of expert principals, and a strong emphasis on the cutting-edge theories of instructional and transformational leadership. In addition to highlighting the programs' similarities, the study also explains the differences among the programs and sheds light on the effectiveness of approaches and models from different states and contexts?East, West, North, and South; urban and rural; pre-service and in-service. The authors analyze program outcomes for principals and their schools, including illustrative case studies and educators' voices on the influence of programs' strategies for recruitment, internships, mentoring, and coursework. The ideas and suggestions outlined in Preparing Principals for a Changing World are presented with the goal of increasing the number of highly qualified, thoughtful, and innovative educational leaders.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470407689

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Great Mistakes in Education Policy

And How to Avoid Them in the Future

By: Ruth Lupton,Debra Hayes

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Great Mistakes in Education Policy

And How to Avoid Them in the Future

By: Ruth Lupton,Debra Hayes

Education policies should drive success and equity but in many countries they are failing to do so. Situating the cases of England and Australia within broader global policy trends, this book critically analyses what has gone wrong. The authors draw on extensive research in education to review the impact of multiple policies on students, teachers and schools, with a focus on communities where children and young people need education most. They issue a fundamental challenge to the policy orthodoxies of recent decades and set out a blueprint for making education both better and fairer.

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Policy Press

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1447352483

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Build It

The Rebel Playbook for World-Class Employee Engagement

By: Glenn Elliott,Debra Corey

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Build It

The Rebel Playbook for World-Class Employee Engagement

By: Glenn Elliott,Debra Corey

The current way of treating people at work has failed. Globally, only 30% of employees are engaged in their jobs, and in this fast-paced world that's just not enough. The world's best companies understand this, and have been quietly treating people differently for nearly two decades. Now you can learn their secrets and discover The Engagement Bridge™ model, proven to build bottom line value for companies through sustainable employee engagement. Companies with the best cultures generate stock market returns of twice the general market and enjoy half the employee turnover of their peers. Their staff innovate more, deliver better customer service and, hands-down, beat the competition. These companies outperform and disrupt their markets. They break the rules of traditional HR, they rebel against the status quo. Build it has found these rebels and the rulebreakers. From small startups to global powerhouses, this book shows that courage, commitment, and a people-centric mindset, rather than money and resources, are what you need to turn an average business into a category leader. The book follows the clear and proven Engagement Bridge™ model, developed from working with thousands of leading companies worldwide on their own employee engagement journeys. The practical model highlights the areas that leaders need to examine in order to build a highly engaged company culture and provides a framework for success. Build it is packed with tips, tools and real-life examples from employers including NASDAQ, Unilever, IBM, KPMG, 3M, and McDonald's to help you start doing this not tomorrow, but today. Readers will learn: How employee engagement helps companies perform The key factors that drive engagement, and how they work together What the world's most rebellious companies have done to break the rules of traditional HR and improve engagement How to implement The Engagement BridgeTM model to boost productivity, innovation, and better decision-making Unique in this category, Build it is written from two sharply different perspectives. Glenn Elliott is a multi-award winning Entrepreneur of the Year, CEO and growth investor. He talks candidly about the mistakes and missteps he has made whilst building Reward Gateway into a $300m category leader in employee engagement technology. Debra Corey brings 30 years experience in senior level HR roles at global companies such as Gap, Quintiles, Honeywell and Merlin Entertainments. She shares the practical tools and case studies that can kickstart your employee engagement plan, bringing her own pragmatic and engaging style to each situation.

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1119390052

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Cosmetic Surgery Narratives

A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Women's Accounts

By: Debra Gimlin

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Cosmetic Surgery Narratives

A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Women's Accounts

By: Debra Gimlin

This book examines British and American women's narratives of cosmetic surgery, exploring what those narratives say about the contemporary status of cosmetic surgery and 'local' ideas about its legitimate and illegitimate uses.

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Springer

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1137284781

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The Oxford Dictionary of Dance

By: Debra Craine,Judith Mackrell

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The Oxford Dictionary of Dance

By: Debra Craine,Judith Mackrell

This comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary provides all the information necessary for dance fans to navigate the diverse dance scene of the 21st century. It includes entries ranging from classical ballet to the cutting edge of modern dance.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199563446

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Nursing Leadership

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

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Nursing Leadership

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

Nursing Leadership covers contemporary concepts in leadership and management and their application to nursing practice. In addition to covering the fundamentals, a wide range of current topics are addressed including: change management, contemporary approaches to nursing care delivery & health outcomes evaluation; developing & enhancing quality in nursing practice; research based practice; cultural change processes; shared governance; development & leadership of staff; quality of work life issues; quality work environments; and industrial relations. Nursing Leadership provides a fresh innovative approach to the topic and is designed to stimulate interest in theory and concepts as well as providing the reader with strategies that can be readily tested and applied in practice.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729577414

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9780729577410

Organization Development

A Process of Learning and Changing

By: W. Warner Burke,Debra A. Noumair

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Organization Development

A Process of Learning and Changing

By: W. Warner Burke,Debra A. Noumair

Master the modern discipline of Organizational Development (OD), and use it to plan and drive effective change. Organization Development, Third Edition is today's complete overview of the OD discipline for managers, executives, administrators, consultants, and students alike. Fully updated to reflect major changes since the classic Second Edition, it explains how OD is now practiced, and how it is continuing to evolve. The authors illuminate each key theory in the field, giving readers the background they need to translate theory into action, make key choices, help organizations learn, and lead change. Coverage includes: What OD is, where it came from, and where it is headed Understanding OD as a process of change Defining the OD client (why your client may not be who you think it is) Diagnosing organizational problems Applying the Burke-Litwin model of organizational performance and change Assessing how well OD techniques work Working as an OD consultant, and much more

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FT Press

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013389262X

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Public Services (uniformed)

By: Debra Gray,Boris Lockyer,John Vause

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Public Services (uniformed)

By: Debra Gray,Boris Lockyer,John Vause

In this book you will find 8 complete units which will contribute to your qualification whether you are studying for the Award, Certificate or Diploma. Each unit is covered in detail with many contemporary case studies and activities helping you to relate theory to everyday practice. There is assessment guidance for every unit.

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Heinemann

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0435456598

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A Practical Guide for Teachers of Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in Secondary Education

By: Elaine Keane,Trevor Clark,Debra Costley,Kathleen Lane

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A Practical Guide for Teachers of Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in Secondary Education

By: Elaine Keane,Trevor Clark,Debra Costley,Kathleen Lane

Students on the autism spectrum often face difficulties in the secondary education environment that result from a lack of awareness on the part of their teachers and peers. This guide acquaints teachers with all the information and practical tools needed to understand and support their students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The book presents specific, ready-to-use classroom initiatives with example worksheets, checklists and timetables to help students keep organised with their school work. It also covers general obstacles such as social situations, anxiety, mental health issues and extracurricular activities and how adults can help. Guidance about the leaving school stage and how to ensure the teen is equipped to make the best possible decisions about their future is included. Packed with useful information and examples, this book will be a lifesaving resource for teachers, and everyone else working in secondary education, who want to help their students with autism to stay focused and positive at school.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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0857006460

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9780857006462

Harlequin Intrigue April 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Cynthia Eden,Webb D./Black R.,Tyler Anne Snell

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Harlequin Intrigue April 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Cynthia Eden,Webb D./Black R.,Tyler Anne Snell

Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. DECEPTIONS The Battling McGuire Boys by Cynthia Eden Secrets from their pasts threaten Elizabeth Snow and Mac McGuire—as much as the killer who seems to know their every move. Can they trust each other again? Or will a shocking truth prove fatal? HEAVY ARTILLERY HUSBAND Colby Agency: Family Secrets by Debra Webb & Regan Black When someone tries to kill security expert Sophia Leone, she's rescued by her husband, Frank—an army general she thought died a year ago. Now Sophia must trust her life to the man she married…the man she never stopped loving. FULL FORCE FATHERHOOD Orion Security by Tyler Anne Snell Fatherhood was never in the cards for Mark Tranton, until widow Kelli Crane and her daughter wrapped themselves around his heart. But digging into their past riles someone who won't rest until Kelli pays the ultimate price… Look for Harlequin Intrigue's April 2016 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue!

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1460396820

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Nutrition in Women's Health

By: Debra A. Krummel,P. M. Kris-Etherton

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Nutrition in Women's Health

By: Debra A. Krummel,P. M. Kris-Etherton

Health Sciences & Nutrition

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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083420682X

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9780834206823

Leading Learning: Making Hope Practical In Schools

Making Hope Practical in Schools

By: Lingard, Bob,Hayes, Debra,Mills, Martin

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Leading Learning: Making Hope Practical In Schools

Making Hope Practical in Schools

By: Lingard, Bob,Hayes, Debra,Mills, Martin

* How can we understand and theorise school leadership? * How can school leadership work towards enhancing student learning? * What are the constraints and possibilities for school leadership at the beginning of a new century? This title is relevant to anyone concerned with improving schooling and enhancing the professional practices of educators. The authors focus on leadership for enhancing student outcomes, both academic and social. While recognizing the significance of the principal or headteacher in school leadership, the authors argue a strong case for the dispersal of leadership: * Based on extensive research conducted within schools * Focuses on leading learning across the school * Theoretically sound; reflects the theories of Bourdieu and Foucault * Politically aware; discusses the context of leadership within school communities, educational systems, global pressures, new policy directions Current, topical and thoughtful, Leading Learning is key reading for principals or headteachers, teachers, and other school leaders, policy makers and for students studying educational administration.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335210112

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9780335210114

Athenian Generals

Military Authority in the Classical Period

By: Debra Hamel

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Athenian Generals

Military Authority in the Classical Period

By: Debra Hamel

This study of the Athenian strategia is concerned with identifying the locus of military authority in the Athenian polis. Consideration of the role played by generals in the deliberative and final stages of military expeditions and of the relationship between strategoi and their subordinates, colleagues, and the Athenian demos itself suggests that Athens' generals did not exercise significant authority over their city's military operations. Rather, the demos controlled its generals both by means of its direct involvement in decision-making related to campaigns and by establishing in Athens a climate of fear which was very often sufficient to dissuade generals from acting in opposition to the Athenians' will. This volume is important reading for anyone who is interested in ancient military history or the question of sovereignty in Athens.

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BRILL

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9004351485

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9789004351486

Leadership and Nursing

Contemporary perspectives

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

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Leadership and Nursing

Contemporary perspectives

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

Leadership is fundamental to the nature of nursing to ensure the development of safe practice, interdisciplinary relationships, education, research and ultimately, the delivery of quality healthcare. Leadership and Nursing: Contemporary Perspectives 2e presents a global perspective of leadership issues within the Australian context. It builds on the premise that nursing leadership is for all nurses — not just those who are authorised to hold a position within an organisation. In addition, this book explores how leadership is not possible until one has an understanding of self and what motivates others. The text is aimed at senior undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students making the transition to practice as well as professional nurses seeking to strengthen their clinical practice and governance. Nine entirely new chapters exploring the most up-to-date leadership issues and themes including: • Leadership and its influence on patient outcomes • Leadership: Developing and sustaining self • Indigenous leadership in nursing: speaking life into each other’s spirits • Leadership and empowerment in nursing • Leadership in the era of Inter-professional education in healthcare • Leading development of health policy • Leadership and the role of Professional Organisations • Leading nursing in the Academy • Avoiding derailment: Leadership strategies for identity, reputation and legacy management

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729581535

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9780729581530

Hypothetical Modality

Grammaticalisation in an L2 Dialect

By: Debra Ziegeler

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Hypothetical Modality

Grammaticalisation in an L2 Dialect

By: Debra Ziegeler

This book marks a new development in the field of grammaticalisation studies, in that it extends the field of grammaticalisation studies from relatively homogeneous languages to those possessing well-established and institutionalised second language varieties. In Hypothetical Modality, special reference is made to Singaporean English, a native-speaker L2 dialect of considerable importance in the South-East Asian region, and to the expression in the dialect of hypothetical modality, which appears to be indistinguishable from non-hypothetical modality in terms of the use of preterite or past forms of modal verbs. Within a grammaticalisation framework, a number of factors can be seen to be relevant to an explanation, including substratum and contact features such as tense/aspect marking, levels of lexical retention as an individual (psychological) phenomenon, and the fact that such dialects have a discontinuity in their development. In addition, the book defines pragmatic approaches to the understanding of hypothetical modality, in both diachronic and synchronic terms.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027230544

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Looking at Fashion

A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques

By: Debra N. Mancoff

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Looking at Fashion

A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques

By: Debra N. Mancoff

What is an epaulette? What is a hanbok? These clothing items—and hundreds more—are entertainingly explained and vividly illustrated in this accessible guide. Whether in art or life, fashion makes a statement. It gives form to the temper of the times and the motives of the moment, charting shifts in society, status, technology, and economy. Fashion is shaped by both high and popular culture and reveals the influence of individuals from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Spanning the centuries and representing a global point of view, Looking at Fashion is a guide to the elements that make clothing practical, wearable, stylish, and distinctive. Created for scholars, students, fashionistas, and anyone who wants to expand their understanding of world culture through the history of dress, this book provides a rich and varied lexicon of the vocabulary that describes and explains the most essential components of garments and techniques of clothing construction. Ranging from basic pieces and their individual parts to structure, embellishments, and innovations, Looking at Fashion offers insights into the evolution of dress in terms of style, fit, and design. Gorgeous color illustrations, including paintings, photographs, historical garments, and custom drawings, reveal the interrelationship of fashion and art from antiquity to now.

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Getty Publications

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1606069012

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Interfaces with English Aspect

Diachronic and empirical studies

By: Debra Ziegeler

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Interfaces with English Aspect

Diachronic and empirical studies

By: Debra Ziegeler

The field of verbal aspect has been a focus for the derivation of a multiplicity of theoretical approaches ranging over decades of linguistic research. From the point of view of recent studies, though, there has been relatively little emphasis on the nature of the interaction of aspect with other categories, and the ways in which our knowledge of aspect acts as a primary semantic contributor to the creation of other basic verbal parameters such as tense and modality. This book aims to cross some of the categorial borders, using a collection of studies on the interfaces of English aspect with other grammatical domains. The studies in the book have been assembled in order to answer two central issues surrounding the nature of English aspect: the possibility of the historical co-existence of a perfective and imperfective grammatical distinction in English, and the derivation of modality as an inference arising out of specific conflicts and combinations of lexical and grammatical aspect. In answering these questions, a data-driven, rather than a theory-driven approach is favoured, and the general principles of Gricean pragmatics and grammaticalisation are applied to a wide range of empirical sources to propose alternative explanations to some long-established problems of English historical linguistics and semantics.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027293104

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CryptoGraphics

Exploiting Graphics Cards For Security

By: Debra Cook,Angelos D. Keromytis

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CryptoGraphics

Exploiting Graphics Cards For Security

By: Debra Cook,Angelos D. Keromytis

Software that covertly monitors user actions, also known as spyware, has become a first-level security threat due to its ubiquity and the difficulty of detecting and removing it. This is especially so for video conferencing, thin-client computing and Internet cafes. CryptoGraphics: Exploiting Graphics Cards for Security explores the potential for implementing ciphers within GPUs, and describes the relevance of GPU-based encryption to the security of applications involving remote displays. As the processing power of GPUs increases, research involving the use of GPUs for general purpose computing has arisen. This work extends such research by considering the use of a GPU as a parallel processor for encrypting data. The authors evaluate the operations found in symmetric and asymmetric key ciphers to determine if encryption can be programmed in existing GPUs. A detailed description for a GPU based implementation of AES is provided. The feasibility of GPU-based encryption allows the authors to explore the use of a GPU as a trusted system component. Unencrypted display data can be confined to the GPU to avoid exposing it to any malware running on the operating system.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387341897

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9780387341897

Hot As Sin

A Loveswept Classic Romance

By: Debra Dixon

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A Loveswept Classic Romance

By: Debra Dixon

Bestselling author Debra Dixon takes readers on a tense and taut ride in this thrilling romance that’s both sensual and edge-of-your-seat suspenseful. With his last breath, the man who took a bullet to protect her sent Emily Quinn on the run. Armed with only a name and an address, Emily makes her way to a small town in Washington State, where an ex–Navy SEAL just might be able to help her disappear—forever. As the bad guys and the Feds close in, Emily will have to put all her faith in this stranger, a man who makes her pulse race faster than any man ever has. She knows she’ll be damned if she trusts him—and dead if she doesn’t. When Christian “Gabe” Gabriel first sets eyes on Emily, she’s dressed as a nun. But he can see right through that habit to the frightened, beautiful woman underneath. His time in the military has honed his reflexes and dampened his emotions—or so he thinks. Because Emily has tapped something deep inside Gabe—and it’s a temptation that may cost them both their lives. But what a sweet, sinful indulgence it will be. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: All Is Fair . . ., Bad to the Bone, and Rescuing Diana.

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Women, Science and Fiction Revisited

By: Debra Benita Shaw

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Women, Science and Fiction Revisited

By: Debra Benita Shaw

Women, Science and Fiction Revisited is an analysis of selected science fiction novels and short stories written by women over the past hundred years from the point of view of their engagement with how science writes the world. Beginning with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland (1918) and ending with N K Jemisin's The City We Became (2020), Debra Benita Shaw explores the re-imagination of gender and race that characterises women's literary crafting of new worlds. Along the way, she introduces new readings of classics like Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, examining the original novels in the context of their adaptation to new media formats in the twenty-first century. What this reveals is a consistent preoccupation with how scientific ideas can be employed to challenge existing social structures and argue for change.

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Springer Nature

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3031251717

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Preoperative Evaluation, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

By: Debra Domino Pulley,Deborah C. Richman

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Preoperative Evaluation, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

By: Debra Domino Pulley,Deborah C. Richman

This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics focuses on Preoperative Evaluation.Topics will include: Preoperative Clinics, Consultations,Informed Consent/Shared Decision Making, Preoperative Labs,Evaluation of Major Organ Systems, Special Considerations, and Innovative treatment/preparation programs

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323442307

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Feeling Climate Change

How Emotions Govern Our Responses to the Climate Emergency

By: Debra J. Davidson

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Feeling Climate Change

How Emotions Govern Our Responses to the Climate Emergency

By: Debra J. Davidson

Examining the social response to the mounting impacts of climate change, Feeling Climate Change illuminates what the pathways from emotions to social change look like—and how they work—so we can recognize and inform our collective attempts to avert further climate catastrophe. Debra J. Davidson engages with how our actions are governed by a complex of rules, norms, and predispositions, central among which operates our emotionality, to assess individual and collective responses to the climate crisis, applying a critical and constructive analysis of human social prospects for confronting the climate emergency in manners that minimize the damage and perhaps even enhance the prospects for meaningful collective living. Providing a crucial understanding of our emotionality and its role in individual behaviour, collective action, and ultimately in social change, this book offers researchers, policymakers, and citizens essential insights into our personal and collective responses to the climate emergency.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040111211

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Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw

Animals, Language, Sensation

By: Debra Hawhee

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Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw

Animals, Language, Sensation

By: Debra Hawhee

We tend to think of rhetoric as a solely human art. After all, only humans can use language artfully to make a point, the very definition of rhetoric. Yet when you look at ancient and early modern treatises on rhetoric, what you find is surprising: they’re crawling with animals. With Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw, Debra Hawhee explores this unexpected aspect of early thinking about rhetoric, going on from there to examine the enduring presence of nonhuman animals in rhetorical theory and education. In doing so, she not only offers a counter-history of rhetoric but also brings rhetorical studies into dialogue with animal studies, one of the most vibrant areas of interest in humanities today. By removing humanity and human reason from the center of our study of argument, Hawhee frees up space to study and emphasize other crucial components of communication, like energy, bodies, and sensation. Drawing on thinkers from Aristotle to Erasmus, Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw tells a new story of the discipline’s history and development, one animated by the energy, force, liveliness, and diversity of our relationships with our “partners in feeling,” other animals.

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University of Chicago Press

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022670677X

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Fresh Meadows

By: Fred Cantor,Debra L. Davidson

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Fresh Meadows

By: Fred Cantor,Debra L. Davidson

Located in northeast Queens, Fresh Meadows grew up around a housing development of the same name, built for World War II veterans. The site plan for the development not only provided an array of green open space, but it also enabled residents to enjoy a variety of services within walking distance. The development became the centerpiece of a brand-new neighborhood, which had been the site of a country club and farmland. In 1949, renowned urban and architecture critic Lewis Mumford hailed the Fresh Meadows housing development as "perhaps the most positive and exhilarating example of large-scale community planning in this country." Fresh Meadows captures the optimism of the postwar era by illustrating how middle-class families thrived in an environment that combined the best aspects of urban and suburban living.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738575720

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9780738575728

Positive Organizational Behavior

By: Debra Nelson

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Positive Organizational Behavior

By: Debra Nelson

Positive Organizational Behavior is emerging as a truly contemporary movement within the classic discipline of organizational behavior. The best work of leading scholars is gathered together in one edited collection. Chapters present the states, traits, and processes that compromise this exciting new science. In addition to mapping the field, this collection goes one step further and invites noted experts to identify the methodological challenges facing scholars of positive organizational behavior. Positive Organizational Behavior constitutes the study of positive human strengths and competencies, how it can be facilitated, assessed and managed to improve performance in the workplace . Its roots are firmly within positive psychology but transplanted to the world of work and organizations.

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SAGE Publications

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141291213X

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9781412912136

Cars from a Marriage

A Novel

By: Debra Galant

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Cars from a Marriage

A Novel

By: Debra Galant

An "auto-biography" of a marriage from the highly acclaimed author who deftly navigates the lives of one suburban couple with humor and insight From a '74 Mustang to a Chevy Suburban, Debra Galant's Cars from A Marriage charts the important events—big and small—in one couple's relationship by way of the automobiles that drive them throughout the course of their lives. Ivy is a transplanted Southern belle—the daughter of a car salesman— who continually wonders how she has ended up a New Jersey stay-at-home mom with a not-so-secret fear of driving. Her husband Ellis was a stand up comedian when they met, and the owner of that '74 Mustang, but his ambitions were overshadowed by the responsibilities of a family. In the blink of an eye he became a PR executive with a mortgage, two kids, and a Buick LeSabre. The cars steer us from their first meeting, to their first fight, and down the line to a family funeral. Finally, it's on a drive along the Pacific Coast Highway that Ivy and Ellis come to some serious and illuminating realizations about their lives. With insights that alternate between hilarious and profound, Galant provides a unique, unforgettable portrait of a marriage.

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St. Martin's Press

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1429925167

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9781429925167

Leveled Text-Dependent Question Stems

By: Debra J. Housel

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Leveled Text-Dependent Question Stems

By: Debra J. Housel

This teacher resource enables students to study broad concepts, such as text structure and point of view, as well as analyze the overarching themes, concepts, arguments, and claims presented in texts. Written at a variety of grade level ranges, these text-dependent question stems allow teachers to differentiate content so all students can access and understand the concepts explored. Question stems can also be used to correlate to the Common Core and other state standards.

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1425814751

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9781425814755

Children With School Problems: A Physician's Manual

By: The Canadian Paediatric Society,Debra Andrews,William J. Mahoney

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Children With School Problems: A Physician's Manual

By: The Canadian Paediatric Society,Debra Andrews,William J. Mahoney

The physician's guide to diagnosing and treating learning disabilities in children 1 in 10 Canadians have a learning disability, and doctors must be able to identify, diagnose, treat, and manage children who are struggling in school. The first book specifically tailored for the needs of physicians working with kids with learning disabilities, Children With School Problems: A Physician's Manual covers such important areas as child development, diagnosing learning disabilities (including data gathering, screening and assessment, and physical examinations), management (medication, behavioral management, and educational interventions), and prevention (including literacy promotion). Written by trusted experts from the Canadian Paediatric Society, Children With School Problems is filled with practical tools and resources that physicians—including paediatricians, family physicians, and paediatric learners—can use to diagnose and treat children with learning disabilities. The only book on learning disabilities in children specifically designed for physicians Written by trusted experts from the Canadian Paediatric Society Covers important issues including literacy promotion, screening for disabilities, medication options, and much more Gives physicians the tools they need to help children with learning disabilities Physicians want to know more about learning disabilities, and parents want their pediatricians and family physicians to provide more help when their kids struggle in school. Children with School Problems provides that information, making it an invaluable resource for any doctor working with kids.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118302516

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Cardiac Nursing

A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

By: Debra K. Moser,Barbara Riegel

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Cardiac Nursing

A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

By: Debra K. Moser,Barbara Riegel

Cardiac Nursing: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease is the only comprehensive text available for cardiac nurses. This brand-new reference emphasizes both evidence-based practice and hands-on care in a high-tech, high-touch approach that meets the high-stakes needs of cardiac and critical care nurses. What's more, the book makes the material easily accessible by using clear language, straightforward text, and plenty of illustrations, lists, and tables. This book is the third in a series of companion texts for Braunwald's Heart Disease and the first specifically for nurses. Authored by the widely published, well-known co-editors of The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing--two leaders in cardiac nursing. Endorsed by the authors of Braunwald's Heart Disease, including Eugene Braunwald, the physician considered by many to be the "father of modern cardiology." Evidence-based Practice boxes highlight research-supported advances in knowledge and care practices. Conundrum boxes helps readers hone their critical thinking skills by tackling tough questions for which there may be no easy answers. Technology boxes keeps readers up to date with the latest technological advances. Genetics boxes helps readers understand connections between genes and heart disease. Pharmacology tables present important drug-related information at a glance. A guide to cardiac abbreviations and acronyms gives nurses quick access to essential information.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1416029346

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Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada - E-Book

By: Jane Tyerman,Shelley Cobbett,Mariann M. Harding,Jeffrey Kwong,Dottie Roberts,Debra Hagler,Courtney Reinisch

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Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada - E-Book

By: Jane Tyerman,Shelley Cobbett,Mariann M. Harding,Jeffrey Kwong,Dottie Roberts,Debra Hagler,Courtney Reinisch

Master the role and skills of the medical-surgical nurse in Canada with the book that has it all! Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 5th Edition reflects the expertise of nurses from across Canada with evidence-informed guidelines, a focus on clinical trends, and a review of pathophysiology. Clear examples make it easy to understand every concept in nursing care — from health promotion to acute intervention to ambulatory care. An Evolve website includes new case studies to enhance your skills in clinical judgement and prepare you for the Next Generation NCLEX®, CPNRE®, and REx-PNTM. From Canadian educators Jane Tyerman and Shelley L. Cobbett, this comprehensive guide provides a solid foundation in perioperative care as well as nursing care of disorders by body system. - Easy-to-understand content is written and reviewed by leading experts in the field, ensuring that information is comprehensive, current, and clinically accurate. - More than 800 full-colour illustrations and photographs demonstrate disease processes and related anatomy and physiology. - Focus on key areas includes the determinants of health, patient and caregiver teaching, age-related considerations, collaborative care, cultural considerations, nutrition, home care, evidence-informed practice, and patient safety. - Nursing Assessment chapters focus on individual body systems and include a brief review of related anatomy and physiology, a discussion of health history and non-invasive physical assessment skills, and note common diagnostic studies, expected results, and related nursing responsibilities. - Unfolding case studies in each assessment chapter help you apply important concepts and procedures to real-life patient care. - UNIQUE! Levels of Care approach organizes nursing management into three levels: health promotion, acute intervention, and ambulatory and home care. - Nursing Management chapters focus on the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, laboratory and diagnostic study results, interprofessional care, and nursing management of various diseases and disorders, and are organized to follow the steps of the nursing process (assessment, nursing diagnoses, planning, implementation, and evaluation). - Safety Alerts and Drug Alerts highlight important safety issues in patient care. - Informatics boxes discuss the importance and use of technology with topics such as use of social media in the context of patient privacy, teaching patients to manage self-care using smartphone apps, and using Smart infusion pumps. - Cultural Competence and Health Equity in Nursing Care chapter discusses culture as a determinant of health, especially in regard to Indigenous populations; health equity and health equality issues as they relate to marginalized groups in Canada; and practical suggestions for developing cultural competence in nursing care. - More than 60 comprehensive nursing care plans on the Evolve website include defining characteristics, expected outcomes, specific nursing interventions with rationales, evaluation criteria, and collaborative problems.

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0323791573

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