Nursing Resources: Professional Nursing Practice
Resources for anyone affiliated with the University of Iowa College of Nursing or University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
About E-Resources
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Jennifer DeBerg
Practice Issues E-Journals
Select journals appear below. Search the library catalog or journal list for additional titles.
- Advances in Nursing ScienceE access from 1978
- American Journal of NursingE access from 1900
- Journal of Continuing Education in NursingE access from 2018
- Journal of Professional NursingE access from 1985
- Journal of Transcultural NursingE access from 1989
- Nursing EthicsE access from 1994
- Policy, Politics, and Nursing PracticeE access from 2000
Practice Issues E-Books
Essential Research for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Care by
This textbook delves into nursing research's fundamental concepts, methodologies, and applications, equipping novice and experienced researchers with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct rigorous and impactful studies. Nursing research is a systematic investigation that aims to generate new knowledge, enhance understanding, and contribute to evidence-based nursing practice. It provides a scientific foundation for decision-making, fosters innovation, and promotes delivering high-quality, patient-centered care. This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of research and evidence-based practice in nursing, catering to both nurses and nursing students. It describes the principles, methods, and processes involved in conducting research, critically appraising literature, and implementing evidence-based practice in nursing care. The main topics addressed include research design and methodology, critical appraisal of research literature, evidence-based practice concepts and processes, translating evidence into practice, disseminating research, and future directions in nursing research. The textbook also highlights the integration of emerging trends and technologies in healthcare research, empowering nurses to stay up-to-date with the latest advancements. Discussing topics like telehealth, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence in the context of evidence-based practice, the book equips nurses to leverage modern tools for improving patient outcomes effectively. Another distinguishing feature of this textbook is its emphasis on real-life case studies and scenarios. Offering practical examples, readers can visualize the application of research findings in different healthcare settings, making the content more engaging and relatable. This approach bridges the gap between theory and practice, promoting a deeper understanding of how evidence-based nursing care positively impacts patient wellbeing. This textbook can help a nursing student embarking on a research journey or an experienced nurse seeking to enhance research skills; it is a valuable resource to guide readers through the exciting and rewarding world of nursing research.
ISBN: 9783031782978Publication Date: 2024
Key Concepts and Issues in Nursing Ethics by
This second edition offers updates, new topics, and new short case studies, based on real stories from the health care arena, ensuring that each chapter of this book is rooted in descriptions of nursing practise that are grounded, salient narratives of nursing care. The reader is assisted to explore the ethical dimension of nursing practice: what it is and how it can be portrayed, discussed, and analysed within a variety of practice and theoretical contexts. One of the unique contributions of this book is to consider nursing not only in the context of the individual nurse – patient relationship but also as a social good that is of necessity limited, due to the ultimate limits on the nursing and health care resource. This book will help the reader consider what good nursing looks like, both within the context of limitations on resources, during crises situations, and under conditions of scarcity. Indeed, any discussion of ethical issues in nursing should be well grounded in a conceptualisation of nursing that nursing students and practising nursing can recognise, accept and engage with. Nursing, like medicine, social work and teaching has a clear moral aim – to do good. In the case of nursing to do good for the patient. However it is vital that in the pressurised, constrained , post-COVID-19 pandemic health service of the 21st century, we help nurses explore what this might mean for nursing practice and what can reasonably be expected of the individual nurse, and the nursing profession, in terms of good nursing care.
ISBN: 9783031541087Publication Date: 2024, 2nd ed.
Nursing: Trends and Developments by
Nursing - Trends and Developments brings together different, innovative, and challenging perspectives on the future of nursing. It includes eleven chapters that discuss innovation and technology, teaching and learning, and trends and development in nursing.
ISBN: 9781803564289Publication Date: 2024
Nursing Ethics: Feminist Perspectives by
The aim of this book is to show how feminist perspectives can extend and advance the field of nursing ethics. It engages in the broader nursing ethics project of critiquing existing ethical frameworks as well as constructing and developing alternative understandings, concepts, and methodologies. All of the contributors draw attention to the operations of power inherent in moral relationships at individual, institutional, cultural, and socio-political levels. The early essays chart the development of feminist perspectives in the field of nursing ethics from the late 19th century to the present day and consider the impact of gender roles and gendered understandings on the moral lives of nurses, patients and families. They also consider the transformative potential of feminist perspectives to widen the scope of nursing and midwifery practices to include the social, economic, cultural and political dimensions of moral decision-making in health care settings. The second half of the book draws on feminist insights to critically discuss the role of nurses and midwives in leadership, healthcare organisations, and research as well as the provision of particular forms of care e.g. care in the home and abortion care.
ISBN: 9783030491031Publication Date: 2020
Nursing Practice During COVID-19: Preparation, Education and Support by
This book highlights the progresses achieved in the role of nurses in the hospital, critical care unit, community field, hospital, and at home for patient care management in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), especially in the South Asia and the Middle East. Nurses and allied health care professionals play a significant role in preventing and treating the infectious disease pandemic and epidemic that is COVID-19 and, on the front lines of treatment, they suffer an inescapable health risk due to the fact that they must live with, encounter, and accept the hazard of dealing with developing respiratory illnesses. Nurses also endure significant stress, burden, and mental health concerns as a result of worldwide respiratory epidemics. Because of this, nurses require ongoing assistance and training in order to increase their crisis preparation and efficacy while also coping with psychological issues and ensuring their own well-being. This book reflects the experience of Indianand Saudian nurses, develops on COVID-19 stress and challenges and informs on the technologies employed. Nurses' experiences caring for patients with COVID-19 around the world are scarcely documented. The research that has been done so far have mostly focused on the physical and psychological effects of stress. This expands on the role of nurse managers and hospital administration with key stakeholders emphasizing the need of providing support for nurses in their role, especially considering that the positive leadership responsibilities of nurse managers are highly regarded by nurses.
ISBN: 9783031521096Publication Date: 2024
The Path to Building a Successful Nursing Career by
This textbook provides a one-stop reference resource and guide for nurses interested in advancing their careers. It addresses self-assessment, goal setting and self-discipline, as well as academic paths and non-academic career paths, and includes two chapters on strategic path development, covering internal motivation, risk taking, work--life balance, work environment, networking, professional membership and mentorship. Lastly, the book discusses professional growth topics such as civility, burnout, professional development and "keeping informed," and explores specific professionalism topics like professional behavior, ethics, social media and executive presence. Intended for nurses at any level, this textbook examines topics relevant to today's nursing professionals and offers guidance on building a successful nursing career. It also helps student nurses create a path for their career and professional growth, both during their training program and beyond.
ISBN: 9783030500221Publication Date: 2020
Sickness in Health: Bullying in Nursing and Other Health Professions by
This book informs students and practitioners of the health professions about workplace bullying and how to recognise it. The health professions have among the highest rates of bullying of any occupational group. This book shines a light on bullying and its very real human consequences for health professionals. Statistics about bullying in health present a disturbing picture. However, they don't convey the human impact on people who only want to do good for others. The author begins by telling how her experiences spurred her to write this book and then introduces the champions, twelve health professionals who contributed their stories. The book starts with the champions' decision to become a health professional, and then describes their bullying experiences, the impact on almost every aspect of their lives and careers, and how they tried to resolve or deal with the bullying. Some were still dealing with bullying, and all felt they had been forever changed by their experiences. The stories show that bullying is much more than the actions of a few, it is deeply embedded in the culture of institutions responsible for providing quality health care. Better preparation for leadership positions and independent processes for reporting unacceptable behaviours and actions are two suggestions for tackling bullying and its consequences. This book shows the necessity to expose these appalling behaviours and their human costs in order to address workplace bullying and create a healthy and safe environment for everyone in healthcare. This volume is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, and practitioners of nursing and other health professions, the general public and other stakeholders of health services. It will enhance their understanding of, ability to recognise, and strategies to cope with, workplace bullying.
ISBN: 9783031493355Publication Date: 2024
Workplace Conditions by
This Element reviews the evidence for three workplace conditions that matter for improving quality and safety in healthcare: staffing; psychological safety, teamwork, and speaking up; and staff health and well-being at work. The authors propose that these are environmental prerequisites for improvement. They examine the relationship between staff numbers and skills in delivering care and the attainment of quality of care and the ability to improve it. They present evidence for the importance of psychological safety, teamwork, and speaking up, noting that these are interrelated and critical for healthcare improvement. They present evidence of associations between staff well-being at work and patient outcomes. Finally, they suggest healthcare improvement should be embedded into the day-to-day work of frontline staff; adequate time and resources must be provided, with quality as the mainstay of professionals' work. Every day at every level, the working context must support the question 'how could we do this better?' This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
ISBN: 9781009363860Publication Date: 2023
