Description |
xvi, 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Series |
[Publication] / National League for Nursing ; no. 21-2408 |
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Publication (National League for Nursing (U.S.)) ; no. 21-2408
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Contents |
Introduction. Part I: Families and caring. 1. Nursing on Swans Island, Maine, 1938-1975 -- 2. On fear and courage: a first encounter with AIDS in rural Vermont -- 3. Being there and caring: a philosophical analysis and theoretical model of professional nursing care in rural environments -- 4. Mental health and illness nursing in rural Vermont: case illustration of a farm family -- 5. Training family caregivers of rural elderly -- 6. Family theory for rural research and practice. Part II: Consumers and providers. 7. Telephone reassurance: a social support intervention -- 8. Crisis intervention and suicide prevention from a rural perspective -- 9. Innovation approaches to emotional support and mental health needs in a rural setting: initiation, implementation, and expansion. Part III: Management. 10. The role of rural community hospitals: opportunities and challenges for rural health nurses and nursing -- 11. Swing beds: providing extended care in rural acute-care hospitals -- 12. The nurse administrator in the rural hospital: selected issues, challenges, and rewards. Part IV: Research, governance, education, and theory. 13. Rural research: the Lamoille County experience -- 14. Shared governance in a rural health care setting -- 15. Implementing rural preceptorships in Baccalauteate nursing education -- 16. Distance learning: new partnerships for nursing in rural areas -- 17. Rural nursing: developing the theory base |
Notes |
"Pub. no. 21-2408" |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Community health nursing -- United States.
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Nursing -- United States.
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Rural health services -- United States.
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Rural nursing -- United States.
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Author |
Shippee-Rice, Raelene V.
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Tiffany, Julia Churchill.
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Winstead-Fry, Patricia.
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National League for Nursing.
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LC no. |
92150302 |
ISBN |
0887375243 |
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