Nursing and Health Care Perspectives articles from July 1997

Nursing and Health Care Perspectives archives from July 1997

Isn't It Time?
July 1, 1997... Last fall during the heat of the presidential campaign I read with curiosity about wedge issues. In California, there were two such issues: legal and illegal immigrants; and Proposition 209, the so-called anti-affirmative action measure. The...

Stay Informed: Informational Resources for the Community Health Nurse
July 1, 1997... Ever since the days of Lillian Wald, the community health nurse has needed to be a jack-of-all-trades in providing nursing care across the lifespan and to aggregates at risk. The American Nurses Association's Code for Nurses (1985) recommends...

Nursing Creativity
July 1, 1997... Knowing that I was laboring over "the words" for some new note cards for Window on Nursing, a small company in which I am heavily invested, a friend passed along an article from the Washington Times that he thought would interest me. It was...

NLN Challenges Nursing Schools Nationwide
July 1, 1997... Dr. Sheila Ryan, immediate past-president of the National League for Nursing, used the occasion of her opening presidential address at the League's 23rd biennial convention to summon the nation's more than 1,600 nursing programs to each...

Nurse Practitioner Extraordinaire
July 1, 1997... She dispenses stuffed animals and antibiotics. She treats hunger as well as coughs and earaches. She gives away clothes to keep out the cold. And for success in life, she prescribes massive amounts of education. Mariah Taylor, MA, RN,...

Helping-at-Home Caregivers Ask for Help
July 1, 1997... NINETEEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO, IN 1977, MY HUSBAND JEFF, A PHYSICIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. WE HAD BEEN MARRIED THIRTEEN YEARS; OUR THEN TWO CHILDREN WERE AGES FOUR AND SEVEN. AT FIRST IT WAS ONLY...

Reauthorization '97: The Calm before the Storm
July 1, 1997... The student financial assistance programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965 are reauthorized by the Congress every five years. Reauthorization usually involves a comprehensive review of these programs and the conditions under which students...

Life-Terminating Choices: A Framework for Nursing Decision Making
July 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION During the 1990s, assisted suicide has become the subject of public debate and legislative action across the nation. In 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed two critical Circuit Court decisions involving the legalization of...

Power, Politics, and Public Policy: A Matter of Caring.
July 1, 1997... This book is a compilation of papers presented at the '94 Caring Research Conference held in Ottawa, Canada. Anne Boykin, editor, wrote, "It is hoped that this book will reinforce the commitment to caring that needs to direct our ways of...

Art and Aesthetics in Nursing.
July 1, 1997... This book gives substance to the argument that the foundation of the nursing curriculum and practice must expand beyond the sciences to encompass the arts and humanities. Nursing based on logic, left brain, and scientific principles is...

Healing and the Grief Process.
July 1, 1997... I found this book to be a very useful and comprehensive reference tool. The detailed outline makes it convenient to find any section, and there are generous case studies illustrating examples of various grief scenarios. The first...

Healing Touch: A Resource for Health Care Professionals.
July 1, 1997... The first words the reader encounters in this book are a caveat from the publisher disclaiming any endorsement of the products or techniques described and stating publishers exemption from liability for damages resulting from readers' use of...

Flip and See ECG.
July 1, 1997... This is an interesting handbook. It has a strong presentation and if intended for the person who just wants to know the basics about ECG rhythm strip interpretation then the authors have met their objective. The book contains the very basics...

Dailey's Notes on Blood, 3rd ed.
July 1, 1997... Dailey's Notes on Blood, Third Edition, has rightly earned the favorable reviews from professionals and laypersons as a useful reference for a basic understanding of blood and its components. The book's content is organized in a clear,...

Karen Lee's Healthcare Plan for Women in Their Second Forty Years and Beyond.
July 1, 1997... The stated goal of this video/workbook combination is to provide answers to the most frequently asked questions from peri- and post-menopausal women, to help them identify personal risks for disease at this time in their lives and to design...

The Drop-In Group.
July 1, 1997... Taking a leadership role in HIV risk reduction is a nursing responsibility. Risk reduction programs involve the general public, colleagues, professionals in other disciplines, and clients. For the mentally ill, risk reduction education is...

NLN President's Acceptance Speech
July 1, 1997... I accept this gavel and the responsibilities that it symbolizes on behalf of all members of the National League for Nursing and on behalf of the various constituencies that we intend to serve. I accept the gavel and responsibilities of this...

Passover
July 1, 1997... Ron opened the door and smiled. Trim, with pleated slacks and a pale yellow shirt, he motioned me in and said gently, "Larry, the nurse is here." We walked across a polished floor past healthy plants enjoying the good air and light. In the...